In lieu of the big V-Day, I thought I’d be cheesy and pick a romantic song. What’s better than a standout track from the newest Cloud Cult album “Love”? I mean, the title speaks for itself. Although the album isn’t officially available for in-store sales until March 5, the band made it exclusively available for purchase through their website. I’m calling some holiday marketing here.

Admittedly, I have been a Cloud Cult fan for a while. They can be described as an environmentally conscious, experimental indie rock band, although the content and tone of their sound has changed considerably since their early work. The backstory of the band’s core members gives reason to that change though. Hinted throughout the lyrical content of their music, the Minneapolis-native and founder of the band, Craig Minowa, and artist wife, Connie Staska, faced a tragedy when their two-year old son died in 2002. Much of Cloud Cult’s early work reflects how Minowa’s dealt with that loss and his consequential feelings of frustration, depression and confusion.

Within the last decade, however, Minowa was able to grow and move past his hardships, and his music has followed suit. Now with a new baby daughter, reunited with his wife and with the band facing considerable success, recent releases reflect themes of optimism, joy and acceptance.

But that’s what makes a track like “Meet Me Where You’re Going” so monumental to a long-time fan. The track starts with a melody by Minowa accompanied by a strumming guitar, allowing the addition of harmonies by the male and female members of the band and a solo violin. The melody and harmonies move in and out of each other, indulgently sweet and smooth. The lyrics describe long-lasting love; rather than lust and passion, it celebrates patience, commitment and companionship. Long gone are the jarring and complex tracks of anguish and introverted contemplation. Here is a track that recognizes Minowa’s happiness in life, with his family.

I especially like the lyrics’ questions of “Will you be my home now?” and “Will you be the rest of my life?” because they extend the meaning of the love Minowa’s trying to express beyond physical relations and deep affection. Rather, it is rooted in life dependence and promise.

Cloud Cult’s two recent albums, “Light Chasers” and now “Love,” take on this overt theme of life’s grand meaning and one’s purpose, as if Cloud Cult listeners are on their own epic journey in life. The lines of “Meet me where you’re going, ’cause I wanna be were you are/ Teach me what you’re knowing, ’cause I wanna be knowing who you are” adds to this theme, reflecting on how relationships of love are one of the main sources of guidance in that journey.

Now, isn’t that sweet.