Squirrel Flower’s New Album Finds Its Heart in Chicago

Squirrel Flower’s nomadic new album finds its collaborative heart in Chicago’s music scene

Squirrel Flower’s latest album, “Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going,” reads like a travelogue of vast American highways and fleeting encounters. Written during a relentless tour schedule between 2024 and 2025, these nomadic tracks by Chicago singer-songwriter Ella O’Connor Williams were born on the road — yet their sonic heart remains very much local.Trading the heavy distortion of 2023’s “Tomorrow’s Fire” for an ethereal folk warmth, Wil…

Squirrel Flower’s new album finds its heart in Chicago

Squirrel Flower’s latest album, “Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going,” reads like a travelogue of vast American highways and fleeting encounters. Written during a relentless tour schedule between 2024 and 2025, these nomadic tracks by Chicago singer-songwriter Ella O’Connor Williams were born on the road — yet their sonic heart remains very much local. Trading the heavy distortion of 2023’s “Tomorrow’s Fire” for an ethereal folk warmth, Wi…

Squirrel Flower Turns Introspection Into Something Otherworldly 'Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

Although it sometimes drifts into immersive, atmospheric folk-rock, Ella Williams’ output under her Squirrel Flower moniker has never explored liminal spaces. Even as the listener drifts through heartfelt poetry and spacious instrumentation, Williams’ songs have always been written with a destination in mind, letting whoever stumbles across her discography map their own route between landmarks. That being said, the music of Squirrel Flower never…

Squirrel Flower Shares New Song "Cleveland": Listen

It’s Squirrel Flower Summer. So far the Chicago indie darling has previewed Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going with “Reelin,” “Not Me,” and “Sick Tooth,” and now she’s sharing a sweeping, sun-drenched shredder called “Cleveland.” “‘Cleveland’ is a song about choosing the city over the crush, about domesticity, about the strange magnetism…