Squirrel Flower shares new video for ‘Roadkill’
SQUIRREL FLOWER SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ROADKILL’
NEW ALBUM PLANET (i) OUT NOW ON FULL TIME HOBBY
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“Through floods, tornadoes and burning cars – [Squirrel Flower] firmly places us within that world right alongside her”
5/5 The Skinny
“Stunning”
9/10 Clash
“Planet (i) is a kindred spirit, a compelling force you’re drawn to listen to over and over again”
8/10 The Line of Best Fit
Watch the Lua Borges directed video for ‘Roadkill’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPGvDuFJd9g
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Squirrel Flower, the moniker of Ella Williams, presents a stunning new video for the single, ‘Roadkill’, from her second album, Planet (i), released late June on Full Time Hobby. It’s the fourth video Williams has released, following ‘Hurt A Fly‘ and ‘I’ll Go Running‘, and most recently ‘Flames and Flat Tires‘. In the new video, Williams is seen in a dimly lit room, first in black and white while exploring the metaphysical space around her, only to be transported to the outside world – surrounded by the elements, in beautiful full colour.
Williams explains:
“The first night when we shot the indoor footage there was a tornado that swept through Chicago a mile from where we were. When we filmed the outdoor shots at the Indiana Dunes it was July 3rd, I could see Chicago across the lake and it looked like a floating city next to the peach sun. We drove back to the city at night with hundreds of fireworks going off all around us and on the horizon. Elaine (Tunnat, Producer) and Lua (Borges, Director) are really rare people and cherished collaborators of mine and really captured the essence of the song in this video.”
Reflecting on the track, director Lua Borges shared that “‘Roadkill’ felt so explosive and tunefully fervid, opening the gate of my summer this year. The music seemed to capture my own thoughts on how mesmerising and intimidating nature can be. It holds resilience in the most unspoken ways, as if at any point it could just take over everything humanity has been draining out. I knew right away that the video was meant to capture the warm season. And what is the human correlation with matter in the midsts of our environment? Our hands, the builders, become a strong symbol of the space we take in nature. Therefore a recurrence of hands, flesh and the substances that compose our bodies in the world. The imagery becomes a dynamic contrast of the embodiments of nature, whether it’s in the different formats, organic elements, colours and spaces.”
The songs on Planet (i) are Squirrel Flower’s instruments for connection: it was recorded in Ali Chant’s Bristol studio The Playpen, and while Williams and Chant played most of the instruments on the record, Bristol drummer Matt Brown and Portishead’s Adrian Utley also joined their sessions. The album features backup vocals from Williams’ friends and family; Tenci’s Jess Shoman, Tomberlin, Katy J. Pearson, Jemima Coulter, Brooke Bentham, and her brothers Nate and Jameson Williams, as well as her father Jesse.Planet (i) is a world entirely of Williams’ making. The title came first to her as a joke: it’s her made-up name for the new planet people will inevitably settle and destroy after leaving Earth, as well as the universe imagined within her music. The record is a love letter to disaster in every form imaginable – these songs fully embrace a planet in ruin. Buoyed by her steadfast vision and propelled by her burning comet of a voice, Planet (i) is at once a refuge, an act of self-healing, and a musical reflection of Squirrel Flower’s inner and outer worlds.
High-res images can be found here.
Planet (i) is available on CD, LP and Rough Trade exclusive vinyl: https://www.fulltimehobby.co.uk/release/squirrel-flower/planet-i
Praise for Planet (i):
“Through floods, tornadoes and burning cars – [Squirrel Flower] firmly places us within that world right alongside her”
5/5 The Skinny
“Stunning”
9/10 Clash
“Planet (i) is a kindred spirit, a compelling force you’re drawn to listen to over and over again”
8/10 The Line of Best Fit
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“Dark, evocative and minor-key rich”
8/10 Uncut
“Richly allegorical, sonically parched and squally”
The Sunday Times
“On [Planet (i)], the road is a space of intimacy and disaster. Her vivid songwriting and bright, searching voice bring both sides to life”
Pitchfork
“Feels more and reaches further”
4/5 Dork
“Planet (i) is beautifully poised”
9/10 God Is In The TV
“A grunge-folk intoxicant that comes in at under three minutes but will stick with you for hours”
The Guardian ‘Track of the Week’
“Undoubtedly Squirrel Flower’s finest work yet, Planet (i) might just be my favourite record of 2021″
Secret Meeting
“Penetrating these bleak times with her powerful voice and uncompromising honesty”
77% Beats Per Minute
“Her presence as a vocalist and songwriter remains singularly electrifying”
Our Culture
“The world is burning and Squirrel Flower is writing a love letter to the fire, who knew the apocalypse would sound this good?”
For The Rabbits
“While landscapes fall apart and fissure, Williams’ voice feels consistently near”
Still Listening
“Lush, hazy folk”
The New Cue
“Another set of songs that perfectly cradle this rare voice”
Joyzine