"By the time Irish musician Maria Somerville started writing Luster, her landmark label debut for 4AD, she had lived away from her native Connemara for quite some time. Having grown up amongst the wild, mountainous terrain of Galways rural west coast, she later relocated to Dublin, where she patiently developed an atmospheric dream pop signature inspired by the landscape of her youth a spellbinding sound world of gusting ambient electronics, ethereal guitar strums, sparse percussion, and hushed lyrical vignettes. In 2019, this culminated in All My People, a self-released LP steeped in reverb, nostalgia and a yearning for home that won praise from discerning press and listeners alike. It was upon returning to Connemara, in a house near where she was raised overlooking one of the countrys largest lakes, Lough Corrib, that work commenced on the songs that would eventually become Luster, an album that illuminates Somervilles music anew, pushing it forward in both sound and spirit. Where All My People conveyed memories and melancholic longing with misty slowcore balladry, these 12 tracks show us an artist whos more assured in the path her life has taken, and the person shes become in the process. As she sings in Trip 'I can see more clearly than I could before. I know now what's true for me.'" - 4AD

• clear colored vinyl
• printed inner sleeve
• limited edition
• music label: 4AD 2025