Indigo De Souza shares new single ‘Be Like The Water’
Indigo De Souza | Photo credit: Lea Garn
Early praise for Precipice:
"The Indigo of the last few years is undoubtedly moving in ways the Indigo of 5+ years ago couldn’t have dreamed of . . . if her latest is anything to go by, the future can embrace the sad, the happy and the in-between while welcoming that great expanse below."
- Dork
"Indigo De Souza brings unbridled enthusiasm even to situations she comes to regret. For ‘Heartthrob,’ De Souza kicks up the tempo and piles on the guitars.”
- The New York Times
"Indigo De Souza doesn’t miss.”
- Stereogum
"Jubilant and effervescent"
- Paste
“She's maintaining that heart wrenching passion that makes her intriguing as a singer, as a voice"
- The Needle Drop
“Powerful"
- UPROXX
Today, Indigo De Souza shares the single ‘Be Like The Water‘ from her forthcoming album, Precipice. The song, full of percussion and dazzling production, is a cathartic self-dialogue. “Be like the water is about being brave and protecting your energy,” says De Souza. “It’s about listening to your inner self and respecting your gut instinct. My favourite lyric in the song is ‘you can leave if you want to, and you don’t have to say why.’ Whether it’s leaving the room, leaving the conversation, or leaving a toxic relationship, you have the power to make a change and life is too precious to waste your spirit.” Watch the lyric video here.
Precipice, which has been named one of the most anticipated albums of the summer by Pitchfork, NPR, Vulture and The AV Club. The album was announced recently with its propulsive singles ‘Heartthrob‘ and ‘Crying Over Nothing.’ The album, due July 25th on Loma Vista Recordings, was made with Elliott Kozel, a musician who has produced and collaborated with the likes of SZA, Yves Tumor and FINNEAS. It finds the prolific and poetic singer-songwriter looking over the edge of a creative and spiritual cliff and leaping forward—taking control of difficult memories and charged emotions via pop bombast and diaristic clarity, and finding a stronger self.
This Friday, De Souza will kick off a brief run of US headline dates plus three nights with Lord Huron. Major North America touring in support of Precipice is plotted for the fall, plus festival appearances at Bumbershoot and Pitchfork Paris and London – tickets here. De Souza is partnering with PLUS1 and The Trevor Project on the upcoming tour. A dollar of each ticket sold will directly support The Trevor Project’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ+ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources, including 24/7 crisis intervention services, peer support, and advocacy for inclusive policies. All dates below.
Watch ‘Be Like The Water’ lyric video
With her arresting voice and profound honesty, De Souza’s music has always resonated deeply with fans and critics alike. But on Precipice she’s parlayed her secret skill for pop writing into something extraordinary - all of her idiosyncrasies combined with her melodic sensibilities offer up something new - mass appeal.
Indigo De Souza first gained notoriety on her sophomore album Any Shape You Take, which received Pitchfork’s Best New Album distinction, saying “De Souza commits herself to being undone, to experiencing the terrible feelings and the beautiful ones. Even when she’s fucked-up, there is something ecstatic in her attempts at loving, her hunger to absorb all she can from life.” The success of the album propelled then-label Saddle Creek to re-release her debut album, I Love My Mom. In 2023 she released the Alex Farrar-produced follow-up, All of This Will End featuring the stand-out single “Younger And Dumber,” which The New York Times called “a slow-burning tear-jerker, a gradual accumulation of heartbreaking lines that takes flight in a soaring climax,” and earned her Best New Track from Pitchfork, showcasing what was always hiding in plain sight - her powerful pop writing capabilities. Music critic Ryan Dombal said of the song, its “honest-to-goodness power balladry. Think ’90s country-pop queen Faith Hill, but with a smaller budget and a bigger sense of inner turmoil. Soul-baring catharsis has its costs, and De Souza is unafraid, launching a flaming missile at the heart.”
There are points in life where the precipice feels furthest from our control—something De Souza faced in late 2024, as Hurricane Helene ravaged the East Coast of the United States. Though her recently finished album showed the buoyant joy of change, De Souza’s flooded home and destroyed belongings represent its potential tragic side. When not in the thick of clearing the mess and helping her community recover, she continued to return to music as a comfort, already having written another album worth of breathtaking songs. Even when the void seems darkest, De Souza leaps boldly—and on Precipice she soars through wild, uncharted territory with open eyes, a full heart, and gritted teeth, finding new beauty even further beyond.
Watch the previously released videos for
‘Heartthrob‘ & ‘Crying Over Nothing‘
Tour Dates
07/11 - Cincinnati, OH - Woodward Theater #
07/12 - Lexington, KY - The Burl (Indoors) #
07/14 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note #
07/15 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly's #
07/16 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall #
07/18 - Indianapolis, IN - Everwise Amphitheater *
07/19 - Chicago, IL - Fairgrounds at The Salt Shed *
07/20 - Chicago, IL - Fairgrounds at The Salt Shed *
08/30 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
10/18 - Columbus, OH - Athenaeum Theatre ^
10/19 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^
10/20 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall ^
10/22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
10/23 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club ^
10/25 - Norwalk, CT - District Music Hall ^
10/26 - Boston, MA - The Royale ^
10/27 - New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
10/30 - Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson ^
11/02 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ^
11/05 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Festival
11/08 - London, UK - Pitchfork Festival
# w/ support from Primer
* w/ Lord Huron
^ w/ support from mothé
Precipice Tracklist
01. Be My Love
02. Crying Over Nothing
03. Crush
04. Not Afraid
05. Be Like The Water
06. Heartthrob
07. Dinner
08. Clean It Up
09. Heartbreaker
10. Pass It By
11. Precipice
More on Indigo De Souza’s Precipice
On Precipice’s title track, De Souza faces down the potential darkness of change, and finds hope in surrendering: "Coming to a precipice/ Holding on for dear life/ Looking out into the world/ Everything has gone dark." That sort of emotional daredevilry is definitively not new for De Souza. Her catalog brims with unwavering honesty and unflinchingly personal songwriting, including most recently the familial excavation on the pained and mighty All of This Will End. “I feel constantly on the precipice, of something horrible, or something beautiful–something that will change my life for better or for worse,” De Souza muses. To that end, Precipice cracks De Souza’s world open. As a new challenge, the songwriter took on blind studio sessions in Los Angeles, revelling in the expanded pool of collaborators and ability to focus on music. “I’d been wanting to work on more pop-leaning music for a while, so when I came out to LA I made sure to meet with people that could help bring that to life,” she says. “I wanted to make music that could fill your heart with euphoria while you dance along.”
In those sessions, she made a quick and deep connection with producer Elliott Kozel. The two quickly got to work on album highlight ‘Not Afraid’, the track setting the tone for the album's bold defiance of the unknown. “What, what does it look like, when you are free?/ When you are being true?/ When you let go, the people you love are free when they’re with you too,” she sings. The track also signalled the start of a long and important collaboration. “Elliott is really good at allowing space for songs to reveal themselves, and I felt very seen and respected both musically and personally,” De Souza adds. “That song became a compass for what I wanted the album to be: pop songs with meaning and feeling, pop songs with lyrics that tap into raw humanity.”
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