Carla dal Forno Shares “Under the Covers” Ahead of Confession

Castlemaine, Australia–based artist Carla dal Forno shares her new single “Under the Covers,” the latest release from her upcoming album Confession, arriving April 24th, via Kallista Records.

The track follows the release of lead single “Going Out,” which received early acclaim across platforms including Stereogum, Pitchfork, and Brooklyn Vegan.

“Under the Covers” explores a quieter form of intimacy, drawing from everyday gestures and long-term connection.

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According to Carla dal Forno:

“This song is about the quiet kind of love, the kind that builds slowly in shared routines, small gestures, and the comfort of being understood without needing to explain yourself.”

She continues:

“I wanted to capture a love that isn’t dramatic or fleeting, but steady and lived-in, where intimacy shows up in ordinary moments, and understanding becomes its own kind of language between two people.”

The release is accompanied by a stop motion video created from paintings by Ruth O'Leary.

“Under the Covers” follows “Going Out,” the album’s opening track, which introduces the tonal and emotional direction of Confession.

The record marks dal Forno’s fourth LP and was written and recorded over several years in a small country town, within a studio located inside a partially abandoned hospital. The environment defined by stillness, empty corridors, and quiet isolation shapes the album’s atmosphere, lending it a restrained and introspective quality.

As dal Forno explains:

“I live in a small country town that offers a stillness my life didn’t previously have. In that quiet, feelings I might’ve ignored in a busy city grew loud.”

At its core, Confession examines the tension between stability and desire, tracing how familiar relationships can shift into more complex emotional territory.

Reflecting on the process, Carla dal Forno shares:

“This wasn’t the album I intended to make. I originally wanted something veiled and abstract, but I realised I couldn’t hide behind abstraction, the songs only worked when I leaned into emotional truth.”

The album centers on subtle, internal transitions, friendship evolving into something more charged, and the emotional consequences that follow.

“At the heart of the album is a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way. That shift brought daydreaming, jealousy, tenderness, confusion, self-awareness and eventually acceptance.”

Musically, Confession blends melodic basslines with understated guitars, harmonies, and rhythm-driven structures, creating a sound that feels both minimal and fluid.

Visually and emotionally, Confession returns to modest spaces: backyards, beds, night streets, overgrown paths.

Tracks such as “Going Out” emphasize repetition and emotional momentum, while others move toward a more direct and conversational tone. Instrumental interludes appear throughout the record, offering moments of space and transition.

As dal Forno explains:

“The instrumental tracks work as emotional interludes. Little pockets of space where the story breathes without words.”

Throughout the album, Confession follows a gradual emotional journey from attraction and doubt to clarity and acceptance.

Moments of introspection are balanced with subtle shifts in tone, from the more immediate energy of earlier tracks to the quieter resolution found in the closing moments.

Reflecting on the project as a whole, Carla dal Forno states:

“In the end, Confession became the most personal, unguarded thing I’ve ever made. I wrote plainly about what I was actually living through.”

Plain-spoken but emotionally complex. Rooted and restless. Held together by bass, breath, routine, and weather. An album about admitting what you feel —and living with what that admission changes.

Out April 24, 2026, on Kallista Records

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