{"id":3974,"date":"2025-07-25T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/indigo-de-souza-finds-herself-on-the-precipice\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:02:00","slug":"indigo-de-souza-finds-herself-on-the-precipice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/indigo-de-souza-finds-herself-on-the-precipice\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigo De Souza Finds Herself on the \u2018Precipice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Photo-by-Hannah-Sommer-1.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"922\" alt=\"Indigo De Souza. (Credit: Hannah Sommer)\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Standing on a precipice can be exciting or terrifying, depending on the person. On her new album <em>Precipice<\/em>, Indigo De Souza seems to be experiencing both at once.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-durand-jones-the-indications\/\">5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without: Durand Jones &amp; The Indications<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/deep-cut-friday-you-can-make-me-free-by-billy-joel\/\">Deep Cut Friday: \u201cYou Can Make Me Free\u201d by Billy Joel<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/tame-impala-new-single\/\">Tame Impala Keep Dancing On Lead Single From New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It could be because this new album finds the singer-songwriter fully venturing into the poppier territory she\u2019s only hinted at on prior songs like \u201cHold U\u201d and \u201cSmog.\u201d No matter how lo-fi and raw her acclaimed past albums were, it was always clear that De Souza had an ear for pop hooks and beats. Now she\u2019s fully leaning into those tendencies, in her songwriting but also in her choices of partnering with producer Elliott Kozel (SZA, Yves Tumor), switching to the bigger label Loma Vista, and even recording in Los Angeles, versus her previous home base of North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you combine these new elements with her established intimate, DIY work, you get the dynamic contrast that makes up the beating heart of <em>Precipice. <\/em>This album is a collection of pop songs with an indie rock soul, equally ready to be played alongside Lorde or Soccer Mommy. If you want to immediately hear what that sounds like, De Souza\u2019s best example\u2014and an immediate standout track\u2014is the album\u2019s first single, \u201cHeartthrob.\u201d It\u2019s De Souza\u2019s most anthemic song yet (which is saying something since her \u201cHold U\u201d has been on every playlist I\u2019ve made for the past four years), with a driving beat ready to fill an arena. Yet the lyrics find De Souza taking back abuse from her youth to become a source of power moving forward, creating a darker, deeper experience than the bright riffs and chant-able \u201cI really put my back into it!\u201d chorus might initially suggest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Precipice-Album-Art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-469350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Precipice-Album-Art.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Precipice-Album-Art-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Precipice-Album-Art-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/Indigo-De-Souza-Precipice-Album-Art-498x498.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>This balance of fun melodies with confessional lyrics continues across the album\u2019s highlights. \u201cCrying Over Nothing\u201d is a twinkling \u201980s-ish bop about allowing yourself to sit in the pain of a break-up. \u201cBe Like the Water\u201d is an ebb and flow of ephemeral synths about rediscovering strength in yourself. Even the album\u2019s songs that choose one emotional lane balance each other out, as the Robyn-esque \u201cCrush\u201d and Mitski-adjacent \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d seem to be bookends to a relationship with the same person.<\/p>\n<p>This mix of hard and soft is best captured on \u201cNot Afraid,\u201d a song that shifts from heavenly vocals into crunching keyboards as she sings about finding the confidence to love freely by facing mortality head-on. It\u2019s as open-hearted a love song as I\u2019ve heard in 2025, but the only one with a refrain like, \u201cI\u2019m not afraid of dying anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s highlights shine so brightly that some of the other songs feel\u00a0 like uncertain works-in-progress or B-sides in waiting by comparison. \u201cDinner\u201d and \u201cPass It By,\u201d for instance, lack the confidence and eureka moments of Precipice\u2019s best tracks. But these tracks still fit in sonically, thanks in part to Kozel\u2019s production, which feels sophisticated and radio-friendly while still keeping an inviting warmth.<\/p>\n<p><em>Precipice<\/em> closes with the title track, an ode to hanging on during life\u2019s most trying times. De Souza seems to be uncertain of what\u2019s ahead of her, but hopefully she\u2019ll continue to marry heartfelt lyrics with cathartic melodies for more songs that will have us all crying on the dance floor.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing on a precipice can be exciting or terrifying, depending on the person. 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