As we enter autumn there's no greater balm than the music of Ella Williams aka Squirrel Flower. Today she is sharing two new tracks – "Explain It To Me" b/w "Chicago". These single follow "Take It or Leave It," and a cover of Caroline Polachek's "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings," as well as her debut album, I Was Born Swimming, released earlier this year.

"Explain It To Me" is an enthralling cover of Liz Phair's original, featuring faint guitar strummings and layers of Williams' moving vocals. "‘Explain It To Me’ has been one of my favorite songs since I first heard it when I was 14," says Williams. "I made this recording in my basement while experimenting with self harmonizing for the first time in a while."

"Chicago" is an updated version of the closing bonus track on her Contact Sports EP. Jostling percussion opens to Williams' voice, as she hopes to find warmth in other people despite the city's frigid cold. The song gracefully falls over itself, repeating the same lyrics over and over again. "This version of ‘Chicago’ is from a studio session a while back and that never got used, so my brother and I put some extra guitar on it during quarantine and voilà. I originally wrote this in 2015 when I lived in the Midwest. It's for when you're lost or moving, or arriving."