Aquilo achieved huge success as their first two albums, ‘Silhouettes’ and ‘ii’, amassed 250 million streams as they hit Glastonbury, played with Oh Wonder, and picked up positive comparisons to The xx and London Grammar. But they’ve been audibly reborn on recent releases such as ‘Out In LA’ and the ‘Sober’ EP, a resurrection that will be fully realised with the release of their new album ‘A Safe Place To Be’ on October 15th. The duo have today launched the album with their brand new single ‘Our Bones Turn To Stone’. Listen HERE.
‘A Safe Place To Be’ is a soaring, ambitious and achingly beautiful piece of work that’s rich in scope, deftness and emotional depth. Nowhere is that more striking than in ‘Our Bones Turn To Stone’, a heart-quivering song that yearns for home over shimmering piano and strings. It was written two years ago, when the duo - Ben Fletcher and Tom Higham - returned home to Silverdale from Los Angeles and discovered that embracing their roots was all the inspiration that they needed. And so just before Christmas, in the studio in Ben’s parent’s basement that they first made music in, Aquilo crafted one of their favourite ever songs.
That heart-settling glow of coming home shines throughout the album. There’s the familiar delicate melancholy of Aquilo’s past work, but songs like the Coldplay-meets-Bon Iver rush of ‘Talking To Yourself’ or that lush R&B vibe on ‘Our Days Are Numbered’ bounce and crash to create an entirely new sound. Just like the elaborate model village of Silverdale that adorns its cover, the album is full of details to get lost in. From the echoed memories of ‘Costume Change’ to the dreamy ‘Silver Spoon’, from the ripping regret of ‘Stupid Not To Cry’ to the uplifting soul of ‘I Wanna See You Smile’, the album feels like a world that you never want to leave.
1. ‘Out In LA’
2. ‘Our Bones Turn To Stone’
3. ‘Talking To Yourself’
4. ‘You Make Me Mad’
5. ‘Stupid Not To Try’
6. ‘Costume Change’
7. ‘Hanging On’
8. ‘Our Days Are Numbered’
9. ‘Silver Spoon’
10. ‘Better Off As Strangers’
11. ‘I Wanna See You Smile’
