March sees the release of a brand new EP by ISO, entitled “Passages”. ISO released the first single from the EP, ‘Never Going Back’, in February with its music video.
“Passages” comes after the release of four full length studio albums, the last one “Piece by Piece” released in 2012 to critical acclaim. The band decided on an EP this time around, because they wanted to give people something which is easier to consume.
“There’s so much new music and new sounds nowadays, that we felt we’d rather focus on making a few songs sound great.”
ISO recorded the EP with producer Peach van Pletzen at Sleeproom Studios in Pretoria over a period of four weeks in 2013. “We wanted to experiment with Peach and try see what we could come up with as a collective. Having seen how much pressure the mixing process puts on the band members, we decided to let go a little and discover new paths,” says Brokensha seeing as the band produced most of their previous albums themselves.
They called the EP “Passages” because it refers to passages in time. It’s a metaphor for a certain path a person takes that changes the direction of their life. When writing the lyrics, they thought about major things in my life that made you remember a time or place with a great sense of nostalgia. Nostalgia plays a big part in this record and the title passages portrayed that in a strong visual sense.
Listen to “Passages” on Deezer below or buy it on iTunes.
