{"title":"Penelope Isles","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrighton based melodic indie pop-rock group. Members: Lily Wolter, Becky Redford, Jack Sowton, Jack Wolter.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"which-way-to-happy","title":"Which Way to Happy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen you’re trying to make it through tough times, you need a little light to find your way. That light blazes brightly on the alchemical second album from Penelope Isles, an album forged amid emotional upheaval and band changes. Setting the uncertainties of twentysomething life to alt-rock and psychedelic songs brimming with life, colour and feeling, \u003ci\u003eWhich Way to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a luminous victory for Jack and Lily Wolter, the siblings whose bond holds the band tight at its core. Produced by Jack and mixed by US alt-rock legend Dave Fridmann, the result is an intoxicating leap forward for the Brighton-based band, following the calling-card DIY smarts of their 2019 debut, \u003ci\u003eUntil the Tide Creeps In\u003c\/i\u003e. Sometimes it swoons, sometimes it soars. Sometimes it says it’s OK to not be OK. And sometimes it says it’s OK to look for the way to happy, too. Pitched between fertile coastal metaphors and winged melodies, intimate confessionals and expansive cosmic pop, deep sorrows and serene soul-pop pick-you-ups, it transforms “difficult second album” clichés into a thing of glorious contrasts: a second-album surge of up-close, heartfelt intimacies and expansive, experimental vision. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP.","offer_id":50463614042443,"sku":"1129973","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50463618793803,"sku":"2002401","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50463616926027,"sku":"1129972","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b2b93f6b-bb1c-496c-88fe-513b83c921a0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727265171"},{"product_id":"until-the-tide-creeps-in","title":"Until The Tide Creeps In","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor every sibling band forged in rivalry, many others mount an unassailable genetic argument for keeping the music in the family. 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Between its beatific surface calm and emotional rip-tides, choppy guitars and sailing harmonies, it’s an immersive invitation to the Isles’ pool party: the first of several on an album that creates its own world and navigates it fluently, tugging you in further with every current.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat fluency takes the form of a wicked way with melody on \u003ci\u003eRound\u003c\/i\u003e, a snappy riff on romantic compulsion with an undertow of whammy-bar cool. \u003ci\u003eNot Talking\u003c\/i\u003e resembles the result of a dip in Perth’s indie-psych waters, there to bond with early Tame Impala; meanwhile, coastal metaphors and indie-rock romanticism merge to lush, lilting effect on the Lily-penned \u003ci\u003eUnderwater Record Store\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sea shows its darker side in \u003ci\u003eThree\u003c\/i\u003e, where Jack recounts a tale of someone “lost in the rips of the ocean floor”. Elsewhere, the band’s command of their dynamic tides propels the thrilling seven minutes of \u003ci\u003eGnarbone\u003c\/i\u003e and the winding, nagging melody of\u003ci\u003e Leipzig\u003c\/i\u003e, where Lily issues another invitation to her coastline dreamscape: “Come on in and dream with me I'm having a good time.” With the sardonic swagger of Jack’s \u003ci\u003eCut Your Hair\u003c\/i\u003e (not the Pavement song, though shared values show) and impressionist lullaby of Lily’s \u003ci\u003eThrough the Garden \u003c\/i\u003estriking high-contrast end-notes, \u003ci\u003eUntil the Tide Comes In\u003c\/i\u003e departs leaving a distinct impression in its wake: that of a band in full control of their dual-stranded DNA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"Pink | LP","offer_id":50498258075979,"sku":"1062184","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498257649995,"sku":"1062185","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e0b1dcb1-9253-481a-b1e0-f0074911f4e1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727742892"},{"product_id":"3-1","title":"3","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief disappearance into solo records and restless touring, Wolter siblings Jack and Lily resurface with \u003cem\u003e3\u003c\/em\u003e: a record drenched in salt and sun, with the tide pulling at its edges \u003cem\u003e3\u003c\/em\u003e is a record of firsts for the Brighton-based band. The first as a true three-piece, with close friend Joe Taylor (Anna B Savage, Iona Zajac) joining on drums, and the first they've ever recorded live. Jack and Lily trade shimmering guitars and sunlit harmonies like shared secrets, while Joe Taylor anchors it all: falsetto drifting wistfully above, drums crashing below. These are songs that read like postcards or pages ripped from a diary and slipped under someone's door. 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