Indigo De Souza shares new single ‘Crying Over Nothing’
Indigo De Souza | Photo credit: Hannah Sommer
Early praise for Precipice:
"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
Indigo De Souza shares ‘Crying Over Nothing,’ a deceptively bouncy new single that arrives today alongside a video conceived by De Souza and directed by Kai Dickson, which shows De Souza surrendering to the elements in a cathartic rain-soaked performance. “‘Crying Over Nothing’ is about heartbreak that feels beyond reason,” De Souza explains. “Pain that follows no matter where you go or how much you try to lose it. Pain that comes from memories you can’t erase and love you can’t unfeel. It’s about loss that is never-ending.”
As with so much great pop, De Souza transcends the giddy highs of new attraction and the haunted lows of a broken heart by inverting and subverting both, finding their points of connection rather than their differences. The thrumming synthpop of ‘Crying Over Nothing’ exemplifies those new, glistening heights musically, even as the lyrics digest unimaginable heartbreak. De Souza skips over the coyly shuffling rhythm, her voice cracking into the upper register with a warm glow akin to the ‘80s synths.
Precipice, which has been named one of the most anticipated albums of the summer by Pitchfork and Vulture, was announced last month with a video for its propulsive lead single ‘Heartthrob.’ 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.
De Souza is also announcing a headline US tour for the summer and autumn in support of the album. 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 ‘Crying Over Nothing’ music 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.
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/ Lord Huron
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, reveling 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 signaled 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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