‘Siula’ Debut Album “Night Falls On The World” Out Now via Libertino
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“A record that soundtracks the lingering afterglow of lost love, fading connections, and all the fragile moments we tried to hold on to.”
From the heart of Cardiff’s experimental pop scene comes Night Falls on the World, the debut album from cinematic duo Siula, a haunting and emotionally layered collection that weaves memory, melancholy, and resilience into a singular sonic experience.
The pair, Llion Robertson (of Cotton Wolf) and Iqra Malik (known as Artshawty), combine textured electronics and lyrical intimacy to evoke a sound that feels both nostalgic and futuristic, rooted in atmosphere yet emotionally grounded.
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Set for release on 11 July 2025, Night Falls on the World is a deeply introspective record. It unfolds like a dream half remembered, shimmering with fragile clarity. Each track is its own world, capturing the delicate emotional residue of things once held close but now slipping into the distance. Across twelve songs, Siula meditates on impermanence—of love, of connection, of self—with tenderness and poetic precision.
Sonically, the album balances soft, grainy textures with glowing synths and spacious production. Llion’s intricate compositions channel the warmth of vintage film and forgotten soundtracks, while Iqra’s voice drifts between English and Welsh, offering moments of piercing vulnerability. The result is music that feels suspended in time, never quite anchored, yet always reaching.
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Tracks like “Fragments” and “Fallen Angel” lean into spacious minimalism, while “Ti a Fi” and “Kyoto Sky” shimmer with understated beauty. The title track, “Night Falls on the World,” serves as the emotional centerpiece, a slow burning reflection on what remains when everything else fades. The closing track, “Golau Gwir,” offers a quiet epilogue, where light breaks through the haze, but only briefly.
What Siula has created is not just an album but a cinematic journey that maps the terrain of emotional memory. It asks the listener to pause, to reflect, and to surrender to the quiet tension between loss and clarity. Night Falls on the World doesn’t offer easy answers, but it offers something far more lasting: the comfort of shared experience and the beauty found in stillness.
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