The Orielles have announced their 4th studio album, Only You Left, a meticulous yet exploratory record which sees them emerge anew from their 7-year cycle where they began with Silver Dollar Moment (2018).

Recorded between Hamburg and the car-free Greek Island of Hydra, and produced by long-time collaborator, Joel Anthony Patchett, the album builds on the experimentation of Tableau (2022) but all the while finding a home in the familiar. Released on Heavenly Recordings on Friday 13th March 2026, the Manchester based 3-piece consisting of  Esmé Dee Hand-Halford (bass & vocals), Sidonie Dee Hand-Halford (drums & vocals) and Henry Carlyle Wade (guitar & vocals), have today also shared ‘Three Halves’ the first single to be taken from the album.

“I’ve put a lot of work into letting go of expectations” Allen continues, while reflecting on how the album captures him in this current moment. “Making this record became like a deep release of breath as I got further away from some of those limitations. My imagination swelled with all this new fire, I fell in love with it all again. It became less a question of what is this? and more like, what else? How far can I push this thing? The result Urgent in places and dreamlike in others, ‘Three Halves’ was so-baptised when Henry stitched three recordings together on Ableton and needed a working title. What began as a temporary placeholder soon became a theme for Esmé to riff on, a metaphor for the trio and their shared connection.
 
Urgent in places and dreamlike in others, ‘Three Halves’ was so-baptised when Henry stitched three recordings together on Ableton and needed a working title. What began as a temporary placeholder soon became a theme for Esmé to riff on, a metaphor for the trio and their shared connection. Talking about ‘Three Halves’, the band said: Citing ideas that we took interest in during the early stages of writing the new record, ‘Three Halves’ flips between its absurd contrasts as the name suggests. Built upon a soundscape of droning organs, guitar, and cello it floats between noise and emptiness, precision, and catharsis, welcoming each half leads into the next.

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