SMALL TALK

You ever walk through that heavy, cassette-hissy rain and love it—because in that moment you’re smitten with life? It isn’t perfect—because it never is—but suddenly you start to notice and appreciate all the beautiful things it has to offer. Clothes grow heavier by the second, hair plastered across your face, sneakers so waterlogged you could drop goldfish in them—yet you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

Dorm, the latest single from the indie-someting-something collective Soft Loft, led by Jorina Stamm, bottles that exact feeling: drenched, unvarnished, euphorically alive. The song builds from a light guitar drizzle—you’re already getting wet, you just don’t know it—into a full downpour, until the sound clings to your skin and you’re singing along: I see forests, I see mountains, I see birds seeking shelter.

As Stamm explains: Dorm is about pulling through—it’s about stepping outside, even when it’s tough, and looking up to appreciate the beauty all around us. We wrote it in a rush in our little getaway in Ticino while it rained outside; when we finished, the sun came out. We’ve been playing it live for a while now, and it has some kind of magic about it—it’s a favorite for all of us.

It’s the release of a track that their most devoted fans are already singing along to in full at their shows. And it marks the kick-off of the band’s first major headline tour across Europe and the UK.

Dorm

Toothache

Letting go has been crucial for us in defining our sound and bonding as a band. 

It’s about how the decision to let go can be painful, because we hang on to people or situations. Although sometimes it’s inevitable to let go, in order to grow and to make space for something new.


Letting Go

A cute but sad song about being 182263kms away from someone you love on an airplane.

Sea of Clouds

Need You Now

Hero

The Songs of the Album “Gaya” were created out of love for Mother Earth and are intended to awaken the memory in us that we are all connected and part of creation.
Its Alissia Milena's second Album and she recorded this work together with many talented artists.
One Swiss franc per CD sold is donated at the end of each year to a project that protects or rebuilds nature. To give something back to Mother Earth.


My deepest gratitude goes to everyone
who made this album possible.
A special thank goes to all the musicians
and all helpers & spirits who contributed with love.
Alissia Milena
Mitwirkende
veröffentlicht am 12. Oktober 2024

Musicians:

Alissia Milena - songwriting, recording, voice, harp, guitar, flute,
shaman drum, harmonium (alissia-milena.ch)

Roland Dietisheim - editing, percussion

Beat a.k.a ekesto - editing, bass, backing vocals (ekesto.com)

Marie Steinert - violin, backing vocals

Christian Hochstrasser - Bansuri Flute

Shakya - Cello (shakya.ch)

Nathalie Fähndrich - double bass (musigundbewegig.com)

Kailash Kokopelli - Indian flute, chanting

Veronika Stalder with the Peace Choir Lucerne (veronikastalder.ch)



Mix & Mastering:

Theo Känzig (theokaenzig.ch)



Cover Artwork:

Annatina Franaszek (annatinafranaszek.com)

Dorm

Soft Loft

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