The Gentle Waves was Isobel Campbell's side project to Belle and Sebastian, featuring her own vocals, which initially began in 1998 in Glasgow, Scotland. Campbell has since released a solo album, Amorino, under her own name after releasing her second album, Swansong For You in 2000. Campbell has since worked with Mark Lanegan on the album Ballad of the Broken Seas, and Sunday At Devil Dirt and recorded a second solo album Milkwhite Sheets.