Birch, Sofie / Nowacka, Antonina: Hiraeth - VINYL LP

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Title:

Hiraeth

Artist:

Birch, Sofie / Nowacka, Antonina

Label:

Unsound

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

5063720062630

Genre:

Ambient

Release Date:

2025-09-26

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT

There's no direct English translation for the word "hiraeth". In the Welsh language, it describes a form of longing for an intangible something, somewhere or someone that no longer exists. Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka draw on the concept to guide their second collaborative album, a suite of vulnerable, open-hearted improvisations and reflections that attempt to grasp an image of the past that's chimeric, dissolving almost as soon as it materializes. The duo's process follows the same distant beacon; unlike Languoria, their critically acclaimed debut, Hiraeth is, at heart, an acoustic record, informed by in-person improvisations with voices and string instruments that gesture to an era before computers, AI and DAWs. It's just as lush, but Hiraeth is warmer and more muted than it's predecessor.

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