heka (aka Francesca Brierley) is an experimental artist, songwriter and producer whose intimate songwriting merges elements of folk, ambient and lo-fi electronics into hybrid compositions. With a background in visual art and creative computing, her practice is shaped by collage, layering acoustic and electronic textures to create music that moves between the personal and the abstract, the organic and the digital. Raised in the Italian countryside before moving to London, heka’s songwriting is rooted in the relationship between language, memory and belonging. Moving between English and Italian, she explores the ways voice carries personal history, place and emotion. She has shared stages with artists including John Maus, Sam Burton, bar italia, Black Country, New Road, Belle and Sebastian and The New Eves, and has recorded, toured and collaborated across projects including Drug Store Romeos, Gently Tender, Tapir!, Skydaddy, Naima Bock and Dana Gavanski. In 2025 she formed Dorothy with long-time collaborators Marco Pini (GG Skips, RIP Magic, Sorry) and Jude Woodhead (Saint Jude). Their debut EP Sea Songs was released via Angel Tapes, an imprint of New York label Fire Talk, and the project will make its live debut at Green Man Festival 2026. Alongside completing her debut solo album, set for release in 2026, heka’s latest release is the Italian double single Tutto l’amore che ho dato ti ha cercato, which continues her exploration of songwriting across languages.

Visiting Hour is a Richmond, Virginia-based quintet crafting expansive, emotionally resonant songs that blur the boundaries between slowcore, post-rock, and indie rock, echoing the spirit of 4AD and Creation Records. Formed by members of the punk bands Arrogants, Black Button, and Cicada, the group draws from the meditative restraint of Low, the poetic intensity of Lungfish, and the droning atmosphere of bands like Slint and The Velvet Underground to create music that is both intimate and immersive. Their self-titled debut, due out at the end of August via Dig! Records, explores themes of longing, connection, and the search for meaning through patient songcraft, layered textures, and deeply reflective lyricism. Built on years of shared musicianship, Visiting Hour’s sound balances quiet beauty with emotional weight, offering moments of solace and contemplation amid an increasingly restless world. Today, Triste© is proud to host the exclusive premiere of the album’s second single, Labrador Sea, following the standout Long Spring, alongside its stunning new video, by slow cinema filmmaker Connor Barrett, offering another glimpse into the rich and evocative world of Visiting Hour ahead of the album’s release.

There’s always been something elusive about Bobby Wratten’s work. Since his days with The Field Mice and Sarah Records, he has consistently avoided overexposure, allowing fragments of emotion, memory and atmosphere to emerge only through his music. With LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR, that instinct for disappearance and suggestion has deepened even further, and Every Flame a Sunset stands among the project’s most emotionally resonant pieces. Originally featured on the extraordinary Colours Yet To Be Named, the song now returns in a new reworked and remixed version: a meditation on absence, survival, grief and the invisible traces left behind by a lost generation. Yet far from surrendering completely to fate, Every Flame a Sunset is marked by a fierce melancholy, by an invincible and quiet resilience. As with the finest moments on Colours Yet To Be Named, the song seems to exist in an unstable emotional space, suspended between melody and abandon. Wratten and producer Ian Catt shape sound like memory itself: blurred at the edges, fragile, impossible to fully hold onto. What remains is not an outcry, a lament, but a slow-burning bulwark of resistance. Accompanying the song is Ghost Pavilion Dub, a minimal and deeply atmospheric track recorded during the album sessions. Its nocturnal, reflective feel veers into more abstract territory, showcasing, once again, Bobby Wratten’s uncanny ability to conjure beauty through the most measured and delicate means. TRISTE© is honoured to present this exclusive premiere.

Gurry Wurry is the solo project of Scottish avant-pop oddball Dave King. He’s picked up support from BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, 3RRR and Apple Music, alongside acclaim from The Skinny, Clunk and Snack Mag. He’s recorded with Rod Jones (Idlewild, Hamish Hawk) and Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit), showcased at Wide Days, and opened for The High Llamas, Florry, Dick Valentine and platinum-certified bedroom-pop cult hero Dent May. Championed by the BBC’s Roddy Hart and Vic Galloway, his first two albums both landed in Vic’s Albums of the Year list (while the song Hairline made Steve Wide’s Triple R Tracks of the Year): in March 2023, his homemade debut Not As Bad As It Sounds came out and the follow-up Happy For Now, recorded with indie legend Rod Jones (Idlewild, Hamish Hawk) was out in 2024. Gurry Wurry plays this year’s Kelburn Garden Party and Belladrum festivals. A new single, Champions Bore me, was out in March and Have You, a second single from the forthcoming third album, Glue, will be out on Friday, April 24th, but we’re streaming it now in exclusive premiere on TRISTE© ahead of its official release.