Eva Moolchan has been making autre rock music for a while now. On the Washington, DC-based artist's first two albums, 2016's Gymnastics and last year's It's A Myth, it took the form of tightly-coiled punk songs that were concise and unassailable. On next year's Highway Hypnosis, she expands her horizons to include rubber-band beats and a shuffling, pop-included forward momentum.
A few weeks ago, she shared the creeping "Beliefs" off her upcoming new album, and today she's back with an official album announcement and a bulletproof new single, "The Way It Goes." On it, Moolchan riffs on top of a cocky, M.I.A.-indebted beat that switches up a couple times throughout the song but never stops oozing cool. "And when the match is lit, it goes on fire," she repeats on the track, incisive and incendiary.
Listen below.
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TRACKLIST:
01 "Highway Hypnosis"
02 "The Way It Goes"
03 "Ecstasy"
04 "Suck It Like A Whistle"
05 "Addis"
06 "Saiditzoneza"
07 "Money Don't Grow On Trees"
08 "Cinnamon"
09 "Holy Cow Never Saw A Girl Like Her"
10 "Beliefs"
11 "And We're Off"
12 "A Lil Close"
13 "Hong Kong To Amsterdam"
Highway Hypnosis is out 1/25 via Merge Records. Pre-order it here.
