Ninja tune artist yeule has announced details of a new album Evangelic Girl is a Gun out 30th May.
Alongside the announcement yeule shares an early taste of the project with her powerful and raw new single ‘Skullcrusher‘ which stomps with a cycle of fuzzy guitars and brooding vocals reflecting a release, it was co-produced by yeule, Clams Casino and Fitnesss. The single also comes alongside a stunning Neil Krug directed video.
According to the press release: “Evangelic Girl is a Gun is yeule’s most unrestrained and emotionally baring work yet, as they grapple with ideas of a self-destructive identity burning through the canvas of post-modernity.” Accompanied by still visual artworks made in collaboration with artist Vasso Vu and a video for the latest single shot by the aforementioned Neil Krug, Ćmiel explores the duality of darkness, as well as their personal history to their role as the “painter.” Through the album’s hypnotic melodies, they present a portrait of the tortured artist trapped within an image, as Ćmiel’s haunting vocals act as an emotional chokehold atop dance beats.
“I wanted to bring homage to my life as a painter with this album,” Ćmiel says, explaining they’re influenced by the Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński. “For me, Beksiński portrays so beautifully, with utmost care, the entities that crawl through his dystopian, tranquil landscapes. The nature of painting as a medium is a reflection of my emotions, both violent and gentle. A fleeting moment of time in my life, transcribed with paint and trapped in time.”
‘Evangelic Girl is a Gun’ sees Ćmiel putting their own “cyborgian” spin on Bristol trip-hop and ‘90s gothic. The album features production from A.G.Cook, Chris Greatti, Mura Masa, Clams Casino, Fitnesss and Kin Leonn, Ćmiel’s trusted collaborator and co-executive producer of 2023’s softscars. yeule’s untreated vocals on the album also contribute to a sense of burning authenticity; rawness emerges as they abandon Auto-Tune. This jarring artistic styling is a turn from their glitchy previous works. As a counter to the emergence of AI, they wanted to imbue their vocals with a “raw, irreplaceable edge,” they explain.
‘Skullcrusher‘ and previous single ‘Eko‘ follow their celebrated album ‘softscars’, which incorporated distorted guitars and alternative production. The album followed their critically acclaimed 2022 release, Glitch Princess.
A chameleonic auteur guided by a multidisciplinary ethos, yeule crafts entire worlds and personas through their music, weaving together everything from the classical canon, hypermodern internet cultures, academic theory, the esoteric, and their own carnal desires.
Tour Dates
1/7 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Academy
2/7 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
5/7 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/7 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre
9/7 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
11/7 – Paris, France @ Le Trabendo
10-12/7 – Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
