Released 22nd January.

Belfast-born, London-based duo Bicep (Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson) will release their hotly anticipated second album, Isles, on 22 January 2021 on Ninja Tune.

Two years in the making, Isles expands on the artful energy of their 2018 debut Bicep, while digging deeper into the sounds, experiences and emotions that have influenced their lives and work. They describe Isles as a snapshot in time of their work in this period, with the tracks designed to evolve in their different iterations from record to live show and beyond. This is definitely the home listening version, says Matt, the live version will be much, much harder.

On the title, We have strong mixed emotions, connected to growing up on an island they say, wanting to leave, wanting to return. For two natives of Belfast, any talk of islands, communities and identities will also have other, more domestic connotations, and ha