Clock Without Hands' unfurls as a journey through fatherhood, change and loss. After Sonny Ism learnt that he was to become a father, he began recording the album with a new found post Covid inspiration. The writing process quickly kicked into gear with tracks like 'This Time' and 'Visions of Melbourne' coming to life; pseudo peaks into the future and notions of moving back to Australia after living in Scandinavia for the last 7 years. Accompanied by the rowdy and tapey deep house nodds of 'Aries Door' 'Cbd Nights' and 'Obscura', the album breaks into the soothing ambient calm of 'Clock Without Hands' and 'Solastalgia' - a musical commentary on negatively perceived environmental change. Tragically, in March 2022, Sonny Ism and his wife lost their daughter Astrid at 22 weeks to stillbirth. 'Cant Remember Forgetting You' paints the agony and grief of pregnancy loss and explores the complex and antiquated way in which society processes it. 'Clock Without Hands' is named, inspired and dedicated to his daughter Astrid as a collection of work frozen in time, a musical dear diary from the little time he shared
Sonny Ism started writing his new album shortly after he found out he was to become a father during Covid. It is also an album that marks another change in his life as he moved by to Australia after years living in Scandinavia. The house he conjures up is cuddly and warm, with heartfelt pads and far-gazing synths kicking off 'Visions Of Melbourne' while in other places there are prickly house cuts taking things to the next level but never for long as the wallowing, beautifully downbeat likes of 'Aries Door' again sink you into a world of pensive emotions.