“Innocence Lost” is the first single from Given to the Night, out November 27 via Flying Nun and AD 93. The album came together during a period when Valentine and Clementine pulled away from the outside world, deleted social media and retreated into the trees of their native New Zealand, with only a small number of people joining them during the recording process. Rather than starting with a fixed concept, they let intuition lead the sessions. “We recorded songs as they appeared, which sometimes felt like catching light. Before we realised it we had a record,” they explain. Written during a period of personal transition, Given to the Night moves through blurred states of isolation, joy, insomnia, grief and fleeting clarity, with the sisters describing it as a way of “finding the light in the shadow.” “Innocence Lost” definitely belongs to that world, with floating guitars and vocal harmonies coming together in a dreamy haze. The single also arrives with a nocturnal, magnetic visualizer that you can watch below.

And she is already back. Toxe’s new album Bubble Treasure arrives September 15, with two songs out so far, both accompanied by videos. “Wishing Well” landed first, leaning into the more melodic, song shaped side of her music, while “A Girl Who Needs A Brain” takes things somewhere stranger. Its self directed video has Toxe playing a zombie, with the song unfolding from the perspective of one clinging to her last romantic thoughts before everything goes wrong.