Tendertwin, the project of Istanbul-born, London-based Bilge Nur Yilmaz is set to release her debut EP ‘Ship Argo‘ on July 5th. Mixing a familiar folk sound with an industrial glitch where landscapes are entangled in ambient sounds, wrong-footing melodies and unpredictable arrangements, Tendertwin recently shared single & video “Asking” and has today release the second track from the EP “The Runners“.
Tendertwin weaves a tapestry of her own invention with “The Runners”: a fleeting grasp at the romanticised essence of past and present. Bringing together samples of Tendertwin’s own newborn niece recorded through a babyphone, a Grandmother synth, a 12-string guitar, and gradually guttural strings to create a bed of sound for her undulating vocals to waltz on — “The Runners” becomes a delicate dance through corridors of memory to find refuge, where the coda comes back to carry you on cadential currents.
On the track, Tendertwin said “‘Running’ is a metaphor I can trust: it’s a symbol of the relentless to-and-fro we do every day, and we all run into each other on the way.
I don’t know how the runners start their day, I don’t know what keeps them up at night — all I know is that glance we share in our resembling outfits as we drift past on a sunny morning is an unspoken ode in solidarity. It seems to me we’re always running towards or running away from something. It’s not painless, but it keeps me going. Can I be curious about this pain? Can I turn it into a game, a dance?”
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