{"id":109448,"date":"2026-11-02T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=109448"},"modified":"2026-11-02T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:57:32","slug":"ella-thompson-triumph-sadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ella-thompson-triumph-sadness\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Thompson \u2013 Triumph &amp; Sadness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"triumph-sadness-vintage-soul-modern-heartache\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Triumph\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Sadness:\u00a0vintage\u00a0soul,\u00a0modern\u00a0heartache<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some records want to make you dance. Others want to make you cry into your drink. Ella Thompson\u2019s\u00a0Triumph &amp; Sadness\u00a0would rather do both, preferably with a brass section standing by and absolutely no judgement whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=523246600\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=57434036\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/ellathompson.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-sadness\">Triumph &amp; Sadness by Ella Thompson<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter has made a career out of embracing life\u2019s beautifully inconvenient contradictions, and her latest LP might just be her most compelling statement yet. Ten songs steeped in vintage sweet soul, wrapped in analogue warmth and delivered with the sort of emotional honesty that makes pretending you\u2019re fine feel like a complete waste of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded over four days in rural Victoria, largely direct-to-tape,\u00a0Triumph &amp; Sadness\u00a0captures the unmistakable warmth of musicians playing together rather than assembling a record one perfectly sanitised fragment at a time. Written alongside Liam McGorry of Temporary Blessings, featuring musicians from Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, and mixed by Wayne Gordon, the album feels wonderfully alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background cnvs-block-core-media-text-1747873497484\" style=\"background-color:#e3cba1\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ellathompson.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-sadness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img  data-dominant-color=\"b2a992\"  data-has-transparency=\"false\"  style=\"--dominant-color: #b2a992;\"  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"940\"  height=\"940\"  data-attachment-id=\"109449\"  data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ella-thompson-triumph-sadness\/a1391727075_10\/\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-title=\"a1391727075_10\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-image-caption=\"\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-940x940.jpg\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABLAAAASwAQMAAADR7yGMAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAMZJREFUeNrtwTEBAAAAwqD1T20JT6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4G\/D7gABl3NkWgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\"  alt=\"Triumph &amp; Sadness by Ella Thompson, released on  October, 16 via Mr Bongo\"  class=\"wp-image-109449 size-full not-transparent pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-940x940.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-940x940.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-690x690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a1391727075_10.jpg 1200w\" ><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 id=\"triumph-sadness-released-on-october-16-via-mr-bongo-college-of-knowledge-records\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Triumph &amp; Sadness, released on  October, 16 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrbongoworldwide\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrbongoworldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mr Bongo<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/collegeofknowledgerecords\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/collegeofknowledgerecords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of Knowledge Records<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ellathompson.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-sadness\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ellathompson.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-sadness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy \/ Stream album<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson\u2019s influences are hardly hiding in the bushes. Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield and Australian soul legend Ren\u00e9e Geyer all loom somewhere in the background, but this isn\u2019t another nostalgia exercise in vintage soul cosplay. Thompson understands that the genre\u2019s real magic was never about the old-school production tricks. It was about making complicated feelings sound gloriously human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musically, the album is a treat. Lush backing vocals, warm horns, organic arrangements and Thompson\u2019s wonderfully expressive voice create a timeless atmosphere without ever feeling trapped in the past. Occasionally, the vintage palette plays things a little too comfortably, but the songwriting consistently brings enough personality to keep the whole affair engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=523246600\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1984806148\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/ellathompson.bandcamp.com\/album\/triumph-sadness\">Triumph &amp; Sadness by Ella Thompson<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately,\u00a0Triumph &amp; Sadness\u00a0is a record about feeling everything, even when doing so becomes decidedly inconvenient. Thompson makes vulnerability sound less like a weakness and more like a rather necessary survival skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a world seemingly determined to numb us into submission, that feels like a pretty decent reason to press play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-38k2tzaczE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"341001\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #341001;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1253\" data-attachment-id=\"109452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/ella-thompson-triumph-sadness\/720874079_18593474650047989_7709885563076926912_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/720874079_18593474650047989_7709885563076926912_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ella Thompson &amp;#8211; 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