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Shards

by In Isolation

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The 'Shards' CD album is released on 10th October 2020.

    The long-awaited second album, released on jewel-cased compact disc.

    Includes live favourites 'The Man Who Hides From Love' and 'Russian Doll', as well as former singles 'TRAPPIST-1' and our interpretation of the classic Bauhaus track 'She's In Parties'.

    Track listing:

    The Man Who Hides From Love
    Russian Doll
    Infinite
    Loving The Ghost (from forthcoming 'Seepers' movie soundtrack)
    Estrangement
    She's In Parties (Bauhaus cover)
    TRAPPIST-1 [A Space Anthem]
    Until The Next Show

    + bonus Easter egg track.


    ‘Shards’ is an album of complex arrangements, but with a pop sensibility at its heart, much like the bands of the 80s from which it draws influence and comparison.

    Guitars and synths play a large part. Think Simple Minds, The Cure, The Human League, Siouxsie And The Banshees, coupled with later Post-punk revivalists Editors and Interpol.

    Like its predecessor, much of the album's lyrical themes pertain to matters of the heart; it is essentially one big love-fest, but with a dark, often cinematic vibe. Despite romantic forays, also explored are forced imprisonment in an apocalyptical landscape ('Loving The Ghost') diplomatic poisoning ('Russian Doll') and even contemporary astrophysics ('TRAPPIST-1'). There also features In Isolation’s former single, an interpretation of the classic Bauhaus anthem 'She's In Parties’ (the accompanying YouTube video to this track with its 1920s mood is currently the most popular on the band’s music video channel - youtu.be/9uCAUEb9P4Y).

    Frontman Ryan Swift says of the band's long-awaited follow-up, ‘“Shards” took us a while to complete since our debut four years back, but now it's here, it's one we're proud of. The songwriting, we feel, is more confident and the lyrics are deliberately less ambiguous and more relatable. I found love in my life and so I brought love to the fore in these lyrical presentations.

    ‘We can't wait until we can bring these out to you again in a live capacity. We're talking to festivals and we have a promoter negotiating a number of European dates on our behalf. We hope you can find something in our music to help you through these tricky times. We'll see you out there soon!'

    Includes unlimited streaming of Shards via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Ssh! Check out the Easter Egg hidden track on the CD version of 'Shards', out on 10th October 2020.
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  • T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    Official In Isolation 'Shards' t-shirt featuring 2019 tour dates on back.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Shards via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • In Isolation 3 x CD Bundle

    In Isolation's two albums released on compact disc so far, bundled with our new CD release 'In Isolation - The Matt Pop Remixes'.

    Matt Pop is a popular remixer and producer specialising in dance floor mixes with an 80s retro flavour, and whose extensive official remixing roster includes Erasure, Kim Wilde, Ace Of Base, Rozalla and RuPaul.

    'Shards' tracklisting:

    The Man Who Hides From Love
    Russian Doll
    Infinite
    Loving The Ghost (from forthcoming 'Seepers' movie soundtrack)
    Estrangement
    She's In Parties (Bauhaus cover)
    TRAPPIST-1 [A Space Anthem]
    Until The Next Show

    'A Certain Fractal Light' tracklisting:

    Parlance
    A Certain Fractal Light
    Not Noticing
    Truth Or Dare
    Elder Statesman
    The Letter
    Strange Thoughts (I Live Just For You)
    Ghostburn
    Gods
    Mist

    'The Matt Pop Remixes' tracklisting:

    A Certain Fractal Light (Matt Pop Club Mix)
    Infinite Girl (Matt Pop Remix)
    Film Noir Scandal (Matt Pop Scandalous Mix)
    Tears (Matt Pop Remix)

