"idylls" is the performance moniker of Edinburgh-based composer & musician Adam Black. A broad eclecticism blooms, grounded in a charmful warmth and whimsy. Lyrically inspired by the likes of ee cummings & William Carlos Williams, with musical influences ranging from Steve Reich to Peter Gabriel; be it in the playful "pizz" of a violin or the vivid depths of an analogue synth, idylls crafts a curious, yet welcoming soundscape; familiar as home, with all the marvel of the unknown. Take a listen below...

carefully out of Nowhere

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Humbly poetic and quietly hopeful; a synthesis of folk music and neoclassicism musing on the countenance given amidst darkness and the curious beauty found therein.

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    forgotten hallelujahs 3:33
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    every once was looming 3:50
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    stirring of birds 4:09
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    old bear (o, where) 2:51
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    mourning marrow 4:13
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    careful 3:56
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    to a sad, old house 3:46
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    in the arms of a man 3:52
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    you devil! disappear! 4:15
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    the wild ones 3:47
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    enter Spring 5:05
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    of dusk's quiet clamour 3:00
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carefully there a strange thing

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A playful reimagining of the original songs from "carefully out of Nowhere." A pastiche of retro genres and influences collide to form a work both fresh and familiar.

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    forgotten hallelujahs 3:57
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    every once was looming 3:36
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    stirring of birds 4:02
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    old bear (o, where) 3:07
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    mourning marrow 4:19
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    careful (Nicholas Stevenson remix) 4:03
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    to a sad, old house 3:49
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    in the arms of a man 5:14
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    you devil! disappear! 4:37
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    the wild ones 3:55
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    enter Spring 6:35
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    of dusk's quiet clamour 3:42
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