ILA + Design Fault + Tender Youth

ILA is a Belgian band built around singer and guitarist Ilayda Cicek, with Cas Kinnaer on drums, Sam Smeets on bass and Mattias Stynen on guitar.

The band broke through in 2022 after winning Studio Brussel’s De Nieuwe Lichting with “Leave Me Dry”, which spent three weeks at number one in De Afrekening.

The mini-album Felt followed that year, before debut album Ayna arrived through PIAS in 2024. ILA’s music is driven by contrast: restraint against impact, melody against noise, control against collapse.

With Motherland, the first album written by the full four-piece lineup, the band pushes that tension further. Recorded at Hackney Road Studios in London with producer Mikko Gordon, the record is broader, more layered and more direct than what came before.

At its core, ILA is a band that writes from lived experience without turning it into decoration.

The songs deal with love, loss, distance, change and the pressure of having to rebuild. Nothing is softened for effect. The music stays physical, precise and recognisably theirs.

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Support from Design Fault and Tender Youth

Design Fault are an art rock band formed in Bournemouth in January 2025, now residing in Brighton. Fast becoming one of the hottest acts on the Brighton scene, the trio have crafted a distinctive sound that draws from noise rock, jazz fusion, funk and krautrock. Their sound paired with their relentless on-stage antics and energy make for unforgettable live performances.

Follow Design Fault on Instagram: www.instagram.com/design.fault

Tender Youth is a young Copenhagen-based art-rock quartet that moves between the raw and the vulnerable. Rooted in post-punk and with a clear focus on new expressions, placing the violin at the centre, the band creates intense, immersive songs where energy and fragility go hand in hand.

Following an EP in 2021 and the critically acclaimed debut album In The Hands Of Broken Bonds (2023), Tender Youth have performed at festivals such as Roskilde Festival and SPOT Festival and completed a European tour with shows across several countries. This experience has shaped the otherwise young band into a focused and uncompromising live act, drawing audiences in to the intensity of the moment.

In 2026, Tender Youth will release their second album. The band has a band oned the guitar entirely, allowing the violin to take on a leading role. Punk urgency meets the emotional depth of folk music in a sound that blends hand-played instrumentation, distortion, and a more modern, pop-leaning production. The result is a bold artistic step and a band in clear and ongoing evolution.

Follow Tender Youth on Instagram: www.instagram.com/tender.youth/

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