Brockhoff Shares New Single “Willows”, Debut Album ‘Easy Peeler’ Out June 5

BROCKHOFF shares her new single ”Willows”, which is released today along with a lyric video. The debut album Easy Peeler will be released on June 5 via [PIAS] Recordings.

Written in the emotional freeze of the pandemic, “Willows” is a stark, winter-soaked indie-folk anthem about dissociation, quiet despair and the paralysis of becoming someone new. Hamburg-based singer-songwriter BROCKHOFF documents falling out of love, longing for connection and getting lost in a city that feels cold and distant. Fragile vocals, poetic lines and muted melancholy make “Willows” the perfect cold-season companion — a song to wrap yourself in like a blanket when everything feels numb. 

“Willows” perfectly sets the tone for Brockhoff’s debut — an album that bridges grunge-laced indie rock and early-2000s pop textures, wrapped in a deeply authentic songwriting voice. It’s a reminder that even when life feels uncomfortable, there’s beauty in being an easy peeler.

BROCKHOFF had previously released the singles “The Carpet Song” and the title track “Easy Peeler”.

One thing humans and clementines — those odd little fruits that can’t decide whether they want to be tangerines or oranges — have in common: you never know what you’ll get. Will their hard shell block you out? Will you have to peel them piece by piece to get closer to their core? Or will they turn out to be an easy peeler — one that opens immediately, lets you in, and doesn’t hide what’s inside? On her long-awaited debut album Easy Peeler, BROCKHOFF proves herself to be the latter.

Arriving on the scene in early 2022, Lina Brockhoff — known as BROCKHOFF — quickly established herself as one of indie rock’s most beloved newcomers. Her debut EP Sharks, featuring the anti-party anthem of the same name, introduced her as a songwriter who can fuse introspective storytelling with roaring guitar rock — without compromise. On the 2023 follow-up I’ve Stopped Getting Chills for a While Now, BROCKHOFF showcased even more confident production, scoring her life as a twenty-something through expansive indie rock and soft-spoken pop. Easy Peeler is the ambitious culmination of BROCKHOFF’s musical coming-of-age journey — one she has shared openly with her audience over the past few years.

Written between 2020 and 2023 and recorded over two weeks last year, the album presents itself as a slow-grown, carefully crafted project that blends ’90s guitar rock with exuberant pop arrangements. It also addresses the insecurities that accompanied its creation. While working on Easy Peeler, BROCKHOFF wrestled with the idea of putting herself out there as an artist — feeling uncomfortable in her own skin and within the fast-paced, often unforgiving music industry. She even considered giving up the childhood dream she had spent years chasing, just when it seemed closer than ever. Ultimately, BROCKHOFF did what distinguishes her as a storyteller: she found comfort in her own sensitivity, transforming it into the confident songs that would become her debut album.

Growing up taking piano lessons, BROCKHOFF taught herself guitar and began writing songs as a teenager. Encouraged by the strong female leads who dominated TV screens in the late 2000s — Hannah Montana, Camp Rock — her younger self began to believe that these things were possible: being a girl with a band, turning her inside out through songs. She started playing small gigs at local bars. Later, she discovered female alternative-rock artists such as Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail, who inspired her to lean into the guitar-driven sound that would define her signature BROCKHOFF style.

Throughout her early career, BROCKHOFF has played multiple support tours in Europe for artists such as Giant Rooks, Alice Merton, Von Wegen Lisbeth, and Paolo Nutini — the latter being her biggest shows to date. She’s performed at Brighton’s The Great Escape, Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds, and other prestigious festivals including Reeperbahn, Eurosonic, Southside, Haldern Pop and Dockville. Her songs have received radio play in Germany as well as in the UK, US and Canada. Over just a few years, BROCKHOFF has evolved into a commanding live performer, fronting a full-scale rock band and drawing international crowds. To date, she has played more than 120 live shows. BROCKHOFF has found her place on the main stage — and there’s no doubt this is exactly where she belongs. After all, who else could have written these songs if not an easy peeler, just like her?