Carried in Sound

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Carried in Sound
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Studio album by
Released17 November 2023
Genre
Length45:46
Label Year Seven Records
Smoke Fairies chronology
Singles
(2022)
Carried in Sound
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year 79/100 [1]
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Carried in Sound is the sixth studio album by English duo Smoke Fairies. It was released in November 2023 on the band's Year Seven Records label. [6]

Contents

Background

The album was the first of the band's to be recorded and produced by themselves at home. [7] During the evolution of the record, the Smoke Fairies shared works in progress and ideas with fans via their Patreon [8] site, as well as asking them to vote for an album title. In an interview with Americana UK, answering a question about the record and her working partnership with Davies, Blaimire replied, "we called it'Carried In Sound’ and I think there is a feeling we’ve been carried by music through our lives, and carried along by it in our friendship". [9]

The band invited their Patreons to be extras in their 'Vanishing Line' music video, which was filmed in July 2023. [10]

A series of record store gigs, concerts [11] and festival performance [12] were held in 2023/24 to celebrate the record.

Carried in Sound was released on translucent orange vinyl, limited edition signed translucent blue vinyl exclusive to Rough Trade, [13] CD and digital download.

Chart performance

Carried in Sound reached the following chart positions: [14]

PositionOfficial UK chartDate
3Independent Album Breakers30 November 2023
6Folk Albums30 November 2023
15Record Store30 November 2023
16Independent Albums30 November 2023
53Physical Albums30 November 2023
54Albums Sales30 November 2023
89Scottish Top 100 Albums30 November 2023

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Vague Ideas"4:58
2."Vanishing Line"4:14
3."Carried in Sound"4:11
4."There Was a Hope"3:54
5."Seek It with Me"3:44
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Sticks and Stones"5:44
2."Part of It All"4:22
3."2002"4:33
4."Perseus"2:56
5."Come to My Mind"4:13
6."Seek It with Me" (Instrumetal)2:57

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Carried in Sound album notes.

References

  1. "Carried in Sound - Smoke Fairies". AlbumOfTheYear.org. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. "Carried in Sound - Smoke Fairies". buzzmag.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. "Carried in Sound - Smoke Fairies". slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. "Carried in Sound - Smoke Fairies". xsnoize.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  5. "Carried in Sound - Smoke Fairies". faroutmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  6. "Smoke Fairies - Carried In Sound". Discogs. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  7. Hobbledehoy, The (23 December 2023). "Carried in Sound". The HOBBLEDEHOY. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  8. "Get more from Smoke Fairies on Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. Johnson, Martin (20 February 2024). "Interview: Smoke Fairies' Katherine Blamire on being "Carried In Sound"". Americana UK. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  10. smokefairies (19 September 2023). SMOKE FAIRIES - VANISHING LINE . Retrieved 1 August 2025 via YouTube.
  11. "Smoke Fairies concerts 2023". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  12. "Moseley Folk and art Festival". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  13. "Smoke Fairies - Carried In Sound on CD, Vinyl LP | Rough Trade". www.roughtrade.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  14. "Carried in Sound". Official Charts. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2025.