Hatchie, aka Brisbane, Australia artist Harriette Pilbeam, signed to Secretly Canadian and released her first single for the label, "This Enchanted," in September. Now she's announced a new album, Giving the World Away, due out April 22 via her new label home. It was produced by Jorge Elbrecht and features percussion from Beach House live drummer James Barone. "I'm capable of writing more than just nice dream-pop songs, and there's more to me than just writing songs about being in love or being heartbroken -- there's a bigger picture than that,” Harriette says. "This album really just feels like the beginning to me, and scratching the surface – and even though it’s my third release as Hatchie, I feel like I’m rebooting from scratch."
Following "This Enchanted" is another new single from the album, "Quicksand," a shimmery dream pop confection that was co-written with Dan Nigro and longtime collaborator Joe Agius. "'Quicksand' is about dealing with the realisation that you'll never be satisfied," says Harriette. "I started writing it when I was home between tours in 2019 before finishing it with Joe Agius and Dan Nigro the next year. I was feeling guilty and ungrateful for not being happy about a few different things in my life that were technically going well. I had to work through some tough learned thought processes and emotions that had been working away for years to try to understand how to be happy with my present, and stop fixating on my past and future. The video digs deeper into showing this juxtaposition of such sadness and anger despite being surrounded by glamour and grandeur." Watch the video below.