Amy Duncan’s vocals are positively shimmering throughout her stunning new single “You Know Me”, which, alongside the accompanying vibrant video, captures moments of nostalgia and loss…she says
“You Know Me is about remembering the close friendships from the past which have been lost through the twists and turns of life,” comments Duncan of the track. “The nostalgia for those days and knowing I can never go back.”
The single is taken from the award-winning Scottish folk musician’s new album Cocoon, available November 26 on Filly Records. Cocoon is the follow-up to 2020’s The Hidden World.
For Cocoon, the classically trained Duncan – whose music features on the Netflix remake of Charmed – fully embraced electronics, switching from her usual acoustic instruments to synths, electric guitar and electric upright bass. The result is a spectral new sound with space for her high, hypnotic vocals to swim over minimal soundscapes and percussion, perfectly realised in the exquisite “You Know Me”.
“You Know Me” follows the album’s sublime lead single “A Door Is Opening”, a sparkling, sun-dappled song about leaving the house for daily lockdown walks. Sonically, it mimics the wonder of the world outside when the only alternative is four walls. Lockdown restrictions frame the aptly titled Cocoon, which captures contained life in slow motion, mixing memories of childhood with dreams of escape, days drifting by, the spectre of death and nights spent dancing at home with loved ones.
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