Refreshingly organic and honest folk-pop returns to its unfiltered and vulnerable roots, as singer and songwriter Tilda blends journal-style poetry and personal lostness, with hypnotic and gentle melodies, for The Way I’m Wired.
As an introduction to this five-track EP, The Way I’m Wired softly speaks volumes, a title-track that pierces through with delicacy and uncertainty both relatable and original in topic and tone. The voice and acoustic guitar feel authentically tentative, and the words reach out and wrap around you, almost like a voice of comfort and understanding in their realism and sorrow.
The music builds softly but the passion is subtle and striking as part of the process, and this continues throughout the all the more mild and objective story of Sticks & Stones. We grow increasingly heartbroken alongside our protagonist, but we also connect through a sense of possibility – feelings and experiences that we never knew were shared; the ache of painful and cruel words, the weight of isolation.
The writing is the beauty of this EP, not a ground-breaking style or riff, not an overly flashy performance or production – it’s the writing, and the genuine emotion with which Tilda presents it. That’s what lets The Way I’m Wired provide such a powerful level of warmth and humanity in its musical escapism.
As ever, the music lightly rises in each case – a subtle rhythm, some doubled vocals, a warmer crescendo to wrap up each venture – but still the intimacy and innocence resound. Mind of Mine is the biggest anthem of the project, and it’s euphoric at its peak, a valuable moment of contrast, but the essence of Tilda’s writing and realism continue to keep things grounded.
EP out September 26th – Pre-save The Way I’m Wired. Find Tilda on Instagram & Facebook.
