Squirrel Flower’s new album finds its heart in Chicago

Squirrel Flower’s latest album, “Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going,” reads like a travelogue of vast American highways and fleeting encounters. Written during a relentless tour schedule between 2024 and 2025, these nomadic tracks by Chicago singer-songwriter Ella O’Connor Williams were born on the road — yet their sonic heart remains very much local. Trading the heavy distortion of 2023’s “Tomorrow’s Fire” for an ethereal folk warmth, Williams tracked much of the new material live…