Sometimes you don’t truly appreciate what you have until you’re faced with the prospect of losing it. Just because a relationship isn’t the perfect fairytale you hoped it would be, doesn’t mean it isn’t a love worth cherishing. Couples clash, they argue, they’ll have different needs and priorities. Sometimes you can be blinded by everyday quarrels and lose sight of what really matters – that the love you share is worth fighting for. ‘The Bitter Pill’, the new single from Czech duo &Tilly, is all about a renewed appreciation for a love shared. The world can be a bewildering, disheartening place, and finding someone willing to be by your side on that journey is worth a few bumps in the road. The track’s soft airy vocals and gentle folk arrangement perfectly captures the feel of two people picking up the pieces; rebuilding the love they share with real care and tenderness.
&tilly
Top Tracks: &Tilly – Unopen
In a way self-improvement and wanderlust are built on similar foundations; the faith that there’s something better waiting just over the horizon, and a sense of yearning to find a place where you belong. When you’re trying to reach a better place, within yourself or in a more literal sense, the first step is always the hardest. The bittersweet new song ‘Unopen’ from singer/songwriter duo &Tilly reflects on finding the courage to take that step, its title a play on words of an unopen personality throwing up walls, and an open road leading to a happier life. With hauntingly fragile vocals and bright percussive piano reminiscent of The Lumineers, it’s a track swimming in arresting melodies. Paired with the stunning cinematography of its marvellous monochrome video, all told ‘Unopen’ is a real delight. Whatever road you take, whatever walls need knocking down, the better life you’re looking for is one with this song in it.
Belwood Music 