Gretel has announced her debut album ‘Squish’

Gretel has officially announced her debut album, ‘Squish’, set for release on 10th April via Breadcrumb Records / AWAL.

The album was recorded live over five days at RAK Studios, and delves into self-protection, exploring themes of desire, jealousy, and resilience across twelve tracks. It’s preceded by the title-track.

Gretel says of the record, “It’s not about any one thing. It’s all the things that press down on you over time to make this uncomfortable, deformed desire inside. I feel like I always have that desire in me — it’s in this curious place between what the world pushes onto you and what it squeezes out of you. But sometimes I have dreams so oversized that when I look down at myself, I’m just doing this awkward infant waddle towards them.”

She adds, “These songs reflect the last 5 years being at times like a big fat baby and other times like a zen old woman who knows very well when and whether to give a fuck. My band and I recorded in messy live takes, as encouraged by our awesome producers Seth Evans and Margo Broom, which was refreshing. It felt like returning home and trying to squish back through the front door.”

In addition to the album, Gretel has announced a headline show at London’s Oslo on 14th April.

The tracklisting for ‘Squish’ reads:

‘Squish’
‘Fire Blooming Trees’
‘Maybelline’
‘Unbloom’
‘Laurali’
‘Drunk on the ballroom floor’
‘Darkness, be my friend’
‘Pick your heart up’
‘Oh Well’
‘Witch hunt’
‘Nervous driver’
‘The perfect body’