Squirrel Flower is the stage name of American musician Ella Williams.
Early life
Williams grew up in
Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The town is six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census.
History
European colonists settled the Town of Arlington in 1635 as a village w ...
. When Williams was a child, she gave herself the nickname Squirrel Flower.
In 2014, she moved to Iowa to attend
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College.
Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-stu ...
.
History
After getting involved in the DIY scene in Boston as a teenager, Williams moved to Iowa. There, she wrote her first EP as Squirrel Flower and began setting up small tours for herself. This first EP, titled ''Early Winter Songs From Middle America'', was self-released in 2015.
In 2016, Williams released her second EP titled ''Contact Sports'' on a St. Louis-based DIY tape label called It Takes Time.
Williams' debut album, ''I Was Born Swimming'', was released in 2020 via
Polyvinyl Records
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.
The album was produced by Gabe Wax.
This anticipated label debut earned overwhelming praise from the likes of
Gorilla vs. Bear, NPR Music, and ''Paste'', and she was named ''Rolling Stone'' Artist You Need To Know, ''Stereogum''
's Artist to Watch,
The FADER
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It is o ...
's Gen F, and ''The Guardian''
's One to Watch. In May 2020, Squirrel Flower released the single "Take It Or Leave It", backed with her cover of
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Elizabeth Polachek (born June 20, 1985) is an American singer, producer and songwriter. Raised in Connecticut, Polachek co-founded the indie pop band Chairlift while studying at the University of Colorado. The duo emerged from the late- ...
's "
So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings."
Discography
Studio albums
*''Contact Sports (Deluxe Edition)'' (2018, 2000 Pigs)
*''I Was Born Swimming'' (2020, Polyvinyl)
*''Planet (i)'' (2021, Polyvinyl)
EPs
*''Early Winter Songs from Middle America'' (2015, self-released)
*''Contact Sports'' (2016, It Takes Time. Re-released on vinyl in 2018 by 2000 Pigs)
*''Planet'' (2022, Full Time Hobby)
Singles
*"Midwestern Clay" (2016)
*"Not Your Prey" (2016)
*"Red Shoulder" (2019)
*"Headlights" (2019)
*"Streetlight Blues" (2020)
*"Take It or Leave It /
So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings" (2020)
*"
Explain It to Me / Chicago" (2020)
*"Hurt a Fly" (2021)
*"I'll Go Running" (2021)
*”Flames and Flat Tires” (2021)
References
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1996 births
Living people
People from Arlington, Massachusetts
American indie rock musicians
Musicians from Massachusetts
Indie folk musicians
Polyvinyl Record Co. artists
American folk singers
21st-century American women guitarists
21st-century American guitarists