''Sister'' is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by British

experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, wit ...

trio Ultraísta. It was released on 13 March 2020 under

Partisan Records Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam's South B ...

. It was released immediately prior to the worldwide

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, leading to the album's promotional roll-out, touring, and subsequent interviews being affected.

Release

The first single "Tin King" was released on 14 January 2020, with two more singles "Anybody" and "Harmony" following in the coming months. "Ordinary Boy" was released as a single in September of 2020 along with a remix EP following on 6 November. An additional extended play, ''Sister Remix EP'', for the album released on 12 March 2021, featuring remixes from

Zero 7 Zero 7 is an English musical duo consisting of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. Both of them began as studio engineers and in 1997 formed the group Zero 7. Their debut album, '' Simple Things'', was released in 2001; their song "Destiny" stayed in ...

, Grenda,

Portico Quartet Portico Quartet are an instrumental band from London, United Kingdom. They are known for their use of the Hang (instrument), hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their debut album, ''Knee-Deep in the North Sea'', was nominated for the 2008 ...

, Erland Cooper, and Harvey Causon. A half-hour short film, entitled ''Sister'', was directed by Nigel Godrich and released featuring the four singles from the album and lead singer

Laura Bettinson Laura Bettinson (born 20 September 1987), also known by her stage names Femme and Lau.ra, is an English singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. She started writing music at 16, gigging around the Midlands area before moving to London to study Bmus ...

walking throughout London, with cameos from Godrich and

Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He has performed with acts including Beck, R.E.M., Oasis and Roger Waters, and is a member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Back ...

Critical reception

''Sister'' was met with generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74, based on 5 reviews.

Track listing

All songs are written by Ultraísta.

Personnel

- vocals, synthesizer, songwriting *

Nigel Godrich Nigel Timothy Godrich (born 28 February 1971) is an English record producer, recording engineer and musician. He has worked with acts including Radiohead, Travis, Beck, Air, Paul McCartney, U2, R.E.M., Pavement, Roger Waters, Arcade Fire and ...

- production, bass guitar, orchestration, synthesizer, songwriting *

- drums, percussion, songwriting

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2020 albums Ultraísta albums Partisan Records albums Albums produced by Nigel Godrich