Limelight
SONECHKO
Square Wild’s Lucy Shevchuk taps into her inner darkness on a ghostly solo venture.
WITH HER MAIN band, Square Wild, Lucy Shevchuk has left an indelible mark on the prog scene in recent years. Voted Best Unsigned Band by Prog readers in 2022, with Shevchuk also ranked among the Top 10 female vocalists that same year, their upbeat genre-melding has been a breath of fresh air. But with Sonechko, her gothic and chillingly atmospheric solo project, the vocalist wanted to explore her darker side.
“These songs just came to me,” she says of her three-track EP, Split. “They’re very dark, emotional, and straight down the line. Square Wild songs tackle current affairs, but the messages are hidden behind fun, experimental songwriting. This strips that back.”