Hailing from Seattle, Washington, Alina Ly quickly rose to prominence with her heartfelt brand of heartfelt indie pop ballads since debuting in 2018. Following a four-year hiatus, Ly is set to make a powerful comeback with the emphatic new live recording of her previously released, acclaimed single ‘Keep Me Warm’.
Recorded with just three musicians, the recording sparks a sense of magic that can only be uncovered when music is found in its purest form. Consisting of just two guitars and a piano, the single remains just as punchy and alluring as its studio recording yet with an added sense of boldness and vulnerability. Gentle vocals outstretch to the most powerful of sentiments, entwining a noble sense of beauty throughout the airwaves.
Speaking about returning to the single, and her time away, Alina Ly comments, “I wrote Keep Me Warm with my guitarist, Jake Stentiford. It was our first co-write that came about one spontaneous evening, sat around in my room noodling away on our guitars. Jake came up with this beautiful guitar part that became the foundation for what I spent the rest of the night writing to, which I suppose is sort of a letter I wrote to myself at the time. For me, this song is a message about persevering through darkness, and the remembrance that we still carry light and warmth within ourselves through it all. It’s a special song to us both because of the journey of its creation and the support we had releasing it.
I went on a hiatus after that to start thinking about an album, and that took its own journey in itself as well. I went from one end to the other and almost didn’t come out of it, but a lot has been simmering and I’ve now got multiple records in the making that I hadn’t imagined possible. Before introducing any of it though, it felt right to pick back up where we left off. We never got the chance to do a live video for Keep Me Warm as planned, so to be able to do it now, in a new light and introducing this space that I’ve spent all this time in feeling, grieving, writing, and recording these records in means everything to me.”
Twinning with the live video, a sister release of the live session’s audio will be released on streaming platforms on November 22nd.