Skullcrusher, the project of singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine, has announced today that she’s releasing her debut album this year. Quiet the Room is out October 14 via Secretly Canadian. Check out the video for the lead single “Whatever Fits Together” below.
“I wrote ‘Whatever Fits Together’ while reflecting on my past and wondering how I might begin to explain it to someone,” Ballentine said in a statement. “I viewed my younger self through a wash of emotions: anger, sadness, pity, confusion, all reaching for a kind of compassion. I tried to capture the contradictions that comprise my past and define who I am now. As I looked back, I saw my life in pieces: some moments blacked out, some extremely vivid, some leading nowhere. Through the song I attempt to piece it together in some non-linear form and accept my disparate story.”
The new album follows Ballentine’s 2020 Skullcrusher EP and 2021’s Storm in Summer EP.
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Skullcrusher: Quiet the Room
Quiet the Room:
01 They Quiet the Room
02 Building a Swing
03 Whatever Fits Together
04 Whistle of the Dead
05 Lullaby in February
06 Pass Through Me
07 Could It Be the Way I Look at Everything?
08 Outside, Playing
09 It’s Like a Secret
10 Sticker
11 Window Somewhere
12 (Secret Instrumental)
13 Quiet the Room
14 You are My House
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Skullcrusher:
07-23 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
07-26 Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
07-27 Allston, MA – O’Briens Pub
07-28 Winooski, VT – Winooski Methodist Church
08-06 Peekskill, NY – The Paramount Hudson Valley Theatre
08-31 London, England – Omeara
09-02 Salisbury, England – End of the Road Festival
09-03 Manchester, England – Manchester Psych Fest
10-17 Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
11-11 Washington, D.C. – DC9
11-12 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
11-13 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
11-15 Kingston, NY – Tubby’s
11-16 Montréal, Quebec – Bar Le ‘Ritz’ P.D.B.
11-17 Toronto, Ontario – The Garrison
11-19 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop
11-20 Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village
11-30 San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord
12-02 Seattle, WA – Barboza
12-03 Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
