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Voka Gentle - Domestic Bliss
Released 6th February 2026
Absolutely delighted to welcome back the brilliant Voka Gentle to the shop on Wednesday 4th March. The experimental trio made up of Marlborough's own William J Stokes and twins Imogen and Ellie Mason will be playing a short set from 6.30pm in-store to celebrate the release of their brand new album 'Domestic Bliss'. If you'd like to come along, you can RSVP to sales@sound-knowledge.co.uk or order a copy of the album from us below to guarantee your spot.
Vintage recording equipment has long been a bit of a fetish, but to sound pioneers Voka Gentle, even the most magical machines are a means to an end. The band, made up of twins Ellie and Imogen Mason, along with Imogen’s husband, William J Stokes, are a family band in the truest sense. Whilst they started out as a folk trio, their new album Domestic Bliss is an album of throat-grabbing, avant-garde indie rock songs studded with eccentric choices: a synth with its keys jammed, playing a tune of its own making; field recordings – Morris dancers, motorbikes – captured on binaural headphones.
Domestic Bliss is concerned with power: the abuse of it, being on the cusp of it, and what it really means. The album is teeming with imaginary people in picaresque scenes that reveal the band’s rich cultural storehouse. The songs draw on history, literature, everyday life and pop culture references (specifically Jude Law’s 1995 Vogue cover), with tracks like Cheddar Man reflecting on climate change and prehistory and Creon I tracing the unease of authority through the lens of Greek mythology.
Recorded in the orchestral studios of City University, the album folds intimacy into scale, from phone-recorded vocals and samples of breath to heavy, tribal electronics in grand acoustic spaces. The result is by far their most refined record yet, where the band treat the recording studio like an instrument.
Dinked Edition 370
● “Blue Sky” edition on terrazzo colour vinyl
● Alternative sleeve artwork
● Bonus CD - remixes by Sonic Boom, Goat Girl, Jonathan Snipes, Bo Ningen collaboration & exclusive live sessions
● Metallic 30cm x 30cm sticker sheet
● Limited, numbered pressing of 300
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