Shygirl’s second album brings an 11-song sequence together with the characters introduced in its accompanying videos.
Shygirl has released SWALLOW!, her new album through Because Music. The November 6 project follows 2022’s Nymph and arrives after the dance-focused Club Shy and Club Shy Room 2 EPs.
The record runs for 11 songs, opening with “Alyse” and closing with “Eternal.” “Lucky[Hymn],” “Mantra” and “Altar” appear along the way, with the complete sequence now available in digital and physical formats.
Shygirl has described this album as a reintroduction. Because Music’s announcement frames its approach around indie songwriting and electronic music, with instrumentation used to express the romantic concerns running through the project.
The visuals establish their own connected narrative. Shygirl and Austen Taylor Pease co-directed the “Lucky[Hymn]” video, presenting it with the appearance of a single continuous take and returning to characters introduced in “Alyse.”
That connection gives the individual clips a role beyond illustrating separate singles. The character Alyse returns alongside Kay, extending a fictional world that listeners can follow alongside the album’s release.
SWALLOW! is available on streaming services, with CD and vinyl editions listed on Shygirl’s official Bandcamp page. The release brings the full sequence into view after a campaign that introduced its music and screen characters in stages.
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