The thing about an existential crisis is that it tends to sneak up on you. Frontman Jesse Clasen and Jacob Michael, the duo behind the indie-pop band Foreign Air, know this all too well. “The whole record is about finding purpose,” says Jesse about their new full-length Such That I May Glow. “That’s why the first track is called ‘Feels Like Nothing, ’which is like, ‘What is life about? How can I fill this hole?’” Despite its philosophical start, Such That I May Glow (out August 22, Nettwerk Records) grows into an exhilarating journey — at turns darkly ruminative or imminently danceable — abundant in soaring melodies and atmospheric, ’80s synths. The album ultimately exists to remind us, as Jesse puts it, “Life is about the experience and what makes us glow.”As they were writing and producing the record trying to figure out what this all means, amid crescendoing dissonance on social media — Foreign Air created their own creative bubble. “Every month, we’d try to meet up, like, drowning out the world for five or six days,” Jacob says. “The record began as a snapshot of the chaos and what we’re all up against, but also how need to stay positive.” When they started, “I felt so lost,” he continues. “So I approached this record like this might be the last record that I make. So each song was more meaningful, had more personal weight.”Finding calm in the chaos has always been a part of Foreign Air’s DNA, beginning a decade ago with their sly paean to carnal knowledge, “Free Animal,” which everyone from Nike to Samsung and Showtime to Vice used in spots. Jesse concludes, “To live, you’ve got to go out there and experience the chaos of life.”