This past summer, Squirrel Flower released Planet (i), a love letter to disaster in every form imaginable. Today Ella Williams announces Planet EP– out digitally January 28– a compilation of self-recorded demos, B-sides from the Planet (i) studio sessions, and a Björk cover. Ella's hauntingly beautiful voice remains at the forefront, with instrumentation that's both layered and minimal - acoustic guitar, twinkling piano, synth, and the ambient sounds of the city overheard in the background. Today we get to hear "ruby at dawn" plus an official music video for "unravel" (originally by Björk), which in Ella's hands sees the iconic vocal melody saturated in a blanket of reverb and fuzz. 

“"Unravel" is a song that stops me in my tracks every time I hear it. I still don't know if this song is a song about making love or losing love, and that's why I like it. I filmed the video by projecting open source footage of underwater lava cooling into rock over myself. I love the way the lava unravels and moves, looks like yarn, looks like a heart. It represents to me the tension and pain and exuberance of love.” Watch below. 

The Planet EP is an intimate look at what makes Ella Williams one of the strongest and most prolific songwriters of the new decade. “I've always felt that the pieces and process and secrets behind a finished record are the most important parts,” says Williams. “Most of these songs showcase my own production and exact vision, my first time in a long time releasing music that I've produced alone. Releasing this EP is an exercise in self trust and experimentation. Not all songs need to be precious and kept for the exact right time, not all recordings need to be perfect.”