Loma have released two new songs from their forthcoming album Don’t Shy Away. “I Fix My Gaze” and the title track both arrive with accompanying music videos. Watch those below.
Loma is the trio of Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record, and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg. The video for “Don’t Shy Away” was filmed, directed, and edited by Duszynski, while the visual for “I Fix My Gaze” was filmed, directed, and edited by Cross.
“I knew I wanted a single shot with a gradual reveal to complement the slower enveloping mood of the song,” Duszynski said of the visual for “Don’t Shy Away” in a press release. “The time-stopping effect draws me in without distracting from the music. I also love Jonathan and the dogs’ cameos.”
Of the video for “I Fix My Gaze,” Cross wrote: “I wanted to convey the feeling of being free even within a walled-in space. Recognizing that you’re trapped, in a way, but that there is still beauty and joy to be found.”
Meiburg added: “The video for ‘Don’t Shy Away’ was pure serendipity. So many things happen in it—the dogs, the birds, the timing—that could never be replicated, even if we tried. And I love Emily’s vision for ‘I Fix My Gaze.’ Emily was a visual artist before she was a musician, and it comes through in everything she does.”
Don’t Shy Away arrives October 23 via Sub Pop. Loma released their self-titled debut album in 2018.
