Isabel Pine - Fables Isabel Pine

Fables is the first widely distributed release for Isabel Pine after a series of self released EPs and singles on Bandcamp. Her label debut album arrives via kranky on 20th February.

She studied classical music on viola from the age of 3 through into college where she was on a path to be a performer in a large ensemble, but eventually left after feeling frustrated and limited in a world that did not provide much of an outlet for individual creativity. But the doors of perception really opened when she moved to British Columbia and was exposed to the raw beauty of the wilderness there.

She began recording at home using a basic audio setup along with a cello, viola, violin and double bass, and spent time making field recordings of natural sounds in BC. Her next idea was to actually move into nature to record, curious as to “how it would sound if I recorded outside entirely, with the natural reverb and sounds of the environment in the recording from the very beginning. The rustling of the leaves or a raven’s beating wings were as integral to the music as whatever I played.”

Fables is a mix of pieces that were recorded in the fall of 2024, in a small, remote cabin and outside, primarily using stringed instruments. The result is a series of stunning vignettes, meditations patiently unfurling like gentle waves, slowly advancing and retreating.

1. Wolves
2. Winnow
3. Untitled / Kindled / Waxing
4. Never Been Here Before
5. Wandering
6. Fables
7. West
8. Snow
9. A Flickering Light
10. Sun Dog
11. Hollow
12. Moonlight
13. Bare
14. Perennial
15. Butterfly Lands On A Flower