&Tilly is a couple (in music&life) on their song/writing journey since 2019, interwound with other amazing artists from around the world for joint short or long-term musical endeavors (Thank you & love you guys).
T (tilly) is a poet, a singer of thousand&one songs, a melody lover, an always-curious fast doer, and a unicorn - with all it takes.
V (vii) is a multi-instrumentalist, music & video producer, the mirror of the other side, soul-split into an artist and engineer - with all it takes as well.
Two beings who have already learned their life lesson or two, no youngsters, just runaways from human pretentiousness and the "games of worlds" - none of them dreams of being a mainstream music star. They aspire to find those (even if it's only a few) who'd appreciate profound lyrics, non-template-ish, non-conform, introspective music of several forms and styles merging into something new.
As introverted artists, professionally disappointed by all the aggressive marketing noise around us, V&T don't chase mainstream exposure.
Almost all of &Tilly songs convey melancholy, sad, or deeper aspects of life, nevertheless often dressed in colorful, melodic arrangements. Therein stems their tagline:
"Breaking the raindrops to rainbows."
Determining the right genres of their songs seems to be a significant issue quite often. Their style has no single name and could be described as Poetic Indie; Sung Poetry; New Folk; Melodic Ambient Pop; Synth pop; Bright Darkness; Alternative... and more.
The three fundamentals the duo seeks and dwells on in music are powerful lyrics, signature melodies, and unique soundscapes.
Vii&Tilly are no pros and won't pretend to be such, nor compete with them. A touching picture worth awards can, in their minds, come out of a 50-year-old consumer-level camera and a simple point of view just as much as from an established artist with professional equipment.
Over time they found their place in a small room. It became their place to live, breathe, work and create - a bedroom studio at its best. In the time of thre years, they created over 90 original songs, released around 40 singles, 3 albums and worked with around 10 artists from aroud the world. They all have become a part of the &Tilly familly.
since 2022... We are producing and releasing songs from our to-be melancholic album PARACHUTES. We are happy to have even more work thanks to a few collaborations with musicians from all around the world. Yay ^_^
2021-2022. Hurdless
- an unexpected but welcome collaboration with an under-the-radar german producer Yan Hurd turned into many fresh tracks. A marriage of precise synth (some darker than dark) music from Yan and melodic and deep lyrics & singing of T resulted in a collection of songs being released continuously. Most of them became a part of the album Hurdless.
2021-2022 8.8
- an acoustic &Tilly signature album of 8 mostly-acoustic songs that grow into complex simplicities (or was it simple complexities? ;-)) thanks to a singer-songwriter's feel, strong melodies, soundscapes, and deeply poetic lyrics.
2020 - 2022 13 singles
- Around 13 original &Tilly singles, primarily alternative and acoustic songs, were released
2020 F-Side Country
- An album of 10 acoustic songs composed and recorded live in just a couple of days in Uppsala, Sweden. The album is exceptionally authentic, not just because of the heart closeness of T and Texan but also because of the fact that the recording was done on just an iPhone.
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