The genre-defying Welsh group define their vision with a breath-taking new album, Islet’s ‘Soft Fascination’ is an ecstatic experience in music, an explosion of emotion subsumed in sound. The album is filled with high energy cadence and meditations on collective joy, a balancing act underpinned with glorious melodies and Emma Daman Thomas’ evocative vocals that swirl in the symphonic surf. Self-produced, and with instruments recorded live with few overdubs, the effect is direct, it veers from the upfront and immediate to the spacious and challenging. The first half is intentionally fast, intense, almost relentless. The second half is more spacious, as the album unravels and becomes more hazy. There is excitement and fascination and a willingness to show a lack of restraint in realising it, traversing hailstorms, hedgerows, broken promises and poisoned prayers; constantly breathing real life all in. Featuring standout singles: the pulsating ‘Euphoria’, the liberating flow of energy on ‘River Body’ and the recurring conundrum of choice of ‘Hat Person’, ‘Soft Fascination’ is an album of rare beauty.
Release date:
September 29, 2023
Label:
Install our app to receive notifications when new upcoming releases are added.
Recommended equipment and accessories
Featured Upcoming Vinyl
-
Finom Not God
Joyful Noise Records
May 24, 2024 -
Bon Jovi Forever (Black/Clear Split; Amazon Exclusive)
Island
June 7, 2024 -
Julius Rodriguez Evergreen
Verve Label Group
June 14, 2024 -
Fu Manchu The Return Of Tomorrow (Blue & White / Black Galaxy)
At The Dojo Records
June 14, 2024 -
Magic Wands Jupiter
Cleopatra
June 28, 2024 -
Alastair Greene Standing Out Loud
Ruf
May 17, 2024 -
Lizzy McAlpine Older
Rca Records
June 14, 2024 -
The Defects Modern Error
Mascot
May 24, 2024 -
Myriam Gendron Mayday
Feeding Tube
May 10, 2024 -
Milly Your Own Becoming
Dangerbird Records Llc
June 28, 2024 -
Remi Wolf Big Ideas
Island
July 12, 2024 -
Zombeast Heart Of Darkness (Red)
Massacre
May 17, 2024 -
Highschool Accelerator
Pias America
July 12, 2024 -
Thor Hammer of Justice
Deadline Music
June 28, 2024