Squirrel Flower Announces Fourth Album 'Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going'
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Daniel Topete
Squirrel Flower, the project of Chicago-based artist Ella Williams, has laid out plans for her fourth studio album.
'Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going' will arrive through Polyvinyl Record Co. on August 21, following 2023's 'Tomorrow's Fire' and last year's 'Live at Top Note Theatre'.
Inspired by months of travelling across North America, it was written by the multi-instrumentalist in 2024 and 2025, and co-produced with Seth Engel, Jack Henry and Alex Farrar, whose previous credits include MJ Lenderman, Wednesday and Waxahatchee. Commenting on collaborating with Farrar, Williams said:
"He was encouraging me to lean into this ethereal, yet grounded, spacious yet textured folk music that’s so true to the early days of Squirrel Flower."
Tracked live at the makeshift studio Merry Meadow in Door County, Wisconsin, the record also features contributions from past collaborators Dave Hartley (The War on Drugs) and Seth Kauffman (Angel Olsen), plus Dimitri Giannopoulos (Horse Jumper of Love), Sofia Jensen (Free Range), Clay Frankel (Twin Peaks), Andy Krull (Red PK), and Book not Brooke (Babywave).
To celebrate the announcement, Squirrel Flower has shared the record's first single, Reelin, a warm indie-rock track that has gentle, strummed acoustic guitar running through it. Williams explained: "The lyrics started as an art piece I made on an overdue Kansas Turnpike toll bill. This song is my ode to the push and pull of domesticity and unraveling. Leaving and getting reeled back in, over and over and over and over."
Squirrel Flower is currently touring the US supporting The Beths and Spoon, following which she'll play a show in Chicago supporting Ethel Cain in August and her first full-band headline tour in two years across North America in the fall.
In March, Squirrel Flower released the one-off single Wheels with Billie Marten and Maya Bon of Babehoven. The latter also appeared on her 2025 cover of Mojave 3's My Life in Art.
'Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going' tracklist:
1. Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
2. Cleveland
3. Not Me
4. Helicopters
5. Highway Woman
6. Reelin
7. Foot Thick Ice
8. Sick Tooth
9. Fought a Hornet
10. Surfing USA
11. Weightless, Untethered
Squirrel Flower Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed September 23 2026 - CLEVELAND HEIGHTS Ohio - Grog Shop (USA)
Sat September 26 2026 - SOMERVILLE Massachusetts - Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre (USA)
Sun September 27 2026 - NORTHAMPTON Massachusetts - Iron Horse (USA)
Tue September 29 2026 - NEW YORK New York - Elsewhere Rooftop (USA)
Wed September 30 2026 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Johnny Brendas (USA)
Thu October 01 2026 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - Union Stage (USA)
Fri October 02 2026 - RICHMOND Virginia - Music Hall (USA)
Sat October 03 2026 - DURHAM North Carolina - Stanczyks (USA)
Tue October 06 2026 - ASHEVILLE North Carolina - Revival Asheville (USA)
Wed October 07 2026 - ATLANTA Georgia - Earl (USA)
Thu October 08 2026 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Blue Room (USA)
Sat October 10 2026 - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana - Turntable (USA)
Fri October 23 2026 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Off Broadway (USA)
Sat October 24 2026 - LAWRENCE Kansas - White Schoolhouse (USA)
Sun October 25 2026 - FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas - Georges Majestic Lounge (USA)
Tue October 27 2026 - DALLAS Texas - Ruins (USA)
Wed October 28 2026 - SAN ANTONIO Texas - Paper Tiger (USA)
Thu October 29 2026 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs (USA)
Fri October 30 2026 - AUSTIN Texas - 29th St Ballroom (USA)
Sun November 01 2026 - PHOENIX Arizona - Valley Bar (USA)
Tue November 03 2026 - LOS ANGELES California - Sid The Cat Auditorium (USA)
Wed November 04 2026 - OJAI California - Ojai Deer Lodge (USA)
Thu November 05 2026 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Chapel (USA)
Sat November 07 2026 - SEATTLE Washington - Tractor (USA)
Sun November 08 2026 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - WISE Hall (Canada)
Mon November 09 2026 - OLYMPIA Washington - Wild Child (USA)
Wed November 11 2026 - PORTLAND Oregon - Aladdin Theater (USA)
Thu November 12 2026 - BOISE Idaho - Neurolux Lounge (USA)
Fri November 13 2026 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Urban Lounge (USA)
Sun November 15 2026 - DENVER Colorado - Globe Hall (USA)
Tue November 17 2026 - OMAHA Nebraska - Reverb Lounge (USA)
Wed November 18 2026 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - Fine Line (USA)
Thu November 19 2026 - MILWAUKEE Wisconsin - Cactus Club (USA)
Fri November 20 2026 - CHICAGO Illinois - Thalia Hall (USA)
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