Pia Isa - Dissolve

Pia Isa is the solo project of bassist, guitarist and vocalist Pia Isaksen from Norwegian heavy psych / doom rock band Superlynx. After releasing her debut solo album, Distorted Chants (2022), she now releases the follow up Dissolve. On this new release she’s once again joined by Ole Teigen (Superlynx) on drums and guitarist Gary Arce (Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson, Big Scenic Nowhere) on most of the tracks.

As much as she loves playing with Superlynx (formed in 2013) and other people, Pia’s ideas for her solo albums seemed more suitable to work through on her own. Pia’s music is rooted in slow heavy drones, but it also has a lighter, dreamy and hopeful side. She is inspired by massive soundscapes, heavy psych, meditative moods, desert vibes and Eastern scales, as well as her Nordic coastal surroundings.

Superlynx listeners may recognize her slow, heavy and minimalistic riffs and haunting, sometimes chanting voice. Pia has an open mind to a lot of different music. Not caring about fitting to any genres but channelling honest and heartfelt music in her own way. The lyrics are deeply personal and stretch from the very inner self and throughout nature. On her new album, Pia has worked more with layers of vocal harmonies and has given an old dark-sounding nylon acoustic guitar more space in her massive, distorted soundscape.

For fans of Chelsea Wolfe, Sunn O))), Deafheaven, Anna Von Hausswolff, My Bloody Valentine, Electric Wizard, Zola Jesus, Boris, Slowdive, Alcest, Karin Park, Dead Can Dance, Esben And The Witch and Emma Ruth Rudle.

Genre: Space Rock / Shoegaze / Heavy Psyche