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Swiss avant-pop artist Andrina Bollinger announces “Island of Way Back“ (March 2026), her most personal work to date: eleven songs that function as ritual, breath, and quiet rebellion against the tyranny of constant visibility.
Written over six years and structured as a four-act narrative (Disconnection → Listening Inward → Surrender → The Return), the album documents what happens when the body stops cooperating: when sleep vanishes, the voice falters, and one's own being feels unfamiliar. Bollinger's answer is radical tenderness: retreat to an inner island, listen until dreams return. A reminder: the mind needs body.
Recorded between her studio in Zurich’s Zentralwäscherei and sessions in Margate and Winterthur, the self-produced album features drummer Arthur Hnatek, bassist Jules Martinet, and co-production from British producer Mike Lindsay (Tunng, LUMP with Laura Marling) on four tracks. Producer Bollinger recorded and played all vocals, guitars, piano and synth herself.
Andrina continues to push pop into experimental realms, sensual and fearless. Together with her band, she will present the album on tour starting in April 2026. She has previously performed at Montreux Jazz Festival, Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg, and Café de la... more
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released March 6, 2026
All tracks written & produced by Andrina Bollinger
Except tracks 6 & 7 co-written by Jules Martinet & Arthur Hnatek
Tracks 2, 4, 7 & 11 co-produced by Mike Lindsay
All lyrics by Andrina Bollinger
Vocals, piano, synth, percussions & guitar performed by Andrina Bollinger on all songs except guitar on track 6 performed by Jules Martinet
Drums, percussion & synth performed by Arthur Hnatek
Bass, synth & Flugelhorn performed by Jules Martinet
Recorded at Studio ZW, MESS Studio in Margate UK & at Suburban Sound Studio Winterthur by Andrina Bollinger, Mike Lindsay & Giuliano Sulzberger between June 2023 and January 2025
Mixed by Manuel Egger at Suburban Sound Studio, Winterthur
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios, London
Photography by Nicole Pfister: www.nicolepfister.ch
Design by Daily Dialogue: www.dailydialogue.cc
Tracklist
| 1Digital Media | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Hands in the Ground
| 2:04 | |
| 2 | Each Sun Casts a Shadow
| 3:42 | |
| 3 | Insular
| 3:39 | |
| 4 | AI in My Head
| 3:10 | |
| 5 | Forgot to Listen
| 1:18 | |
| 6 | Let me Sing
| 3:38 | |
| 7 | Mind Needs Body
| 3:31 | |
| 8 | I am the Ocean
| 2:58 | |
| 9 | How to Swim
| 3:33 | |
| 10 | My Body is Sound
| 1:29 | |
| 11 | Oh Anne
| 2:18 | |
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Release
| purchase for download and stream for free: | https://andrinabollinger.bandcamp.com/album/island-of-way-back [info] |
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Release group
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/4180788 [info] |
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| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/andrina-bollinger/island-of-way-back/ [info] |
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