Lowly detail fourth album, Softy

Softy will be Lowly's first full-length release in three years, following 2023's Keep Up the Good Work. "Softy" lands as the second preview of the album, arriving after lead single, "Liminal Space". Speaking about the track, the band explain: “Softy is an ode to our emotional core; how we build and train our emotions like any other muscle in our body; that our emotional muscles easily weaken and strengthen with our outward actions. And in this state of mind, the lyrics revolve around the thought that we, through relationships and parenthood, completely devour all emotion and love from our closest relations in order to maintain and build our emotional core."

"As the chorus hits, Nanna’s lyrics state that throughout this process of giving and taking, our emotional core needs to stay soft and forgiving: ‘If your layer’s too thin, just flow. If it’s ripping your skin, just flow. Let the rubbles within just flow’," they continue. "At the same time you could say that the song is a love declaration of love; about needing a lot from a person who’s already on the limit of their capabilities.”

The album features ten tracks centring around modern life: raising children, and looking for a sense of community and strength while dealing with changes in the world around them. “When the world is going so crazy, bravery is more relevant than ever,” says drummer Steffen Lundtoft. “Maybe that's why we’re channelling these feelings on this particular album, because right now is the craziest time in all of our lives. We talked a lot about, what do we want to do? Why do we want to be a band under these circumstances? And if we're going to be a band, then we should do it in a really, really caring and sustainable way. Let’s take responsibility for the process, and also be brave enough to put out an album that's not overproduced.”

Bringing together over a decade of performing and writing music together, this is also the first time that the band has decided to self-produce an album. “On our last album, we worked with our producer, Anders Boll,” vocalist Soffie Viemose adds. “He was the anchor, and we were working with him in turns. For a lot of the production the band members weren’t in the studio at the same time—I'm happy with the album, but it was sometimes kind of a detached experience..This time we just really wanted to be in a room together and play the music. We rented a house and recorded some songs, and we also recorded in the studio in Aarhus, so the experience was very focused on actually being together—which meant less fidgeting with sound, but much more human interaction.”

Softy artwork

Softy tracklist

"Brave"
"Liminal Space"
"What Is It For"
"Curious"
"Fighter"
"Stretch Under Strain"
"At All"
"Softy"
"Tilted"
"Xclouds"