Isobel Campbell is no stranger to navigating turmoil. On her previous album, There Is No Other (2020), she re-emerged after a decade of label trouble with a gem of subtly
questing psychedelic folk. Four years on, Campbell spreads her net wider on Bow to
Love, a soft-spun yet sharp-edged set of reflections on modern crises that doesn’t stop at diagnosing the problems: it goes further to ask how we might progress from our tense, conflicted times.
With all the dexterity the Glasgow-born singer-songwriter and cellist is known for, the
result is an album of lambent surfaces and choppy riptides, a deeply personal record for
today poised between hope and despair.
In making the album, Campbell chose an environment that spoke to her. She recorded
and co-produced the record with Szczech in his studio in Los Angeles, sticking with
what works through the upheaval in their personal lives. The result is an inquisitive, complex and fully matured album from an artist who has travelled long and far.
