After recently returning to deliver her stunning comeback single ‘red balloon’, her first new release since delivering her highly-praised debut EP before, néomí, aka Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman, continues her vibrant ascent with the announcement of her second EP after, which is set for release on April 14 through PIAS and showcased by the captivating new delight ‘skipping stone’.

While her recent release ‘red balloon’ continued to explore the more humbled side to her sweeping aesthetic, ‘skipping stone’ makes for a far more intense and atmospheric listen. Blending her warm and heartfelt voice with euphoric production throughout, she soars out of this new offering like never before, creating a wonderfully broad and vivid experience.

Speaking about ‘skipping stone’, she said, “I remember myself writing this with my dear friend Jesse Koch, while I had just fallen in love with someone. That someone was going through a difficult time, and in those moments of our relationship I felt like a skipping stone: picked up and thrown over the water, as if I was nothing to him. When I was younger my Dad and I would go down to the river in France to find those flat stones and he would try to teach me how to skip them over the water. I always got frustrated doing it and it’s the image that came to my mind when writing this song.

“I felt so insecure, not about me or my lover individually but the love we had. I couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t allow me to let me in. It felt unfair because I was letting him in, and he just threw me away, like I was his skipping stone to sink somewhere in the lake.”