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by Ben Hogwood<\/strong>, from the press release<\/p>\n Objects<\/em> is the new solo album from Isobel Waller-Bridge, out today on Mercury KX. An act of radical stillness, written over four years in the rare quiet moments her career allowed, the album draws from the philosophies of Pauline Oliveros and the experimental radicalism of Stockhausen. Mining sounds from her surroundings and filtering them through minimalism and musique concr\u00e8te, Waller-Bridge finds music within everyday materials \u2014 a ball, a shoe, a cushion, a pane of glass \u2014 each becoming a conduit for tenderness and attention. Calling upon trusted collaborator Jonny Woodley, in addition to renowned mastering engineer Heba Kadry (Bj\u00f6rk, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Cale) and mixing engineer James Ginzberg (Lyra Pramuk, Laurel Halo, Anja Lauvdal), Waller-Bridge assembled a team of fellow Deep Listening enthusiasts to bring \u2018Objects\u2019 to life.<\/p>\n Stillness is a form of presence that transcends motion \u2013 and stillness was something Waller-Bridge did not have. Leading the vanguard of a new wave of composers writing beyond the margins, her scores have become highly sought after because they extend beyond atmosphere and into the realm of psychological portraiture. The unspoken tensions and desires beneath the skin of her subjects colour her worlds: the neurotic gravity behind Munich: The Edge of War, the electronic curdle of Sweetpea, the swooning pastiche of Emma, the hellbent screech of self-destruction on Fleabag, and the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse.<\/p>\n Now, with \u2018Objects\u2019, Waller-Bridge has turned that gaze inward. Where her 2022 album \u2018VIII\u2019 articulated a tormented mind\u2019s undoing, \u2018Objects\u2019 is an act of radical stillness. It confers beauty on things the pace of our lives has taught us to ignore, inviting us to listen not as an objective experience, but as a personal and mysterious response to the world.<\/p>\n \u201cThese pieces are simple, strange, and lovingly handmade \u2013 oddities that feel to me like small miracles,\u201d Waller-Bridge shares. \u201cThey reflect how I move through the world: with curiosity, with slowness, and with an openness to the unexpected music in everything. This album isn\u2019t about performance, it\u2019s about presence.\u201d<\/p>\n An acclaimed collaborator in her own right, Waller-Bridge\u2019s recent commissions include 2024\u2019s original work for the American Ballet Theatre for their new production of \u2018Crime and Punishment\u2019 alongside \u2018Temperatures\u2019 for the Philharmonia Orchestra, which premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in November 2021. She has also collaborated with fashion houses Alexander McQueen and Simone Rocha, scored installations at Frieze London and Venice Biennale, and partnered with Francesca Hayward, principal ballerina at the Royal Opera House, for her dance film \u2018Siren.\u2019<\/p>\n Waller-Bridge reflects, \u201cWhether it\u2019s a film, a ballet, or a record, each project feels like a new language of self-expression, this album taught me that exploration is endless \u2014 and for me, there\u2019s a deep peace in that thought.\u201d<\/p>\n Objects is out via Mercury KX. CD and vinyl releases are set to release January 23, 2026. You can listen below:<\/p>\n