Album of the Week – 20/02/26

This week sees new releases from Moby (Future Quiet), Peaches (No Lube So Rude) and Hen Ogledd (featuring Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington called DISCOMBOBULATED).

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for the softly, silvered sounds of Isabel…

Album of the Week – Fables – Isabel Pine

This is the first widely distributed release for Isabel Pine after a series of self released EP’s and singles on Bandcamp. She studied classical music on viola from the age of 3 through into college, where she was on a path to be a performer in a large ensemble, but eventually left after feeling frustrated and limited in a world that did not provide much of an outlet for individual creativity. But the doors of perception really opened when she moved to British Columbia and was exposed to the raw beauty of the wilderness there.

She began recording at home using a basic audio setup along with a cello, viola, violin and double bass, and spent time making field recordings of natural sounds in BC. Her next idea was to actually move into nature to record, curious as to “how it would sound if I recorded outside entirely, with the natural reverb and sounds of the environment in the recording from the very beginning. The rustling of the leaves or a raven’s beating wings were as integral to the music as whatever I played.”

“A gorgeous meditative album, well worth your time” – Killian Laher from our review here. 

Albums of Note: 

— Moby – Future Quiet

— Peaches – No Lube So Rude

Hen Ogledd (feat. Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington) –DISCOMBOBULATED

February 20th:

— Absolutely – Paracosm

— The Aces – Gold Star Baby: After Hours

— Altin Gün – Garip

— Apparat – A Hum Of Maybe

— Art Pepper – Everything Happens To Me: 1959 – Live At The Cellar

— Baby Keem – Ca$ino

— The Band of Heathens – Country Sides

— Bella Lista – Drasticism

— Brian James (of The Damned) –  Kicks And Diabolik Licks

— Bryce Vine – LET’S DO SOMETHING STUPID!

— Charm School – Skadenfreude Ploy EP

— Elvis Presley – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

— The Enemy – Social Disguises

— Eric Hilton (of Thievery Corporation) – A Sky So Close

— Exhumed – Asphalt

— Gabriela Richardson – ISOLA

— George Michael – FAITH (Vinyl Reissue)

— The Goldberg Sisters (Adam Goldberg) – When the Ships of My Dreams Return

— Hemi Hemingway – Wings of Desire

— Hen Ogledd (feat. Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies, Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington) –DISCOMBOBULATED

— Hilary Duff – luck…or something

— Laughing Hyenas – That Girl – Live Recordings 1986-1994

— Liz Cooper – New Day

— Lucid Express – Instant Comfort

— Meg Mac – It’s My Party

— Megan Moroney – Cloud 9

— The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis – Deface The Currency

— Mirah – Dedication

— Moby – Future Quiet

— Mod Lang – Borrowed Time

— Mozzy and EST Gee – Not A Chance In Hell

— MX LONELY – ALL MONSTERS

— Naïka – ECLESIA

— Nathan Fake – Evapaorator

— The Neighbourhood – (((((ultraSOUND)))))+

— New Found Glory – Listen Up!

— NYTT LAND – Aba Khan

— Peaches – No Lube So Rude

— Phew and Danielle de Picciotto – Paper Masks

— smush – standards EP

— Sports – Sports

— Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls (Expanded Edition)

— trauma ray – Carnival EP

— Worry Club – I’m Freaking Out