ISABEL RUMBLE Explores Womanhood On New Single ‘Digesting History’ Ahead Of Upcoming Album Release

With a quiet strength and unflinching honesty, Isabel Rumble returns with Digesting History, out today. As the final single before her forthcoming album ‘Hold Everything Lightly’ (October 24), it carries the hushed weight of reflection and the gentle clarity of change, offering a key that unlocks the themes at the heart of the record.

‘Hold Everything Lightly’ is an assured statement of identity, a clear distillation of who she is and the gentle strength of Isabel’s indie-folk style. Across ten tracks, she writes through cycles of change, transition, and self-discovery, moving between internal landscapes and the rhythms of the world around her. The record deepens her understanding of womanhood while reconnecting with the stillness at the centre of it all. As Isabel explains: “The songs that make up my second album are the most raw and honest I have written… This record is a return to the stillness at the centre of it all, and to the simplicity of the heart’s voice.”

For this newest track, Digesting History, Isabel Rumble reveals a different flavour to anything she has shared before, marking the first time she has released a song written on piano. Tender and heartfelt, the track opens with piano and Isabel’s dulcet voice, before plucked strings join in unison and a grounding double bass steadies the frame. As the song unfolds, the strings shift into smooth, bowed textures, expanding the arrangement like a breath held and released.

Lyrically, Digesting History wrestles with how stories are told and whose voices they carry. It is both a questioning and a claiming, as Isabel places herself firmly within those narratives with a longing to be heard. Gentle yet resolute, the track becomes her call to untame and to explore what it has always meant to be a woman in this world.

To celebrate the release of ‘Hold Everything Lightly’, Isabel Rumble will embark on a national tour through October and November, bringing her intimate indie-folk storytelling to audiences across the country. From cosy bookshops and town halls to iconic venues like Melbourne’s Brunswick Ballroom, the tour will showcase the album’s tender spirit in spaces built for deep listening. Joined by a rotating cast of special guests, Isabel invites listeners to welcome softness and presence, and share in songs that open space to connect with the heart.

‘Hold Everything Lightly’ Tour

Thurs Oct 30 – Little Lost Bookshop, Katoomba NSW
Fri Oct 31 – Local Edition, Sydney NSW w/ Ofri
Sat Nov 1 – Mane & Tales, Bermagui NSW
Sun Nov 2 – Candelo Town Hall, Candelo NSW
Thurs Nov 6 – Odessas, Ballarat VIC | w/ Seren Spain
Fri Nov 7 – GROW, Anglesea VIC | w/ Daniel Aaron
Sun Nov 9 – Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne VIC | w/ Kris Mizzi
Thurs Nov 13 – Grace Emily, Adelaide SA | w/ Ryan Martin John
Fri Nov 14 – Secret Location (To Be Revealed), Adelaide SA | w/ Jamie Lena Kerslake
Sat Nov 15 – Stone Pony, Willunga SA w/ Tilly Tjala Thomas
Sun Nov 16 – Three Brothers Arms, Macclesfield SA | w/ Priyanka Luxx
Wed Nov 19 – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra ACT | w/ Robyn Martin
Thurs Nov 21 – Church Street, Bellingen NSW
Fri Nov 28 – Currumbin Valley Harvest, QLD | w/ Amela
Sat Nov 29 – Pearces Creek Hall, Pearces Creek NSW
Sun Nov 30 – Can You Keep A Secret, Brisbane QLD