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 '''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".
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:
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

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Carried in Sound album notes.