Inlet Knight on Club Copy

Inlet Knight, the house project out of Cumberland, British Columbia, spent the last stretch releasing EPs, shaping a catalog, and quietly building a late-night audience on Club Copy. Soft-focus loops, patient drums, and the kind of melodies that stick after the speakers go quiet. But as a new year opened, it was clear something bigger was already underway.

As this next chapter unfolded, Inlet Knight became charmed by songs “so simple yet so freakin’ good” — often built from just a few chords, a washed pad, and a kick that refuses to hurry. Instead of taking the usual approach of smashing around on a controller and following the ear wherever it went, they decided to go deep into the guts of these tracks — the foundation for the new album Lo-Fi Girl.

Inlet Knight initially locked into a handful of night sessions that kept returning to the same question: what changes and what stays the same when a loop is left alone long enough to become a place. Peers around Club Copy encouraged them to keep going — to treat the unfinished nights as the record, not the leftovers.

From there came the wider palette for Lo-Fi Girl. “I feel like a new depth of caring and giving was activated in me,” they say. “The simple line of a soft kick under a half-whispered melody felt like it held all of that meaning.”

The album sits beside earlier Club Copy work without erasing it. Where Together reached outward, Lo-Fi Girl turns the lights down and asks us not to be afraid to leave space — fewer instruments, fewer chords, more room to surprise yourself. “The less you hold on to an idea of where you’re going, the greater the chance of surprising yourself,” says Inlet Knight. “When I sit down to write, I’m rolling the dice because I have no idea what will come out.”

Made alone and centered around drums, soft synths, and late-room atmosphere, Lo-Fi Girl departs from the brighter EP palette and sees Inlet Knight get playful with less — fewer layers, but more space to experiment.

In this new era, there’s less free time but way more space in the mind. With each day, they learn from the surroundings — the island weather, the quiet hours, and the music that’s always been there. “New experiences breed new curiosity, and music has always been a space for me to explore and expand my curiosity.” Inlet Knight is here to stay, but it’s evolving — and Lo-Fi Girl is the first full proof.

Pre-order Lo-Fi Girl here. A first taste of what’s to come — out later this year on Club Copy.