Squirrel Flower - "Not Me" and "Sick Tooth"
Photo by Amaya Pena
Last month we brought you "Reelin'," the new single from Squirrel Flower and mentioned that it had been three years since we last brought you new music from them. Ella Williams is making up for lost time, since just a few weeks later she's released not one but two new singles. "Not Me" stays in the same lane as "Reelin'" by being an earnest alt-rock song with some Americana sensibilities. It's a power ballad-esque track that's going to appeal to Springsteen's indie rock fans. The other new single, "Sick Tooth," is an under two-minute fuzz-filled indie rock track with lots of lo-fi distortion on just about everything. I get some serious early Sebadoh vibes from the latter single. Both are great, and have us wondering what the rest of Squirrel Flower's upcoming album will sound like.
Ella Williams says of "Not Me":
"This song came to me upon waking in Silver City, NM. I literally rolled out of bed, having had a dream about somebody, grabbed my guitar and pressed record. I’d been reading ‘Women Who Run with the Wolves,’ my grand handbook for life. I was reading a passage about not compromising. Not ‘taking what you can get,’ but taking all that you wish for. Not in a gluttonous way, rather refusing to deprive yourself of desires and the intuitive flow towards those desires. I’d been listening to so much Linda Ronstadt when I wrote it, and I think that really came through. I wanted to let myself really sing, and produce and arrange the song in a way that allowed that.”
You can watch the videos for "Not Me" and "Sick Tooth" below. Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going is due out August 21 on Polyvinyl Recording Co., and is available for pre-order here. For more on Squirrel Flower, check out the artist's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the videos and include September 26 at Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theater and September 27 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA.
"Not Me":
Wed. Sept. 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop =
Thu. Sept. 24 - Toronto, ON @ Second Summer Festival
Fri. Sept. 25 - Montreal, QC @ La Sotterenea (POP Montreal Festival)
Sat. Sept. 26 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre =
Sun. Sept. 27 - Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse =
Tue. Sept. 29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere - Rooftop *
Wed. Sept. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
Thu. Oct. 1 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage *
Fri. Oct. 2 - Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall *
Sat. Oct. 3 - Durham, NC @ Stanczyks *
Tue. Oct. 6 - Asheville, NC @ Revival *
Wed. Oct. 7 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
Thu. Oct. 8 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records - Blue Room *
Fri. Oct. 9 - Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar * [NEW SHOW]
Sat. Oct. 10 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Turntable *
Fri. Oct. 23 - St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway +
Sat. Oct. 24 - Lawrence, KS @ White Schoolhouse +
Sun. Oct. 25 - Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge +
Tue. Oct. 27 - Dallas, TX @ Ruins +
Wed. Oct. 28 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger +
Thu. Oct. 29 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs +
Fri. Oct. 30 - Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom +
Sun. Nov. 1 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar +
Tue. Nov. 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium +
Wed. Nov. 4 - Ojai, CA @ Ojai Deer Lodge +
Thu. Nov. 5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel +
Sat. Nov. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern +
Sun. Nov. 8 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall +
Mon. Nov. 9 - Olympia, WA @ Wild Child +
Wed. Nov. 11 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater +
Thu. Nov. 12 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux +
Fri. Nov. 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge +
Sun. Nov. 15 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall +
Tue. Nov. 17 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb +
Wed. Nov. 18 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe +
Thu. Nov. 19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club +
Fri. Nov. 20 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall +
! supporting Ethel Cain
= w/ youbet
* w/ Dari Bay
+ w/ Sour Widows
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