We had our socks knocked off when we heard the single ‘Way Up There’ from Mathilde Anne way back in July, and she has followed up with another brilliant tune ‘Break’ with the band Des Cortez. Again showcasing her velvet soft achingly melancholic vocals, ‘Break’ serves to confirm Anne as a vital and exciting new presence in the antipodean music scene. Soaring choruses, melodies that have more peaks than the Himalayas and a pop sensibility permeate this track.
Anne says of ‘Break’:
I wrote ‘Break’ in my shower at 12am after a Finneas concert. I was sitting in the shower listening to my
“depressing hot girl heart-break” playlist and thinking about a conversation I’d had with my partner.
In that conversation we came to the conclusion that both of us (me in particular) had a lot of walls up and had kept myself somewhat reserved for fear of having my heart broken again. I wrote it as a way to come to terms with this idea I had during my sad-girl shower that I didn’t want him to not really know me or the way I love.
There is an aching veracity in the delivery and a jangling, sparkling instrumentation.
‘Break’ is out through the esteemed Sandhill Records and available to download and stream here.
Anne has an extensive touring schedule coming up in the new year – details below and full itinerary and tickets can be found here and here.
Feature Photograph: Max Fairclough
