Pete Lambrou, the visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist behind VLMV (pronounced “Alma”), is one of the most singular voices emerging from the ambient, post-rock, and experimental scenes in the UK. With a career that spans atmospheric solo work, film and television scoring, and evocative live performance, Lambrou has carved out a distinctive sonic universe he describes as “ambient-ish post-something” – a playful yet accurate summation of a sound that is at once genre-fluid and deeply immersive.

VLMV will release his stunning new album There Will Come Soft Rains on 24th April via Pelagic Records. 

VLMV has revealed the second single from the album, ‘Tribal (A Heart, Self-Taught)’. Stream and pre-save There Will Come Soft Rains here: https://orcd.co/vlmv-tribal

VLMV comments on the new single: “‘Tribal (A Heart, Self-Taught)’ was the first track written for the new album, and sort of set the tone for the rest to follow. A Berlin inspired, ambient techno piece that is more rhythmic and drum led than anything I’ve done before. It’s an angry yet hopefully communal call to the wilds and questions whether we’ve completely missed the tipping point.”

There Will Come Soft Rains takes its title from Sara Teasdale’s 1918 poem and Ray Bradbury’s later short story, both of which imagine a world continuing quietly after humanity’s disappearance. Written during a period of deep engagement with climate fiction and ecological thought, There Will Come Soft Rains reflects on humanity’s legacy, its technological ambition, and its uneasy relationship with the natural world. A century on from Teasdale’s poem, the balance of power feels less certain, and Lambrou’s music inhabits that tension with remarkable subtlety.

Lambrou’s singular sonic language sits at the intersection of ambient, post-rock, modern classical, and experimental electronic music, while remaining unmistakably human at its core. There Will Come Soft Rains has a geological sense of time: themes creep, expand, erode, and reform, resisting conventional structures in favour of something more patient and immersive. Lambrou’s unique voice is intimate and fragile, his vocals hover above the instrumentation, a guiding thread through the expansive soundscapes, drawing listeners closer into the emotional core of each piece. 

Formed in early 2015 and fronted by songwriter/producer Pete Lambrou, VLMV released their debut album via Fierce Panda Records in August 2015, receiving critical acclaim. In 2018 VLMV released their follow-up, and subsequently signed to the illustrious Erased Tapes Music Publishing. Hailed as “Breath-taking in its scope and evoking imagery of the vastness of space…a shimmering soundscape of delicate ethereal beauty” by The Independent, the album was nominated for a Prog Award later that year.

After extensive UK and EU touring until 2020, the pandemic saw a gap in the hectic live schedule and Pete began writing what was to become 2022’s Sing With Abandon. VLMV’s third studio album was described by Prog Magazine as “Gently epic…A proper album, then, as best experienced as such” who crowned it one of the ten albums of the year. 

VLMV have toured the UK and mainland Europe multiple times, as the headline act and support with the likes of Mono, And So I Watch You From Afar, Nordic Giants and God Is An Astronaut, and performing as prestigious festivals ArcTanGent, Dunk, Portals and Post In Paris.

As a composer for Erased Tapes Music, Pete’s work has been heard in households all over the world across commercials, film and television, with clients including Ikea, Vice, Hyundai, Rolex, BT Sport, Amazon, The BBC, S-Power and The National Trust. VLMV’s music has also been as far reaching, with high profile spots on Amazon’s The Grand Tour, Santander, The Champions League Final via BT Sport, and even for The University of Zurich.

TRACKLISTING:
1.    Tribal (A Heart, Self-Taught)
2.    We Are All Explorers Now
3.    The Pilot
4.    Bodies Grown, Pt.1
5.    In Absentia 
6.    I Am An Officer 
7.    Philistine! (Reclaim The Sky) 
8.    Bodies Grown, Pt.2 
9.    Somnolence

VLMV online: 
https://vlmv.bandcamp.com
https://www.vlmv.uk
https://www.facebook.com/vlmvmusic