Breakout alert. Another band playing both the Saturday Cheer Up Charlie's day party and the Paste party. Per Pitchfork:
For the past few years, Ella Williams has been relentless. The Massachusetts-born, Chicago-based songwriter released her debut album as Squirrel Flower in 2020 and then, after contracting COVID and recovering, recorded and released a follow-up in 2021. Last year, she gathered enough material for a self-produced EP. For a young musician—Williams is 27, and started recording music when she was 18—such a sustained level of output could be exhausting, in many senses of the word: It might lead to burnout, or empty the reserves of what she has to say. But on Williams’ new record, Tomorrow’s Fire, all that effort has only intensified her ambition. It’s a beautiful, searing record in which Williams channels listlessness and desperation into sweltering, explosive rock songs.
It says her latest album was "made with a sharp studio band, including MJ Lenderman (we saw him open for Plains), storied Asheville collaborator Seth Kauffman, and members of Bon Iver and the War On Drugs". Quite an all-star lineup.
They say "When a Plant is Dying" is
a slow-burning ode to perseverance under grueling conditions, features a full minute of guitar solos that burn bright with indignation and pent-up frustration.
It would fun to see that live. Great song.
For a catchy indie rock song she's got "Intheskatepark"
This reminds me of Aimee Mann.
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