Entrancing tunes to calm the soul… Alice Phoebe Lou’s sixth album, Oblivion, arrives just two years after Shelter (2023), yet feels like it’s been growing quietly in some sun-dappled corner of the world, waiting for the right moment to unfurl. Recorded in an intimate, improvisational spirit, Lou has spoken of “opening my treasure chest of personal storytelling songs” and leaning into imperfection. The result is an album that shrugs off grandeur in favour of something far rarer: genuine tenderness.
From the opening bars, Oblivion casts a hushed spell. A jazzy Bossa nova breeze runs through several tracks, content to drift rather than demand. On paper, that could spell background music. In practice, Lou’s vocals stop you in your tracks. Sultry and hypnotic, she can sound like…

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