The band’s second record builds on the foundations laid by “Haven”: the same cornfields, the same desolate countryside. But where “Haven” voiced the frustration of being unable to change the world around them, “Shelt” shifts its gaze.

While writing it, Simone was going through a period of transition, with relationships changing and the realisation that he had become a fully fledged adult. Rather than fighting the world, the songs observe it, along with the people changing around him.

Along with the gaze, the sound changes too. Tommaso joins the band, and his electric guitar brings slide and phrasing steeped in American folk. The sound grows warmer and fuller, blending with Simone and Alice’s vocal harmonies, and it’s on this bed that the new songs take shape.

The songs on “Haven” were written together in the band’s old practice room, a farmhouse surrounded by cornfields. For a few years, either side of the pandemic, it became their home: the safe place where they hid from everything and did what they loved, writing and playing music. The record is named after it.

The lyrics are about time passing: friends and the people closest to Simone move away, travel and change, while he stays where he is. The band has since taken these songs to clubs and festivals across northern Italy.