Last Tuesday, songwriter Becca Mancari shared her new single “Hunter” and announced her recent signing to Brooklyn-based indie label Captured Tracks. The hypnotic song, propelled by an airtight drum groove and lacerating guitar line, finds Mancari singing to a ghost from her past, promising, “You’re never gonna track me down / You’re never gonna find me out,” her crystalline voice floating effortlessly above the distorted maelstrom brewing below it. It is a song of defiance, self-assurance, and reclaiming her power. “Hunter” was produced by Zac Farro from Paramore and is taken from a forthcoming album, of which more details will be announced soon. The track is a strong sonic evolution for Mancari delving deeper into her origin story.

Mancari on “Hunter” – “’Hunter’ was born from a true story reflecting back on a person from my childhood in church who, later in my life, would send me frequent letters in the mail telling me to ‘repent’ and that I was a ‘nasty woman’ for the way I dressed and for the things I sang about. I received one of these letters the morning I planned to go into the studio with Zac Farro, and in that moment I sat down and wrote most of the lyrics, finishing the song in the studio that day. It is a song written from two people’s perspectives: one of course being the “Hunter” figure and the other from me, saying ‘you will never stop me’.”

This September, Mancari will open for Brittany Howard, whom she performed with as part of Bermuda Triangle. Tour dates below with more to be announced.

 “…a pretty noticeable change from the country-tinged indie rock of ‘Good Woman’. It’s more of an ethereal indie pop song, with some fuzzed-out, Tame Impala-esque riffs in the mix too.” –Brooklyn Vegan

9/19 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre ^

9/21 – Sante Fe, NM @ Santa Fe Opera House ^

9/23 – 9/27 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival

9/28 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theater ^

9/29 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater ^

9/30 – Dallas, TX @ Mcfarlin Memorial Auditorium ^