yeule announces a new album Evangelic Girl is a Gun out May 30 on Ninja Tune. Alongside the announcement yeule shares an early taste of the project with new single ‘Skullcrusher’, which was co-produced by yeule, Clams Casino and Fitnesss. The single also comes alongside a Neil Krug directed video.
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.
Evangelic Girl Is A Gun:
- Tequila Coma
- The Girl Who Sold Her Face
- Eko
- 1967
- VV
- Dudu
- What3vr
- Saiko
- Evangelic Girl is a Gun
- Skullcrusher
