| Internal | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Safia |
| Cover: | Internal_by_Safia.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | Canberra, Australia Tiltyard Studios, London, England |
| Label: | Parlophone, Warner Music Australia |
| Producer: | Safia |
| Next Title: | Story's Start or End |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Internal is the debut studio album by Australia electronica indie pop band, Safia, released on 9 September 2016. The album was self-produced and mixed by Eric J Dubowsky.[1] The album was announced alongside a national tour on 30 June 2016. Upon announcement, Safia lead singer Ben Woolner said "Hopefully there should be a song for everyone on the record that fits into their tastes. It kind of explores everything we've done in the past in all those different singles into one."[2]
On 17 September, the album debuted at number 2 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.
At the J Awards of 2016, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[3]
Samantha Jonscher from The Music gave the album 4 out of 5 saying; "Internal is textured, measured and serves up plenty to dance to. It also shows off the Canberra trio's impressive range: there are club grinds, chill arvo grooves, hooks and slow builds, they know when to be fast and when to be slow, when to set the pace and when to relax into it. Crisp, clean beats are layered with self-conscious digital effects and distortion, off-set by vocalist Ben Woolner's warm, limber falsetto."
Jack Trengoning from Rolling Stone Australia gave the album 4 out of 5 saying; "Internal gets off to a dramatic start with the five-minute instrumental jam "Zion", before [Ben] Woolner's vocals assume the album's lead role. Throughout, he sells the age-old lyrical themes of loves lost and unrequited with nuance and conviction." adding "Internal is more interested in earnest emotion than affected cool."
Craig Mathieson from the Sydney Morning Herald gave the album 3 out of 5 saying; "Neither stylistic detours nor seditious beats rupture the album's cohesiveness, unified around the soulful vocals of Woolner, who whether applying his falsetto to the blissed out "Make Them Wheels Roll" or narrating the R&B-tinged "Over You" tends to the bittersweet," adding "Safia display a studio appreciation for getting a live audience going, but at the same time they lack moments of excess or even an inspired misfire. "
adapted from album liner.[5]
Tickets for the eight-date national tour went on sale on 9 July 2016.[9] The tour included a date in New Zealand