Smoke Fairies announce their sixth studio album, Carried In Sound

Accompanied by a cinematic video, the new offering tackles the difficult and intimate feelings loss and grief can have on a person and those around them. In line with this, sense of inner strength dominates the new record. In keeping with the times that bore it, Carried In Sound, isn't afraid to discuss darkness – but everywhere there is a longing for light.

"Although the album has themes of sadness on there, it's looking at those things from a place of strength," says Jessica Davies. "We're really excited to announce a new record, carefully home crafted to represent our core sound, with notes of reflection, grief and joy, we hope you find it an emotive, rewarding experience to listen to."

Recorded in a terrace house with the volume dialled down to protect the neighbours, the results have a curiously intimate, hushed appeal. "It wasn't particularly odd for us to make a record in isolation," Katherine Blamire notes. "But we had so much personal stuff going on - losing family members, for example. We wanted to explore themes of grief and loss in a way we hadn't done previously. We tried to be very raw."

As two kids who made their way to New Orleans to uncover the blues, Smoke Fairies became the first UK band to sign with Jack White's Third Man imprint, later recording with the man himself. Releasing two hugely successful albums on the mighty V2 Records, they've sold out countless UK tours in the process.

Now working on a completely independent basis, fans were kept in the loop through the process of recording this album via their Patreon subscription page - it's a true community. "Our journey through music has really been this rollercoaster, with all sorts of ups and downs," says Davies. "But we've settled on something now which is balanced and positive - we do everything on our own terms. It feels incredibly empowering to be able to say that."

"We've done this record completely on our own, and this feels important," Blamire continues. "It proves that we're enough."

To celebrate the release of 'Carried In Sound', Smoke Fairies will also embark on an intimate five-date tour across the UK taking in spectacular churches and ruins, including a date at London's St Matthias Church.

Tracklist:

1. Vague Ideas
2. Vanishing Line
3. Carried In Sound
4. There Was A Hope
5. Seek It With Me
6. Sticks and Stones
7. Part Of It All
8. 2022
9. Perseus
10. Come To My Mind
11. Seek It With Me (instrumental)