Tendertwin debut EP on the way and first single out now

Tendertwin is new to our ears and quite possibly yours. A new EP is due on July the 5th, it’s called ‘Ship Argo’. You get your chance to hear Tendertwin right now with a debut single, ‘Asking’. Get on it if you want to hear something interesting. Have a read then watch and hear the video below. There’s a few live dates too.

Nurtured transatlantic, Tendertwin is a forager for half-lived stories. Born in Istanbul, Bilge Nur Yilmaz’s distinctive voice subtly soaks up Turkey’s rich musical heritage from the lapping tides of the Black Sea and Mediterranean, and filters it through drifting time spent in Philadelphia, Oxford, and London — a familiar folk sound with an industrial glitch where landscapes are entangled in ambient sounds, wrong-footing melodies and unpredictable arrangements. Building from its delicate beginnings into a sprawling soundscape of fuzzy tones and layers of harmonies, ‘Asking’ displays the remarkable depth of Tendertwin’s songwriting — bringing together elements of melancholic, ethereal alternative-folk with expressive, high-octane alt-rock tones. Talking about the new single ‘Asking’, Tendertwin says: “This is one of the dark times when I would wake up every day, wondering what would happen if I didn’t— on that thin line where nothing in life feels right. When — you want to reach your arms up above, to whoever might be there, or to the side, or towards a body of water, and go: “Am I asking for too much?” You’re not. And if you had to perform this dangerous dance at any point, and pulled through in resilience— I’m glad you’re here now. And I’m glad I’m here to remind you of this.” In thematic accordance with the mythical underpinnings of the EP and Tendertwin’s Aegean upbringing, the video for “Asking” takes a defiant turn at the story of Achilles. Shot in the swimming pool of Tendertwin’s former high school by directors Emre Koktas and Cagla Caglar, this aquatic visualisation of a vicious battle with self winks at Janusian interpretations of vulnerability.

See Tendertwin live:April 17 – “Lunch With…” Sessions | 5dB Studios, London May 18 – The Great Escape Festival October 17 – Le Mazette | Paris, France October 18 – Party Teuf | Laval, France October 20 – Joker’s | Angers, France