caroline - caroline

Released 25th February 2022.

UK eight-piececarolines eponymous debut album oftencascades with force like an avalanche, squalling and rumbling on the edge of all-out collapse. At other points they slip back into impossibly fragile moments of quiet a simple bassline or a rattle of snare the only sound amid a dark sea of silence.carolineknow exactly the right balance between restraint and release. These songs are expansive and emotive pieces, their rich palette drawing on a mixture of choral singing, Midwestern emo and OMalley and Llewellyns roots in Appalachian folk.

Sometimes things sound much better when theres empty space, says Llewellyn. Sometimes you might populate [a song] with too many things and forget that an element on its own is enough.Elsewhere on the record the band have employed a collage-like technique, combining snippets of lo-fi recordings from a myriad of different locations a