THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
‘Heart-achingly beautiful’
Prog Magazine
“As worthy of your love and admiration as anything Sigur Rós or Explosions In The Sky have released”
Team Rock
“Building atmospheric and quietly epic soundscapes that creep up on you unannounced….like a beam of light through a dark, cold night.”
Lauren Laverne
“a shimmering soundscape of delicate ethereal beauty. Breath-taking in its scope and evoking imagery of the vastness of space…Alma aim to transport the listener out of their surroundings with their evocative, haunting music.”
The Independent
“This is the perfect record to look up at our immense sky at night and wonder what’s out there”
MUSIC & RIOTS
4 million streams on spotify
part of the illustrious erased tapes family
Regular airplay on BBC6 Music (Including Lauren Laverne's track of the month)
Features in PROG, The Independent, and many more
MULTIPLE High profile syncs worldwide including BT Sport Champions League Final 2019, Amazon Prime's The Grand Tour, Republic of Sarah (US) Astrid et Raphaëlle (France), MTV's Teen Mom, and adverts for Santander, Nike, The University of Geneva and loads more
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
TheRE WILL COME SOFT RAINS takes it’s name from Sara Teasdales’ 1918 poem, and the subsequent short story of the same name by Ray Bradbury in 1950. Both suggest that nature would be indifferent to humanity’s extinction, and that ‘life’ would go on as normal.
Revisiting this is over a hundred years later it feels possibly more relevant, but also expanded. Nature is no longer the clear favourite. Despite the heavy subject matter, I wanted to create an album that imparts hope and optimism, explores humanity’s dynasty, it’s fight or flight. Marrying traditional instrumentation as fond nostalgia, with technological innovation through the random chaos of modular synthesis, sound design and spatial audio.
VLMV’s (pronounced ALMA) first 2 albums were released on the illustrious Fierce Panda Records, receiving critical acclaim from the likes of Lauren Laverne, The Independent, and many more. Previous album, 2022’s album Sing With Abandon, was released via Nice Weather for Airstrikes and gained praise from the likes of PROG magazine. In 2019, VLMV signed to Erased Tapes Music Publishing.
As a composer for film and tv, Pete Lambrou’s music has been heard in homes all over the world. Working for clients such as Vice, The National Trust, Universal Music, BMG, and with Brands such as Nike, Hyundai, Ikea and Rolex among many others.
ADDITIONAL INFO
To follow up the full length release we have instrumental tracks ready for release, alongside acoustic guitar versions of ‘Tribal’ and ‘In Absentia’, and an instrumental electronic EP later in the year.
The album is all mixed and mastered in Dolby Atmos (including instrumentals).
Artwork is ready to go!
Instrumental versions of all vocal tracks, plus 2 acoustic guitar versions, and original demos are planned for a subsequent release (or for exclusive content / patreons).
There are various great giveaway prizes for pre-orders / pre-saves - including a unique listening experience at the Dolby Atmos studio to hear the album in full spatial detail.
There is a 'making of' short film documentary in production by London based filmmaker David Tressler, alongside 3x videos / visualisers being in production currently by other filmmakers ready for a late 2025 release
An electronic instrumental EP is in progress to follow, 6 - 12 months after the full album.
Talks ongoing with promoters / agents in the UK and EU for touring upon the release, with dates TBC until the release schedule is confirmed.
A London show to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of 'ALMA', the debut album, is at St Pancras Old Church this August. The anniversary will also include an extra special limited edition 'deluxe' repress of the album on vinyl and CD, including a 10 page colour booklet and additional content including photos, demos, rarities, and newly remastered spatial audio versions of the album to commemorate the birthday.