Single review of Tierny's latest release "I'll Wait".
TIERNY’s heart-breaking pop single “I’ll Wait” stopped me in my tracks when I first played it at 1am in my bedroom. Her raw, sliding vocal reminds me of the aching beauty found in music from Tash Sultana, Paloma Faith, Janice Joplin and Seinabo Sey. T has a soulful voice which she pulls from genuine emotion, feeding her vocals with an earthy intensity. She describes her track as “a sad banger, heartbreak you can dance to.” And yes, in all honesty I am instantly reminded of the broken heart I too used to carry. It is an emotion artists, musicians and poets alike have been trying to capture for years; the sweetest bruise we all love to press. Yet, I am not left feeling low. In fact, it has a rather opposite effect. I feel energised, somewhat more deeply connected and comforted that I am not alone in my emotions. T has created something not easily defined, but deeply felt. It is an honest, heart-wrenching, hip-swaying alt-pop song for the soul.
T does not hold back during her euphoric crescendo; incorporating layered percussive sounds, rising backing vocals and glittery melodies played on piano. The result of this is something very special.
The intricacies within her track reflect her baroque influence. As piano chords gradually begin to build the track opens delicately, this is soon layered with summer-sounding, upbeat percussion and uplifting pop melodies. The track builds to a full, open hearted release of emotion. T does not hold back during her euphoric crescendo; incorporating layered percussive sounds, rising backing vocals and glittery melodies played on piano. The result of this is something very special.
T’s song is a “final declaration of love” yet it feels to me to serve more as an awakening to new possibilities, rather than entrapped it it’s self-proclaimed finality. Though her heartbreak is weaved within her music, I sense a reflection of how we may heal from pain through our ability to release, dance and let it all go. Operating similarly to Robyn’s- Dancing On My Own, this track reveals the resilience found within heartbreak. Her sorrow does not share shame, but rather serves as a reminder that it is through our pain that we grow as people. And more than this, it is through shared hurting we learn empathy, and ultimately, connect as one world.
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