Brighton-via-Stockholm artist Matilda Bond brings a fearless quality to the Jazz/Soul scene with her new offering ‘Charm’.
Keeping her sound soft and celestial with reverberating drum beats surrounding the listener, Matilda’s voice is the real star of the show, with heart-wrenching yet seemingly casual tones that bring her delivery straight to the forefront.
Speaking to about the release she tells us:
“As intimate and as vulnerable as it is, ‘Charm’ is a love letter to my partner.
The song speaks to the progression of our relationship; beginning with the intrigue of someone whose eyes are “hard to read”, a closed book, to wanting to know them completely, to learning them inside and out and to seeing them in their most vulnerable moments.
‘Charm’ places a focus on their “blue eyes” because they’ve always been something that I’ve felt very drawn to; as our relationship progressed, I learned that they show all of their emotion through their eyes. This song was written in a time when they were struggling mentally, when it wasn’t always easy for them to express themselves, and reading their eyes became a passageway for understanding their feelings and that was a large inspiration for ‘Charm’.
The repetitive and simple nature of the lyrics come to represent the ease and constancy of our relationship; never wavering.
Charm is a personal moment for me because it’s not about myself, but my love for the closest person to me.”
With support from notable tastemakers in the UK and beyond, there’s no saying what’s next for Matilda.
