Qulture Magazine

Words: @Jessica Kerr

Photo Credit: @Sam.ffoto

Cardiff duo Siula step into the light with their debut album Night Falls on the World, a record that treats memory and loss less as themes than as landscapes to inhabit. Formed by producer Llion Robertson (Cotton Wolf) and vocalist Iqra Malik (Artshawty), the pair carve out a sound that’s atmospheric yet deeply personal, where electronic textures and whispered confessions seem to hover in the air long after the songs end.

Released 11th of July 2025, the album plays like a diary written in fragments. Each track captures the residue of love and connection—what remains once the moment has slipped away. It leans on grainy synth washes and wide-open space, recalling half-forgotten soundtracks, while the bilingual vocals (English and Welsh) add a disarming tenderness that cuts through the haze.

There are songs that ache with sparseness, like Fragments and Fallen Angel, and others that glimmer with quiet beauty, such as Ti a Fi and Kyoto Sky.

Personally, the track that has stayed with me the most is Fallen Angel. There’s something about its flowy atmosphere and the way the soft vocals melt into the beat that feels almost weightless – the kind of song that makes you want to close your eyes and just drift with it. It’s rare for a track to strike that balance between delicate and powerful, and this one does it beautifully. At the centre lies the title track, a slow-burning meditation that holds its breath as it unravels. The closer, Golau Gwir, doesn’t resolve so much as fade like the last frame of a film—an ending that lingers.

Rather than offering catharsis, Night Falls on the World invites the listener to sit with uncertainty, to find beauty in stillness and fragility. It is a debut that feels less like an opening statement and more like a world fully formed.

You can listen to the album below: