"Our recurring feature series Track by Track lets artists guide readers through each song on their latest album. In this edition, Sir Chloe breaks down her sophomore full-length, Swallow the Knife. Sir Chloe's blend of grunge and shoegaze is a fitting outlet for her rage on her second album, Swallow the Knife. It's cutting and forceful, but also cathartic, not so much steeped in its own anger as it is looking for a way out - for relief."
""I imagined the anguish I experienced while making this record as a passenger who travelled with me. It sat on my chest like a rabid chimp, swiping at my face," explains Sir Chloe, aka the artist Dana Foote. "I sing a lot about longing for relief on this record, because for a long time, I couldn't get any. You just have to wait it out and be sane and perfect and calm and smiling with your nose ripped off.""
Swallow the Knife blends grunge and shoegaze into cutting, forceful alternative rock that channels rage and seeks relief. Dana Foote frames the album around intense emotional upheaval, describing anguish as a passenger that sits on her chest like a rabid chimp. Lyrics and sound scrawl between fury and catharsis, emphasizing longing for release rather than sustained bitterness. The record does not claim complete healing but uses sharpened instrumentation and vocals to cut through pain. Tracks explore forgiveness, trauma, and the hope for sanity and calm amid volatile feelings. The album supports a 36-date North American headlining fall tour.
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