Seattle’s Natalie Lew aka Sea Lemon is gearing up to release her debut album DIVING FOR A PRIZE, arriving in June via Luminelle. Blending lush guitars with shimmering textures and open-hearted lyrics, the project promises a dive into vulnerability, change, and self-acceptance. “This album is a time capsule of the most transformative year of my life,” Lew shares. “It was a year of immense growing pains, and the best way I knew how to process the emotional rollercoaster was to write songs.” The project was already introduced by a string of glowing singles—“Stay,” “Sweet Anecdote,” and “Crystals” featuring Death Cab for Cutie‘s Benjamin Gibbard.
Now, Lew has just returned with another taster, “Give In.” With glitchy drums and washed-out shoegaze guitars, the song sets an otherworldly tone from the start. “Outside a treehouse is a home / Who lives in there you’ll never know / At night the blinds are falling off the wall / You find a light careening from a hole,” Lew sings, painting a ghostly picture of obsession and curiosity.
“Give In” explores the pull of intrusive thoughts, especially the persistent urge to step inside forgotten, abandoned places. As Sea Lemon explains, “Growing up, I never knew the term of ‘intrusive thoughts’ but often had them… ‘Give In’ is about giving into the intrusive thoughts, and the relief and the consequences that happen after.”
Written in a single afternoon, the track feels both immediate and spellbinding. And it also comes with a video created by Otium.
Catch Sea Lemon on tour:
5/22 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre*
5/23 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre*
5/24 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall*
5/25 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall*
7/10 – New York, NY – Nightclub 101
7/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
7/29 – Missoula, MT#
7/30 – Spokane, WA#
8/8 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
*supporting American Football
#supporting Death Cab For Cutie
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