Ailsa Tully is a Welsh singer-songwriter, now based in London, who makes contemporary folk songs that shimmer and sway beneath dreamy layers of guitar and electronic atmospherics. Tully has recently signed to Dalliance Records, who have also hosted UK releases for the likes of Wilsen and Gia Margaret, which gives you an idea of the atmosphere she conjures. A delicate sound described by the press release as “a place where choral music, field recordings and folk sit side by side.”
Following the release of ‘Edge’ back in June, Ailsa Tully has returned with a brand new single, entitled ‘Drive’. Described by Tully as a song “about searching to free yourself from the mundanity of everyday life,” ‘Drive’ unfurls in its own time, existing in its own liminal space outside of the ordinary, a space in which new realities seem possible. This effect is accentuated by the accompanying video, shot by Tully herself, which tracks a journey from London across the Severn bridge and into the Welsh countryside, where green hills and narrow wooded lanes feel like another world entirely.
‘Drive’ is out now and you can listen on the Ailsa Tully Soundcloud page.
Photo by by Adam Whitmore