LISTEN: Elder Island Release “Sacred” From Forthcoming Album
LISTEN: Elder Island Release “Sacred” From Forthcoming Album
The band immensely deserves some radio play with this track.
Words By: Bre Offenberger
Elder Island — an indie electronic trio from Bristol — have released “Sacred,” the final single from their upcoming sophomore album, Swimming Static, due out May 28. The track, gushing with synths that bounce with the determination of an animal on the prowl, is destined for the radio and worldwide acclaim.
Synths softly trickle around each of frontwoman Katy Sargent’s calmly dispensed words, which concern how she realizes she’s slipping — but she’s not worried about it. With the help of a subtle yet energetic bass line from Luke Thornton, the chorus explodes into a synth-driven epiphany. Sargent has come to terms with her issues, and though she knows there’s a lot of progress she needs to make moving forward, she’s not going to lose sleep over it. She simply remembers “The pollution’s mine / It’s sacred,” and her “chemical waver” is something only she can fix. “Sacred” builds up like an EDM track but cascades with the eccentricity and sweetness that all Elder Island fans have come to know and love.
Of the track, the band shares: “Exploring how our behaviour is led by chemical behavior, Sacred is a dynamic, uplifting track. It is a celebration of life’s natural rhythms of highs and lows.”
Keeping their fingers crossed that another wave of COVID-19 doesn’t come to fruition, Elder Island is set to kick off their tour — which will start in Brighton — on Oct. 9. Fans can connect with them even before then, though. Monthly, the band will be streaming a tournament series of their game Pairly Educational, which is a play on their single “Purely Educational.” The game — which was created by agency F That — is part play, play interview. Fans can watch on all of the band’s social media platforms as questions on music and other art forms, hobbies and more are asked and answered. More announcements are forthcoming via the band’s social media.
Swimming Static is the follow-up to their 2019 critically acclaimed debut, The Omnitone Collection. Since then, Elder Island has collected over 200 million streams and eclipsed 1 million monthly Spotify listeners. They’ve headlined 60 shows all around the world — and that number would definitely be higher if not for the chaos of the past year. Elder Island is definitely a band to keep an eye on, so get ready for the absurd beauty that Swimming Static is bound to be.
