Ella Ion - Liminal Archive EP

Liminal Archive EP is a collection of songs mostly recorded in Naarm at Yorke Street Recorders and Sydney Road Studios, produced by Stefan Blair and Ella Ion. 

Of the release Ella says:

"The past year was a huge turning point for this project, with my first string of international tours sending me back and forth from Adelaide to the UK, to Europe, around Australia and to America. Between these tours I would spend some time in Melbourne and visit Yorke Street recorders in Fitzroy, where I would pick a couple of demos and get to work over a couple of days. The limitations of whatever we had in the studio that day, and whatever instruments Stefan and I could play, or couldn't but did anyway, resulted in these recordings. Limitations are wonderful in that way; they keep things authentic to the moment in time and the environment in which they are made, and true to the people who created them. Though recording these songs separately over time and releasing them as singles and double singles was an incredibly joyful experience, it was not my initial intention; they were always supposed to exist together. I now have the opportunity to do that by bringing them together onto vinyl, with the addition of a new song, "My Love" recorded in May of 2026. 

I love collections. I love physicals. I love this little world that was created in the studio over the past year in the liminal space between albums and touring. I hope you enjoy having it all assembled and in the palm of your hand."

This EP release is a real closing of a chapter for Ella, one that took her to stages across the world. Having just wrapped the creation of her sophomore album and fresh from a standout run of performances in the United States, including multiple showcases at SXSW, this EP provides a real moment of reflection before the whirlwind of the next era begins in earnest. Ella's time in Texas saw her bring her emotionally resonant, folk-inspired sound to international audiences, earning praise from Rolling Stone, who noted, “Indie artist Ella Ion enchants the crowd with catchy folk-inspired music.” Her balance of raw vulnerability with melodic precision has become a defining feature of her work. Ella's ability to trace the contours of old wounds with poetic lyricism is an exercise in cutting the listener straight to the bone.

2025 marked a period of major growth for Ella after taking home two South Australian Music Awards fuelled by the tracks that will make up the Liminal Archive EP. All tracks received widespread airplay across triple j, Triple R, PBS, 4ZZZ, Radio Adelaide, Edge Radio and beyond, as well as being added to over a dozen Spotify editorial playlists each and featured in Frankie Magazine, The Music and Rolling Stone among others.