Last month, multi-instrumentalists, composers and producers, Gill Bondy, shared their debut single 12 days, which Earmilk called, “a classic dream-pop ballad drenched in reverb, heavy swinged out drum patterns, and airy keyboard melody…” Now, the band have shared their latest single Sick By The Sea across all digital service providers.
Sick By The Sea was originally written by Stewart on his parents piano during a visit to their coastal home in Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, and the track was left abandoned for two years before later revisiting it with Singh. The mood is solitary, escapist, and restless, despite its layered orchestral moments and the overall theme illustrates a notion that one cant fix their problems by simply moving locations and shifting their surroundings. Listen to the song via YouTube below.
Gill Bondy is a Canadian alternative pop duo that combines the 60s-70s songwriting styles of George Harrison and Nick Drake with the experimental production of MGMT and Gorillaz. Multi-instrumentalists, composers, and producers Hayden Stewart and Binod Singh first met as children along the shores of the Bruce Peninsula in rural Canada. After drifting apart as teenagers, Binod studied at Boston’s Berklee School of Music and toured with the indie rock band Art Decade. Meanwhile, Hayden dove deep into the multi-member outfit First Rate People, who were championed by Pitchfork and toured as support for Born Ruffians. The two eventually reconnected in their mid-twenties over their love of songwriting and studio experimentation, a reunion that would lead to their first recordings as a duo. Within months, the two had moved into Hayden’s Toronto-based studio and apartment, where they now write and record most of their material.
