tella: Adagio (Loser Edition Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP

“Almost as soon as Stella Chronopoulou began writing Adagio, her fifth album as tella, she knew the time had finally come to sing in Greek, her native tongue. It would be a first. She started the record almost by accident in 2019, during an 11-hour boat ride to the island of Anafi. tella had recently gone through a patch of personal turmoil and needed a break from home. On the ferry, she pulled out her cell phone as the boat clipped through the Mediterranean and began with a simple melody, steadily piecing together a rough instrumental. As psychedelic keyboards twinkled and swayed above staccato drums, the track suggested some deep exhalation, as if tella were letting go of long-unnecessary baggage. For a spell, she set the instrumental aside. She wasnt ready yet, or in a rush. Written and recorded over the span of five years, with a consortium of international collaborators including !!!s Rafael Cohen and British songwriter Gabriel Stebbing, Adagio is a 27-minute meditation on love and desire, rest and time. Though the bulk of it is sung in English, tella delivers her first two songs in Greek here ‘Omorfo Mou’, the one that began on the boat, and a cover of a 1969 cult classic of the Greek New Wave, Litsa Sakelarious ‘Ta Vimata’. It is a sign of the self-assurance that radiates throughout these tender and smitten little tunes.” – Sub Pop Records

• Sub Pop Loser Edition pink colored vinyl (please note: actual pressing color and packaging may differ from mock-up photo)
• includes poster insert
• limited edition
• music label: Sub Pop 2025