{"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. The latter is assuredly the case with Penelope Isles, a brother-sister-centred alt-rock quartet from Brighton (via Isle of Man \/ Devon) whose debut album, \u003ci\u003eUntil the Tide Creeps In\u003c\/i\u003e, is released through Bella Union. Formed around the chemistry between dual songwriters Jack and Lily Wolter, the quartet’s expansive DIY mix of translucent dream-pop, fuzz-rock guitars and indie-psych flushes comes lovingly dipped in exquisite harmonies and lustrous melodies: a combination so intuitive, you’d think it was in their blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrisp and woozy, blissful and biting, it’s an album deepened by shared experience. Album opener \u003ci\u003eChlorine is \u003c\/i\u003ea buoyant but biting tale of what Jack calls “a heart-breaking family divide”. 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","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/until-the-tide-creeps-in","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}