Isabel Rumble leans into life's gentle shifts on her second album ‘Hold Everything Lightly’, out Friday, October 24. Tracing the tender spaces between change and acceptance, the regional NSW-based indie-folk artist returns to the heart’s quiet centre, where resilience lives in vulnerability and softness becomes a form of power.  

'Hold Everything Lightly’ moves like a slow river, its currents shifting between intimate acoustic folk and fuller, textured moments of release. Fingerpicked guitars, bowed strings, slide guitar, percussion and piano each breathe new life into every track. Isabel’s voice guides the record, warm and weightless as she balances fragility with grace, creating a world that feels both grounded in earth and open to sky.

Across ten tracks, Isabel moves through cycles of self-reflection, drawing from the rhythms of the natural world and the resolve that comes with acceptance. Written in the wake of transition, the record captures moments of honesty, growth and surrender, gently returning to what remains when everything else falls away. Speaking on the album, Isabel shares:

"Following the release of my first album, my approach to songwriting began to morph into a new phase. The songs that make up my second album are the most raw and honest I have written. They let me turn inwards and meet myself honestly in the midst of big change and transition. These songs very much travel through internal landscapes whilst, or perhaps as a consequence of, listening to the cycles of the world around me."

‘Soften’ opens the record in calm surrender, finger-picked electric guitar and layered harmonies guiding a return to the body, where breath and serenity begin to lead the way. ‘Better Half of Me’ follows as a balm for aching hearts, anchored by soft acoustic guitar and vocals honouring love in its most vulnerable form.  

‘Lonely Hunter’ gathers momentum with sweeping strings and rhythmic drive, while ‘Knowing’ slips into a slow, country-tinged ache of slide guitar and piano. By ‘Room to Grow’, hope begins to re-enter the frame, brushed percussion and pedal-steel guitar tones carrying the lightness of letting go, as ‘Born Again’ pares everything back to voice and guitar, the sound of a heart laid bare.

‘I Danced’ rises with organ and percussion, finding a steady groove led by the drums that shakes the past loose. Both ‘Digesting History’ and ‘You’ll Sing’ arrive as piano-led ballads, the former standing firm in quiet defiance while the latter glows with an inner fire, a reflection on voice and the trust it takes to be heard. Finally, the title track ‘Hold Everything Lightly’ gathers all that came before, closing the record in a moment of liberation.

Celebrating the release of ‘Hold Everything Lightly’, Isabel Rumble will take her songs across the country through October and November, sharing moments of tenderness and reflection in spaces made for deep listening. From cosy bookshops and candlelit halls to stages like Melbourne’s Brunswick Ballroom, each performance will honour the record’s power and natural warmth. Joined by a rotating cast of special guests, Isabel invites audiences to slow down, breathe, and find stillness in the simple act of song.  

'Hold Everything Lightly' is out on Friday, October 24, offering a gentle reminder to move through life with open hands and an open heart