

'To Undo the World Itself' arrives as one half of The Orielles' double-single release, alongside 'You Are Eating a Part of Yourself', offering an expansive glimpse into their forthcoming fourth studio album Only You Left, which is being released in March. Meticulous yet quietly exploratory, the record marks a rebirth for the Halifax-born band after a seven-year creative cycle that began with their debut in 2018. The track opens with a delicate acoustic motif which is soon joined by soft, layered vocal harmonies that feel intimate and suspended in time. The accompanying video also leans into this sense of atmosphere, with much of it filmed inside a church, its quiet vastness mirroring the track’s reverent tone. There’s a slow-burning patience to the arrangement: nothing rushes, yet everything feels in motion. As the song unfolds, it gradually gathers weight, building anticipation through texture and repetition rather than excess, before blooming into a cathartic crescendo. Lyrically and emotionally 'To Undo the World Itself' wrestles with rebirth and reversal. As the album’s closing track, it feels earned and deeply considered, offering release without resolution. Developed in live rooms while the elements outside moved between rumbling storms and moments of quiet dusk, the track carries that sense of space and atmosphere within it a fitting, beautiful conclusion to a record rooted in reflection and quiet transformation.










