As a final preview of Searows upcoming second album Death in the Business of Whaling, due out this Friday, they’ve shared striking new single “In Violet”. Premiered on BBC Radio 1, the track lands as the most cinematic moment yet from Alec Duckart’s steadily expanding world, following the hushed intensity of review tracks “Dearly Missed”, “Photograph of a Cyclone” and “Dirt”.
Where Searows’ early work thrived on intimacy, these latest songs, including “In Violet”, leans into drama and scale. It transforms quiet self-doubt into something mythic, framing personal disappointment as a full-bodied emotional epic, like Phoebe Bridgers or Ethel Cain in terms of world building. There’s a vivid sense of motion here, as Duckart stretches his songwriting into darker, more theatrical territory without losing its tender core.
The singles clearly point towards the ambitions of Death in the Business of Whaling, Duckart’s first album recorded outside his bedroom. It’s also the result of much more time spent on the road and working with co-producer Trevor Spencer in a converted horse barn outside Seattle. Searows songs still feel folkloric, personal, but are built to linger long after the final note fades.
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