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We were swept away by the beauty of her recent track “Sutherland Avenue,” and it’s time for more new music from Greece’s Irene Skylakaki. She has just released an eleven-track LP titled Souvenir, via independent label United We Fly, and it features several of her popular singles.
Marking her fourth full-length project, this one combines alt-folk melodies with glimpses of pop rock, and she incorporates plenty of instrumentals for a textured listen. Her barely there vocals serve up some subtle shimmers, and ensure emotive depth throughout.
Irene has shared a little about the making of this album, saying:
“A few years ago, I met Andres Mesa who was working at the studio of Phil Manzanera as a sound engineer at the time. He was familiar with my music and we started recording songs without a specific plan – sometimes this spontaneity creates a unique creative freedom which was the case in this collaboration. The recordings of the demos took place at Phil Manzanera’s Gallery studio which was the most precious experience. Andres’s fresh outlook on production was a driving power in the creation of the album.
We had a lot of musicians and friends contributing their talent over the years and the album lacks homogeneity in sound but is connected through a deeper cause: recording individual songs that we are happy with irrespective of their style. During the lockdown, I had to leave London and come back to Athens, so I worked on a few songs remotely with Scottish musician, friend, and producer Iain Gordon Smith. This was also a different experience and I’m really happy with the outcome. Overall while this is my fourth album, it feels more like my first one, as my involvement in every little detail was much deeper. I believe it’s a good music ‘photograph’ of where I stand at the moment and I’m excited to share it.”
You can hear Souvenir below.
