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Heartstrings

Lauren Kinsella

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2025
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Tracks

Tenderness; Our World; New Tree 109a; One Of Those People; (Interlude); Living To Live; Host; Forest_Bathing; For You; Skin.

Personnel

Snowpoet
band / ensemble / orchestra
Matt Robinson
keyboards
Josh Arcoleo
saxophone

Album Description

Heartstrings is the new album from London-based Snowpoet, led by the creative partnership of Lauren Kinsella and Chris Hyson. Since their debut EP in 2014, the band has built a devoted audience drawn to their emotionally rich songwriting, intricate production, and distinct sonic identity. With Heartstrings, they take a bold step forward, writing and recording in the studio as a collective for the first time, capturing the raw immediacy of live performance while expanding their sound with lush textures, layered harmonies, and deeply personal storytelling. “We wanted to capture the moment to create something that feels real, unfiltered, and alive,” says Chris Hyson. This album marks an evolution in Snowpoet’s approach. Instead of the fragmented process of previous records, Heartstrings was born in the moment, with the full band improvising, shaping, and refining ideas together in real time. The result is an album that feels alive - organic, immersive, and deeply human. Sonically, the group leans into rich, analogue synth tones, intricate drum textures, and a dynamic push-and-pull between electronic and acoustic elements. Lyrically, it is their most personal work to date, weaving themes of life, loss, and renewal with poetic honesty. “The sound of this record is richer, bigger, more expansive, representative of the culmination of everything... we’ve done so far,” reflects Lauren Kinsella. At the heart of Heartstrings is a powerful contrast - moments of deep emotional weight balanced with luminous joy. Songs like Host dive into themes of grief and the body as a vessel for experience, while tracks like New Tree radiate warmth and rebirth. The band’s signature harmonies and layered production give the album a three-dimensional quality, pulling the listener into a space where vulnerability and beauty coexist. With Heartstrings, Snowpoet solidifies their position as one of the most innovative and emotionally resonant bands in the UK’s jazz- adjacent and electronic- acoustic crossover scene. This is an album for listeners who crave depth, sonic richness, and lyrical honesty.


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