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GENTLY TENDER – ” True Colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through) “

Posted: August 11, 2022 in MUSIC
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Palma Violets are sadly no more, but three of the band’s members have been joined by members of The Big Moon to form their new project, Gently Tender. This means they’ll sound instantly familiar, even though their slower brand indie rock might not be. Our new single ‘True Colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through)’ is out today. We shot the video in the historic Chislehurst caves just outside south east London . It was like being In another universe for a day far below the surface blistering heat of London .

“True colours (Sometime I’ll Get Through)” is a song that on the surface seems like a conversation between two people in a relationship. It’s actually based on a conversation between myself and unwanted emotions – like feelings of anxiety and depression. This is a theme in quite a few songs on the record – but on this song I’m studying and welcoming thoughts as if they are a long lost friend. Showing interest in the feelings and showing them I’m willing to be patient with them. Once you welcome them in, they’re less of a threat. This is how I’ve learned to manage these emotions throughout my life. Sam

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GENTLY TENDER – ” Some Hard Advice “

Posted: February 26, 2019 in MUSIC
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New London outfit Gently Tender have shared their second single “Some Hard Advice” and its accompanying, self-directed video. It follows the release of last year’s debut single “2 Chords Good,” backed with b-side “Avez Vous Deja.” They’re currently working on a full-length album.

Formed out of the ashes of British buzz band Palma Violets, Gently Tender features three members of the former band—Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle—in addition to The Big Moon’s Celia Archer on keyboards and guitarist Adam Brown.

“Some Hard Advice” doesn’t simply pick up where Palma Violets left off. There’s an introspective, old soul to Gently Tender. Their incandescent harmonies, stirring keyboards and doomsday lyrics prove they’re not just interested in creating music with a plucky spirit and a silver screen sway—they’re wise beyond their years.

As Fryer explains, there’s a bleak spark behind this song: “I was reading the news last year and a story caught my attention of how the island of Hawaii went into crisis and panic when everyone received an accidental text message to say that a missile was heading in their direction and they should take cover. The song is about that moment of realization—the prospect of dying without your loved ones.”

This is our favourite song to date and we feel this track sums up what Gently Tender is all about. Another song will join in a few weeks , before we headline Oslo in London on March 6th.

GENTLY TENDER – ” Avez-Vous Déjà “

Posted: August 27, 2018 in MUSIC
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Gently Tender have risen from the ashes of Palma Violets, a band that started promisingly (we saw them perform an insane set at SXSW a few years ago), but soon faded into rather generic, mundane indie rockdom.

The new band features three ex-Violets (Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle) plus Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown. Who knows if they have taken their naming inspiration from the Incredible String Band’s 1967 track of the same name, but the two songs they have shared have a definite psychedelic edge and in the case of latest track Avez-Vous Déjà, a more contemplative, pastoral English country garden feel.

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GENTLY TENDER – ” 2 Chords Good “

Posted: July 16, 2018 in MUSIC
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Earlier in the decade there was one band championing the South London scene. That band was Palma Violets and with their brand of swashbuckling indie-punk they paved a way for many others south of the river. The band though, after some work on maintaining their ‘ones to watch’ status, sadly went down the Thames with many others before them.

That hasn’t stopped Sam, Will and Phil of the band finding their sound again, and now with the help of guitarist Adam Brown alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer, they’ve got a brand new project underway by the name of Gently Tender. They arrive with some new tricks, some old traits and a brand new song, ‘2 Chords Good’.

Luckily, the project is still dabbled with the chaos and ramshackle charm of Palma Violets, but are offering more melody and texture as the spoken-word croon details the nugget of truth at the centre of their new song.

Sam explained “The song is essentially me replaying that moment in my mind, and almost kicking myself about my average and weak response [‘Probably yeah’] to her question, ‘Are you going to put some more chords on your new album?’”

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He continues: “The song is me talking to myself … and making excuses like I was feeling ‘kinda stressed that day’. I had been suffering with anxiety at the time of the meeting, but as I gradually formulate what the answer should have been, I cultivate pictures in my mind of visions and scenes that move me; memories of ‘golden evenings’ and ‘sunlit canals’ and songs that I have loved.”