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Penelope Isles return from the Thinking Seat with album number 3
By Editorial Team - June 10, 2026
Summary
Penelope Isles announce their third album 3 and share Thinking Seat, bringing the Brighton siblings back together after solo projects, touring and a surf-trip writing spell.
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- Category: News
- Published: June 10, 2026
- Tags: penelope isles, thinking seat, 3, bella union, brighton, indie rock, Brighton Indie Rock / Album News
Penelope Isles’ return feels like a genuine regrouping rather than a routine album cycle. The Brighton duo of Lily and Jack Wolter have announced their third album, simply titled 3, and shared Thinking Seat ahead of the 25 September release on Bella Union. The backstory has the right kind of indie-rock texture: after 2021’s Which Way To Happy, Lily spent time surfing in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, Jack toured as CMAT’s guitarist, both made solo music, and then the siblings came back together to write songs during a month-long surfing trip in Lagos, Portugal. That matters because Thinking Seat sounds like the product of a band remembering how to be a band after separate lives have complicated the chemistry. The song is described as shimmery, and that is exactly the kind of brightness Penelope Isles can make feel emotionally useful rather than decorative.
Source: https://stereogum.com/2501803/penelope-isles-announce-new-album-3-hear-thinking-seat/music