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Oct 08, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Bianca Edwards

Hatchie, the shoegaze/dream pop project of Australian musician Harriette Pilbeam, is releasing a new album, Liquorice, on November 7 via Secretly Canadian. Now she has shared its second single, “Only One Laughing.” It’s accompanied by a music video in which Pilbeam works at an amusement park. Watch it below.

Pilbeam had this to say about the album in a press release: “I wrote ‘Only One Laughing’ to air my frustrations with the state of the world and the position I found myself in at the time (early 2023). I wanted a rollicking song that felt like you were struggling to keep up with me basically ranting about the lack of control I felt over my life.”

Previously Hatchie shared the album’s first single, “Lose It Again,” via a music video. It was one of our Songs of the Week.

Liquorice is Hatchie’s third full-length album and follows Giving the World Away, which was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2022. Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som) helped produce the album.

“This album feels like the culmination of everything I’ve wanted to do with this project since I first started it,” says Pilbeam in a press release. “I focused on the finer details of the trajectory of love found and lost, inspired by my favorite tragic romance films. I’ve never felt more aligned with an album and can’t wait to share the experience with everyone.”

Pilbeam and her longtime bandmate/romantic partner Joe Agius were based in Los Angeles for a time, but decided to stop touring and return to Australia.

“Ultimately, the inspiration for the album came from living a very simple life and having time to reconnect with myself and be alone with my thoughts,” says Pilbeam.

The album was recorded at Duterte’s home studio and features Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Courtney Barnett) on drums. Alex Farrar (Wednesday, MJ Lenderman) mixed the album, which was mastered by Greg Obis (Dutch Interior, Slow Pulp, Wishy).

Jeremy McLennan (Orchin) co-wrote “Lose It Again” and Agius directed its video.

“I wanted to see my limitations as strengths that inform my style,” Pilbeam says about embracing her influences on Liquorice.

Read our interview with Hatchie on Giving the World Away here.

Read our rave review of Giving the World Away here.

Giving the World Away is Hatchie’s second full-length album, the follow-up to her acclaimed debut album, Keepsake, which came out in 2019 via Double Double Whammy.

Hatchie was featured on Under the Radar’s 20th anniversary compilation album, Covers of Covers, where she covers HAIM’s “FUBT.”

Read our rave 8.5/10 review of Keepsake here.

Read our 2018 interview with Hatchie on her EP Sugar & Spice.

Read our My Favorite Album interview with Hatchie on Carole King’s Tapestry.

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