London based duo Dahlia Sleeps will release their long-awaited debut album Overlow on April 8th.
Ahead of its release comes the touching lead single, “The Calm You Keep”. The track actually closes the album and gives it a cathartic final release.
It’s a song that examines motherhood and the “poise of a mother supporting her child through mental ill-health beautifully” the track begins as a lovely indie folk ballad but expands into something even more grand and emotive in a rather sincere fashion.
Singer Lucy Hill describes the song as follows:
It’s a portrait of a parent providing the calm within the storm. Filled with nostalgic electric guitar and live drums it paints images of a dreamlike world – “half a Dalí-esque soundscape from within an unwell mind, half a paradise of safety
Enjoy a listen to ““The Calm You Keep” now below.
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