Carried in Sound
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.
Background
The album was the first of the band's to be recorded and produced by themselves at home. During the evolution of the record, the Smoke Fairies shared works in progress and ideas with fans via their Patreon 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 ''The band invited their Patreons to be extras in their 'Vanishing Line' music video, which was filmed in July 2023.
A series of record store gigs, concerts and festival performance 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, CD and digital download.
Track listing
Chart performance
Carried in Sound reached the following chart positions:| Position | Official UK chart | Date |
| 3 | Independent Album Breakers | 30 November 2023 |
| 6 | Folk Albums | 30 November 2023 |
| 15 | Record Store | 30 November 2023 |
| 16 | Independent Albums | 30 November 2023 |
| 53 | Physical Albums | 30 November 2023 |
| 54 | Albums Sales | 30 November 2023 |
| 89 | Scottish Top 100 Albums | 30 November 2023 |
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Carried in Sound album notes.- All songs written by Smoke Fairies
- Vocals and instruments by Smoke Fairies
- Viola by Neil Walsh
- Produced by Katherine Blamire
- Recorded by Smoke Fairies
- Mixed by Dan Austin and Ian Davenport
- Mastered at Metropolis by Matt Colton
- Photography by Annick Wolfers
- Sleeve by Nayfe Slusjan
- Worldwide Management by Doug Hart and Matt Harvey