Indigo De Souza

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Angella Choe

A close-up of Indigo De Souza.

Indigo De Souza

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media release: In February, Indigo De Souza announced her new album All of This Will End, out April 28 via Saddle Creek. Today, she shares the album’s single, “Smog” along with a music video directed by De Souza herself. Indigo is also featured on New Music Daily on Apple Music.

Indigo De Souza on “Smog:” I remember writing this song during the peak of the pandemic. I was living alone on a dead end street surrounded by neighbors who were seemingly always mowing their lawns. I remember having a lot of anxiety during the day, navigating the newly awkward and uncertain experience of doing anything mid world freak-out. I was in an emotional state that felt like a cross between delirious joy and a real tired hopelessness. Everything felt unknown and distant. “Smog” is mostly about that strange time and how it felt in my house, alone. When the neighborhood was asleep, and all the lawn mowers stopped, I felt free to make anything and sing anything I wanted. It was my first time ever living alone. It brought me a lot closer to myself.

“Smog” is the second track De Souza has released from her forthcoming album. In February she unveiled the album’s closer, “Younger and Dumber” a stunning ballad that reaped heaps of critical praise from the New York Times, Billboard, NPR and was awarded Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Track’ distinction. "It would be too premature to call it De Souza’s best work yet, but there’s so much catharsis in the track’s four-and-a-half-minute runtime that it feels inevitable that we will be talking about 'Younger & Dumber' for a long time," said Paste.  

All of This Will End, the anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed 2021 breakthrough album Any Shape You Take, marks a warmer and unmistakably audacious era for her. It’s a statement about fearlessly moving forward from the past into a gratitude-filled present, feeling it all every step of the way, and choosing to embody loving awareness. Across 11 songs, the album is a raw and radically optimistic work that grapples with mortality, the rejuvenation that community brings, and the importance of centering yourself now. These tracks come from the most resonant moments of her life: childhood memories, collecting herself in parking lots, the ecstatic trips spent wandering the Appalachian mountains and southern swamps with friends, and the times she had to stand up for herself. “All of This Will End feels more true to me than anything ever has,” she says. 

Indigo has announced a 2023 tour that includes a headline run, a stop at Austin, TX’s SXSW Music Festival and dates supporting Sylvan Esso. Tickets are on-sale now.

"One of indie rock’s most versatile young voices.”  -The New Yorker

“De Souza [is] an undeniable force.” -Pitchfork

“Indigo De Souza’s music is all about sharing the joy of connection." -NPR

“An honesty and intensity of emotion that is difficult to fathom -Paste Magazine

"Intense lyricism sung with a vibrant casualness... Her voice is confident and unrelenting." -Stereogum

"Ferocious and vulnerable in equal measure." -The AV Club

“Indigo De Souza captures hearts with her unruly vocals and stinging lyrics." -Nylon