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1.
Stand down This isn’t what I came for I’m the man who hides from love (hard love) Step back It’s easier at distance I can only take so much (don’t touch) It’s all because of you, my love You fucking broke the trust So, I’ll hide from love once more Eyes down The crocodile tears fall In an Oscar-worthy turn (bad burn) Fall back, Your garrison of lovers Now I choke on bitter pills (you make me ill) It’s all because of you, my love You fucking broke the trust In shadows It’s all because of you, my love You went and broke the trust So, I’ll hide from love once more
2.
Russian Doll 03:55
Eyes of steel and cold of blood, I can be serpentine in your neighbourhood A long time past, the spy broke food and Fed it to hiding wolves in a greener wood Anarchy takes time (did it cross your mind?) Poison seeps from the Russian doll Anarchy takes life (Heaven, heal my mind) Poison leaked from the Russian doll It’s cruel inside, the lips won’t dry Passing the orders down to the little guy A benchmark spill; I avenge thy will Stripping the cordon down for another try Anarchy takes time (did it cross your mind?) Poison seeps from the Russian doll Anarchy takes life (Heaven, heal my mind) Poison leaked from the Russian doll Red reptile, you shed your skin to infect me Red reptile, you took your bite but I still breathe Anarchy takes time (did it cross your mind?) Poison seeps from the Russian doll Anarchy takes life (Heaven, heal my mind) Poison leaked from the Russian doll
3.
Infinite 03:43
I love your rivers of hair that wind I love the drape of your limbs that bind Ungodly hours hail you to storm my dreams I love the way that we breathe at night I love the way that you hold on tight ‘Sensual’ defines our theme You’re the infinite girl when you shadow my world Now your body’s entwined with your beautiful mind I love our ethical empathy I love the pathways of symmetry Our train of thoughts thunder parallel lines I love the way that you shoulder me I love the way that you count on me I’ll love you through all time You’re the infinite girl when you shadow my world Now your body’s entwined with your beautiful mind You’re my infinite girl, you empower my world In your body combined with your beautiful mind Perfection draws a critical line You’re perfect for all time You’re the infinite girl when you shadow my world Now your body’s entwined with your beautiful mind You’re my infinite girl, you empower my world In your body combined with your beautiful mind Beautiful
4.
Loving my ghost in a place where the dead breathe a sigh Tasting the rain from the window, it keeps me alive Slave to the gods of the fear and the call of the wild Lost in her ghost, you save me one day at a time Lay my head and rip my mind Exact a place and time Chill their milk with toxic ice No one can own your life Tracing my heart with a finger that once knew the sun Light on the flesh to perform an uprising of one Caught in a trap with my ghosts of an era that’s gone Cursing my captors, I live for the day we are done Lay my head and rip my mind Exact a place and time Chill their milk with toxic ice No one can own your life
5.
Estrangement 04:39
I remember all those winter nights when you came over I really liked them And I recall I loved those melodies we wrote together I really liked them I think you liked them too Time goes by Estrangement took my mind Would you change it? Time goes by Estrangement shook my life Would you change it? I remember all that laughter we invoked together I really felt it And I recall all of those memories we stitched together I really felt it I think you felt it too Time goes by Estrangement took my mind Would you change it? Time goes by Estrangement shook my life Would you change it? You took flight with no goodbye You didn’t write; a cold-heart night I couldn’t guess what I’d done And now I find I think it’s time A wrong to right, well, you might not like Where I’m coming from I remember all those summer nights when you came over I really loved you And I recall all of those melodies we sang together I really loved you I think you loved me too Time goes by Estrangement took my mind Would you change it? Time goes by Estrangement shook my life Would you change it?
6.
Learning lines in the rain Special effects by Loonatik And Drinks The graveyard scene The golden years She's in parties It's in the can Freeze frame screen kiss Hot heads under silent wigs Fall guys tumble on the cutting room floor Lookalikes fall on the cutting room door She's in parties It's in the can Learning lines in the rain Special effects by Loonatik And Drinks Freeze frame, screen kiss, hot heads, lights and powder It's patently obvious She's in parties It's in the can Hot lines under a rain of drums Cigarette props in action Dialogue dub, now here's the rub She's acting her reaction She's in parties It's in the can
7.
This is Earth and I forsake it Will the Earth cry when I'm gone? Here on Earth we war in isolation Planet Earth has left me numb I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, though I'll never see your sun rise You tore imagination a new hole I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, but your children have a dark side Got a Hippocratic conscience to uphold Caught in calm, perpetual twilight Forty light years seems so far Do you feel the same? Because I cannot breathe Distant loving breaks my heart I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, though I'll never see your sun rise You tore imagination a new hole I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, but your children have a dark side Got a Hippocratic conscience to uphold Aquarian sun, give me TRAPPIST-1 As the feeling burns and the dreaming yearns Aquarian sun, give me TRAPPIST-1 (I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, though I'll never see your sun rise) As the feeling burns and the dreaming yearns I'm in love with TRAPPIST-1, but your children have a dark side (As the feeling burns and the dreaming yearns)
8.
It’s a matter of how you perform, we open Friday night The thundering hooves drown out the carefully-mused What a strange animation to draw; I had to time it right And now a vision of you flips my mind I’m wise to the people leeching colour from your eyes I’ll write you a sequel you’ll care about in time The cries of hyena, as they worry lambs at night, won’t flow Until the next show Insomuch as I’ve been here before, my focus stays in tight Pulling shards from my hand, I’m a lucky man Two heads are better than one as our darkened words shed light Come and play with my friends; they won’t bite I’m wise to the people leeching colour from your eyes I’ll write you a sequel you’ll care about in time The cries of hyena, as they worry lambs at night, won’t flow Until the next show High time we broke the mould To my mind, you’re a physical soul And everyone wants everyone Time behaves when we least need a pause; the end is almost nigh Teasing scraps from the bone, we hate to be alone Sharp lines have an angular cause and I cut them with your knife Should we bleed for a week or for life? I’m wise to the people leeching colour from your eyes I’ll write you a sequel you’ll care about in time The cries of hyena, as they worry lambs at night, won’t flow Until the next show

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released May 31, 2020

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In Isolation Nottingham, UK

Echos of 80s New Wave bands mix with darker underground music scenes to produce a guitar and synth-based retro-futurist sound for the 21st Century.

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