Swiss Army Wife announce new LP, share urgent love song “Emergency Contact”

Portland’s Swiss Army Wife return with “Emergency Contact” – the lead single from their newly announced LP I Love You, But I Hate It Here – available now for pre-order.

At its core, “Emergency Contact” is a love song written in defiance of a world that feels increasingly hostile to the idea of love itself. It moves between dark humor and devastating sincerity, capturing the emotional whiplash of trying to hold onto someone when everything around you feels unstable or at risk. Lines like “give your last name to me / so when your body falls apart / I can still hold on to something” turn intimacy into survival – less about romance, more about preservation.

That tension carries into I Love You, But I Hate It Here, a record shaped by the realities of living through systemic instability – abortion bans, overdose, gender dysphoria, climate grief, and economic precarity. Following their 2023 debut Medium Gnarly – which drew comparisons to You Blew It! and Free Throw and earned recognition from Anthony Fantano – the band expands their focus without losing their emotional specificity.

I Love You, But I Hate It Here is about loving things that feel like they’re slipping away: a hometown, a body, a future. “Emergency Contact” distills that idea into something immediate and human – a reminder that in the face of collapse, choosing to care about someone can still feel radical.

"Emergency Contact" is out now. I Love You, But I Hate It Here is out on June 12.

Stream the new singles here!