yeule by Vasso Vu
EVANGELIC GIRL IS A GUN NEW ALBUM DUE MAY 30TH VIA NINJA TUNE
HEADING ON UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES THIS SUMMER
Today, yeule shares a new single and video “Evangelic Girl is a Gun,” the title track from their forthcoming album due May 30th via Ninja Tune. The song leads with a fast paced beat beneath yeule’s quick spitting lyrics almost like hushed rap verses. Throughout the song yeule prays to a divine, dark entity; a fallen angel, so beautiful yet untouchable. “Sacrificial blood industry,” they sing atop electroclash-inspired production, “Morphine Kissin; marshall stackin’, run that back again.” Their love for all things chemical and noise are crystalline in this self-scarificing prayer to the, “evangelic girl.” The song comes alongside a video co-directed by yeule and Neil Krug featuring yeule riding through a dark mythical world of their own creation.
Speaking about the title track yeule describes the song as, “An angelic blade of a dance beat with dual bpm switch ups, nostalgic synth patches Kin and I alchemised together reminiscent of early 2010s electronica. In the light of love and obsession lies the silhouette of a shadow diluted with the playful flirting of synths and drum patterns, but this time with a sexy silhouette of a shadow. Going back to experimental dark techno, but aligning it with modern inclinations of what I want to label as ‘trip club.’ Eternal light, eternal love, depth of the heart with a shallow facade. Diluting the vanta black blood that boils on rotting flesh.”
The forthcoming album, Evangelic Girl is a Gun, is yeule’s most unrestrained and emotionally baring work yet, as they grapple with ideas of a self-destructive identity burning through the canvas of post-modernity. Accompanied by still visual artworks made in collaboration with artist Vasso Vu and a video for the previous single, “Skullcrusher,” shot by Neil Krug, Ćmiel explores the duality of darkness, as well as their personal history to their role as the “painter.” Through the album’s hypnotic melodies, they present a portrait of the tortured artist trapped within an image, as Ćmiel’s haunting vocals act as an emotional chokehold atop dance beats.
Evangelic Girl is a Gun sees Ćmiel putting their own “cyborgian” spin on Bristol trip-hop and ‘90s gothic. The album features production from A.G. Cook, Chris Greatti, Mura Masa, Clams Casino, Fitnesss and Kin Leonn, Ćmiel’s trusted collaborator and co-executive producer of 2023’s softscars. yeule’s untreated vocals on the album also contribute to a sense of burning authenticity; rawness emerges as they abandon Auto-Tune. This jarring artistic styling is a turn from their glitchy previous works. As a counter to the emergence of AI, they wanted to imbue their vocals with a “raw, irreplaceable edge,” they explain.
The new singles, “Evangelic Girl is a Gun,” “Skullcrusher” and “Eko” follow their celebrated album softscars, which incorporated distorted guitars and alternative production. The arrival of softscars was met with immense critical acclaim earning their second ‘Best New Music’ stamp from Pitchfork, as well as applause from outlets such as The New York Times, The FADER, Stereogum, Alternative Press, NPR among others. The album followed their critically acclaimed 2022 release, Glitch Princess, which also received a Pitchfork ‘Best New Music’ stamp and overwhelming critical praise.
A chameleonic auteur guided by a multidisciplinary ethos, yeule crafts entire worlds and personas through their music, weaving together everything from the classical canon, hypermodern internet cultures, academic theory, the esoteric, and their own carnal desires.
Tour Dates:
7/1 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
7/2 – London, UK @ O2 Forum Kentish Town
7/5 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/7 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre
7/9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
7/11 – Paris, France @ Le Trabendo
7/10 – 12 – Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
Evangelic Girl is a Gun
May 30th 2025
Ninja Tune
1.Tequila Coma
2.The Girl Who Sold Her Face
3.Eko
4.1967
5.VV
6.Dudu
7.What3vr
8.Saiko
9.Evangelic Girl is a Gun
10.Skullcrusher
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