Chelsea Wolfe shares new single 'Tunnel Lights'
Chelsea Wolfe | Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz
Today, Chelsea Wolfe presents her new single, 'Tunnel Lights,' from the upcoming album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, out February 9th, 2024 on Loma Vista. ‘Tunnel Lights' conjures up a late-night Twin Peaks feel until it cracks open into a swirl of analog and electric waves. As Wolfe explains, “‘Tunnel Lights’ is about actually living instead of just ‘getting by.’ It’s about waking up to the fact that you’ve been languishing in the dark and it’s time to start taking steps towards the lights that’ll guide you out of the tunnel-cave.”
On She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, there are references to shedding exoskeletons, to excommunication, and to permanent fissures. “I’m sanctified in my lover’s eyes,” Wolfe leads with on 'Tunnel Lights.' “No way around it/No way to fight/A pull too strong/Don’t try to forfeit/The way is through/On tunnel lights.” Dense and minimal, raw and opulent, intimate and expansive, the production of the song and throughout the album breaks apart then rebuilds—samples of the band are cut and pasted back together, heavy guitars dissolve into trip-hop breaks; the vocal delivery feels sculptural and is both hushed and soaring.
Following 'Whispers in the Echo Chamber,' the 'Tunnel Lights' video presents Wolfe collaborating once again with director George Gallardo Kattah and was also filmed in Colombia.
Watch the video for 'Tunnel Lights' here
She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She is a powerfully cathartic statement about cutting ties and an important reminder that healing is cyclical, not a simple linear process. The liminal, the in-between, and the unseen are recurring characters on She Reaches Out. As Wolfe puts it, “like the dark moon, that void space can feel unpredictable and looming, but it also holds so much potential, mystery, and excitement.”
Produced by David Andrew Sitek of TV On The Radio and mixed by Shawn Everett (Slowdive, SZA, The War On Drugs), She Reaches Out was recorded by Derek Coburn at Federal Prism Studios and mastered by Heba Kadry. Supporting Wolfe throughout is the core band of multi-instrumentalist Ben Chisholm, drummer Jess Gowrie, and guitarist Bryan Tulao. There’s an intimate, ASMR-like quality to Wolfe’s vocals on the album – nothing feels straightforward, left to chance, or as expected. As Wolfe says, “This album demanded to be lived.”
Pre-order She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
Watch Chelsea Wolfe’s 'Whispers in the Echo Chamber' Video
Watch Chelsea Wolfe’s 'Dusk' Visual
Next year, Wolfe will embark on a lengthy 2024 North American tour, bringing her acclaimed live performance to a slew of cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and beyond. The tour will close with a special show at London's Heaven on Sunday 21st April 2024. Divide and Dissolve will support the entire tour. A full list of dates are below and tickets are on sale now
Praise for ‘Dusk’ and ‘Whispers in the Echo Chamber’:
"The gothic grandeur of Chelsea Wolfe’s work meets pointed songwriting on new track ‘Whispers In The Echo Chamber’, a vivid return that exudes unlit hues." - Clash
“The genre-defying ‘Dusk’ is one of her more elaborate recordings to date, a culmination of her career thus far.” - Consequence, Heavy Song of the Week
“[‘Whispers in the Echo Chamber’] thumps and seethes with the industrial rage of latter-day Nine Inch Nails, though Wolfe's vocals are more lighter and ominous like they were written with a crow's feather.” - The FADER
"Huge textures underpin her ethereal vocals, along with beautiful, heavily layered guitars." - Guitar
"[‘Whispers in the Echo Chamber’] underscores Chelsea Wolfe's rank among the most provocative in heavy music.” - Knotfest
"'Whispers in the Echo Chamber' ties together a number of elements Wolfe has explored in the past, rolling in dynamic waves between minimal synth and heavy, full-band moments." - The Line of Best Fit
"[Dusk] subsumes the listener entirely. Bliss." - Louder
“The goth crooner Chelsea Wolfe conjures a thick atmosphere on ‘Dusk,’ ...‘Dusk' is centered around a slow, methodical beat, murky guitar chords and Wolfe’s breathy, eerie voice. 'I will go through fire to get to you,' she sings with a haunting determination.” - The New York Times
"Chelsea Wolfe comes out swinging with the dark psychedelic single ‘Dusk.’ A moody, sensual song about unrelenting love, Wolfe’s chilling tone and searing guitar breakdown create a swirling, gruesome melody.” - Paste, Best New Songs
“Above a throbbing bassline, [Chelsea Wolfe] intones about phenomena ‘beyond reality’ in between pecks of earth-rattling drum detonations. By the end, a chugging guitar riff is raining hellfire while Wolfe chants ‘more, more, more’ like a shrieking worshipper offering everything to some dark deity.” - Revolver, on 'Whispers in the Echo Chamber'
“On ‘Dusk,’ Chelsea Wolfe pushes Portishead’s gothic trip-hop to new doom-laden extremes.” - Stereogum, Best Songs Of The Week
Further support for the new singles has come from BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Brooklyn Vegan, Dork, Kerrang!, Loud & Quiet, Metal Hammer, The Needle Drop, NPR, Pitchfork, Prog, Rock Sound, SPIN, Under The Radar & more
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She tracklist
1. Whispers in the Echo Chamber
2. House of Self-Undoing
3. Everything Turns Blue
4. Tunnel Lights
5. The Liminal
6. Eyes Like Nightshade
7. Salt
8. Unseen World
9. Place in the Sun
10. Dusk
