yeule – Evangelic Girl Is A Gun
Today, yeule shares a new single and video “Evangelic Girl is a Gun,” the title track from their forthcoming album due May 30th via Ninja Tune.
The song leads with a fast paced beat beneath yeule’s quick spitting lyrics almost like hushed rap verses. Throughout the song yeule prays to a divine, dark entity; a fallen angel, so beautiful yet untouchable. “Sacrificial blood industry,” they sing atop electroclash-inspired production, “Morphine Kissin; marshall stackin’, run that back again.” Their love for all things chemical and noise are crystalline in this self-scarificing prayer to the, “evangelic girl.” The song comes alongside a video co-directed by yeule and Neil Krug featuring yeule riding through a dark mythical world of their own creation.
Speaking about the title track yeule describes the song as, “An angelic blade of a dance beat with dual bpm switch ups, nostalgic synth patches Kin and I alchemised together reminiscent of early 2010s electronica. In the light of love and obsession lies the silhouette of a shadow diluted with the playful flirting of synths and drum patterns, but this time with a sexy silhouette of a shadow. Going back to experimental dark techno, but aligning it with modern inclinations of what I want to label as ‘trip club.’ Eternal light, eternal love, depth of the heart with a shallow facade. Diluting the vanta black blood that boils on rotting flesh.”
The forthcoming album, 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 previous single, “Skullcrusher,” shot by 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.
Tour Dates:
7/1 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
7/2 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
7/5 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/7 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre
7/9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
7/11 – Paris, France @ Le Trabendo
7/10 – 12 – Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
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