Shygirl calls Swallow! a reintroduction. The album is devotional and visceral, patient and euphoric. The instrumentation that winds itself through Swallow! was a way to manifest all the intense emotion and romanticism Shygirl has experienced. The result is indie songwriting woven through the electronica she came from, organised around a forward-moving motion, its temporal sensibility imbued with the ability to take stock without standing still, out November 6th.
Alongside the album announcement Shygirl shares a new single that hints at a taste of the record to come. “Lucky(Hymn)” is a cinematic anthem. The single holds an accumulation of gestures that pile up when another person starts becoming really real to you: the crease of an eye, the corner of a smile, the sound of a sigh. There are choral echoes and piercing violin splinters. The song comes alongside a music video co-directed by Shygirl and Austen Taylor Pease that plays out like a film shot in one single unbroken take. The video slides between Shygirl in character as “Alyse’’ first introduced in her last video of the same name and another character ‘Kay’ switching between them both tied up and beaten in an unassuming kitchen. We see how these characters respond in the face of danger and add another chapter in this cinematic universe created by Shygirl. Swallow! is out November 6th, pre-save the album now!
