Hatchie – Quicksand: 13th Floor New Song Of The Day

Hatchie releases Quicksand today with a new album to follow!

Here’s a new one from Hatchie and here’s the record company blurb with details:

Co-written with Dan Nigro (the GRAMMY-nominated co-writer of Olivia Rodrigo‘s worldwide smash ‘Driver’s License’) ‘Quicksand’ sees Hatchie – the moniker for Brisbane songwriter at the helm of the project, Harriette Pilbeam – dipping into moody pop territory in a sonic spread-of-the-wings as she pushes the boundaries of her signature shoegaze meets dream-pop sound. ‘Quicksand’ is Hatchie with the volume knob cranked up tenfold.

 “I used to think that this was something I could die for / I hate admitting to myself that I was never sure,” she sings, inverting the thesis of one of her early break-out singles ‘Sure.’ And then, a few lines later, she regains her footing -in her musicality, and in herself: “It’s all I know, and I’m taking it back.” 

Of the cinematic music video, director Nathan Castiel (Remi Wolf, Ashe) says, “For ‘Quicksand’, I created a video that plays off of some tropes of Hollywood glamour in a melancholy and surreal way while giving Harriette room to perform and express the song’s raw emotions. We leaned into a neon-tinged after hours aesthetic and shot on 16mm which added a griminess to the opulent locations and set pieces.” 

‘Quicksand’, which follows her 2021 single ‘This Enchanted’, set the scene for Giving The World Away – an album about reclamation and the strange time in young adulthood where you begin to finally be able to see yourself clearly. Incisive and probing, Giving the World Away is the clearest look at Pilbeam yet, a relic of the power and bravery that spring forth from embracing vulnerability and putting your heart on the line.

Produced by GRAMMY-nominated Jorge Elbrecht, known for his work with Sky Ferreira, Japanese Breakfast, and Wild Nothing, Giving the World Away is Hatchie’s most thunderous, sprawling work to date. Featuring extensive input from long-time Hatchie collaborator Joe Agius and built out with percussion from Beach House drummer James Barone, the tracks range from dancefloor-ready to industrial, shoegaze to gothic-sounds woven into oversized pop packages.

But for Pilbeam, the bigger picture explored on Giving The World Away includes confronting her anxieties after decades of compartmentalization; realizing her own self-confidence and self-esteem; taking control of her own narrative, and her place in both her professional and personal life. On Giving the World Away, she held herself to higher standards, especially with personal lyrical precision. At the time she started working on it, she was caught in a strange headspace. When 2018 EP Sugar & Spice and subsequent debut LP Keepsake both arrived to critical acclaim and catapulted Hatchie into an international spotlight, she felt both unsure of herself and an intense, self-imposed pressure to keep going forward. Trapped in constant motion, Pilbeam was unable to be present or appreciative of herself, both professionally and personally.

“There’s more to me than just writing songs about being in love or being heartbroken — there’s a bigger picture than that,” Pilbeam explains. “This album really just feels like the beginning to me and scratching the surface – and even though it’s my third release as Hatchie, I feel like I’m rebooting from scratch.” 

Hatchie – Giving The World Away

Out Friday April 22
through Ivy League Records

Pre-order here