ANCHR's Artist of the Week: Indigo De Souza
Photo by Charlie Boss
I recently saw this week’s ANCHR Artist of the Week, Indigo De Souza, play a support set with Lucy Dacus at Thalia Hall. These days, it’s so easy to be distracted by literally everything, even when you’re at a concert, but Indigo just has this magnetic ability to her music and stage presence that grabbed and held my undivided attention throughout her performance.
Indigo De Souza grew up in a small town in the North Carolina mountains and has been playing guitar since she was nine. Since then, she’s relocated to Asheville, NC and put out several singles and two full-length records.
Indigo released her sophomore album, entitled Any Shape You Take, in August of 2021, which features singles like “Real Pain” and “Hold U.” The record really expands upon Indigo’s multifaceted creativity, with every track embracing a different tone and mood—it’s like a sonic (dare I say) shapeshifter of a project. Indigo talks about the broad scope of the album saying, “I wanted this album to give a feeling of shifting with and embracing change. These songs came from a turbulent time when I was coming to self-love through many existential crises and shifts in perspective.” As listeners can experience as they travel through Any Shape You Take, Indigo says she never embodies one particular genre and that “all of the music just comes from the universe that is my ever-shifting brain/heart/world.”
The shifting nature and adaptability in Indigo’s style feels especially fitting with all the change going on in the world today, and these songs make a perfect soundtrack for anyone going through their own evolutions. On top of her incredible songwriting, Indigo also produced Any Shape You Take, alongside Brad Cook, Alex Farrar and Adam McDaniel.
Indigo De Souza will be on the road all across the country this summer, and if you’re in Chicago like ANCHR, you have not one, but TWO chances to catch a show in July. First, she’ll be performing in support of My Morning Jacket at Northerly Island, and she’ll also be playing Pitchfork Music Festival. She her full tour schedule here, and tune into the “Hold U” music video below.