ISON (album)

ISON
Studio album by
Sevdaliza
Released26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)
Recorded2015–2017
StudioSLM Studios, Soundkings
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Genre
Length65:55
LabelTwisted Elegance
Producer
  • Mucky
  • Sevdaliza
Sevdaliza chronology
Children of Silk
(2015) 		ISON
(2017) 		The Calling
(2018)
Singles from ISON
  1. "Human"
    Released: 17 November 2016
  2. "Hero"
    Released: 4 April 2017
  3. "Hubris"
    Released: 12 April 2017
  4. "Marilyn Monroe"
    Released: 14 April 2017
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.7/10[1]
PopMatters[2]
Soul Feeder7.5/10[3]

ISON is the debut studio album by Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza. It was released on 26 April 2017 by Twisted Elegance.[4] The album is named after Comet ISON, a sungrazing comet.[5] It includes two songs from Sevdaliza's second extended play, Children of Silk (2015), "Amandine Insensible" and "Marilyn Monroe", the latter of which was released as the album's fourth single on 14 April 2017.[6] "Human" was released as the lead single on 17 November 2016,[7] which was followed by "Hero" as the second single on 4 April 2017[8] and "Hubris" as the third single on 12 April.[9]

According to Sarah Sitkin, who designed the cover art, the cover depicts Sevdaliza as the mother to herself, to her past lives, and to the album's 16 songs.[1][10] On 21 November 2017, ISON was reissued digitally with the bonus track "Hear My Pain Heal",[11] for which an accompanying music video premiered on the same day.[12]

  1. ^ a b Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (13 May 2017). "Sevdaliza: ISON". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Pontecorvo, Adriane (9 May 2017). "Sevdaliza: Ison". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ Beerling, Tom (4 January 2018). "Sevdaliza – ISON Album Review". Soul Feeder. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Ison by Sevdaliza". iTunes Store (GB). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. ^ Darville, Jordan (5 April 2017). "Meet Sevdaliza, A Dutch-Iranian Roamer Finding A Spiritual Home In Music". The Fader. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Marilyn Monroe: Sevdaliza: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Human – Single by Sevdaliza". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Hero – Single by Sevdaliza". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Hubris – Single by Sevdaliza". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. ^ Darville, Jordan (26 April 2017). "Sevdaliza Has Dropped Her Debut Album ISON". The Fader. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference reissue was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Darville, Jordan (21 November 2017). "Sevdaliza's "Hear My Pain Heal" video is a dream-state murder mystery". The Fader. Retrieved 17 December 2017.