Voka Gentle Domestic Bliss Instore Performance & Signing Edinburgh (1pm Saturday 7th February 2026)
We are delighted to welcome Voka Gentle for an instore performance and signing in support of their album Domestic Bliss (released 6th February 2026) at Assai Records Edinburgh, on Saturday 7th February 2026, at 1pm.
CD + 1 Priority Entry 1pm £13
Black Vinyl LP + 1 Priority Entry 1pm £26
Ticket Only (Non-Priority) + Entry Free
*Please select 'Collect In Store Edinburgh at Checkout'
Tracklist:
- Cheddar Man
- Creon I
- Torpedo Mike
- Battle Sequence (I’m Atomic)
- You Deserve It!
- Kinema
- The Creature
- K Sees The Deal Go Down
- Jude Law For Vogue (1995)
- Ultra Aura Glow feat. Hamish Hawk
Vintage recording equipment has long been a bit of a fetish, but to sound pioneers Voka Gentle, even the most magical machines are a means to an end. The band, made up of twins Ellie and Imogen Mason, along with Imogen’s husband, William J Stokes, are a family band in the truest sense. Whilst they started out as a folk trio, their new album Domestic Bliss is an album of throat-grabbing, avant-garde indie rock songs studded with eccentric choices: a synth with its keys jammed, playing a tune of its own making; field recordings – Morris dancers, motorbikes – captured on binaural headphones.
Domestic Bliss is concerned with power: the abuse of it, being on the cusp of it, and what it really means. The album is
teaming with imaginary people in picaresque scenes that reveal the band’s rich cultural storehouse. The songs draw on history, literature, everyday life and pop culture references (specifically Jude Law’s 1995 Vogue cover), with tracks like Cheddar Man reflecting on climate change and prehistory and Creon I tracing the unease of authority through the lens of Greek mythology.
Recorded in the orchestral studios of City University, the album folds intimacy into scale, from phone-recorded vocals and samples of breath to heavy, tribal electronics in grand acoustic spaces. The result is by far their most refined record yet, where the band treat the recording studio like an instrument.