For a while there, Tilly And The Wall were far too quiet. It was a long time – 2008 to be precise – since their last album ‘O’. There were rumours that they would play at this year’s SXSW, but they turned out to be just that, although there was a consolation prize when Derek Pressnall turned up there with his new band Icky Blossoms. So you can imagine that our hearts leapt at the news that all was well in the Tilly camp, that there was a whole new album ‘Heavy Mood’ waiting in the wings to be released on Team Love in November.
So far two tracks have surfaced. Scroll down for ‘Love Riot’, but our track of the day is ‘Defenders’. It’s a chant of defiance shot in the desert, and has personal resonance for the band, especially Kianna Alarid who says “The message of this song is one of absolute empowerment, especially for the youths who aren’t yet fully conditioned to the oppressive boundaries of our culture. I grew up in 29 Palms, so I really wanted to set the scene of this story in the place where my first real childhood memories began. The story involves a lot of my family’s essence, including Native American kachina lore, true magick and the desert.”
