Isla Den

As Isla Den, Ellie Manning and Mira Reale favored the end point—the release—for years. The Montreal duo’s early discography was built on the traditions of trance, EDM, and other staple electronic dance styles: music on an incline rather than a circle, building from intimate passages to dramatic climaxes. On Heaven Can Wait, the duo makes a sea change — the 28-minute album embraces the longing tenets of pure emotion through concise electronic pop, retaining the breathtaking stature of their former dance music while embracing the blissful absence of a true resolution.