Preloved - Willow James Horner sitting round a kitchen table

sitting round a kitchen table coming up with ideas and tunes for Girlsville

not as a relic of the past but as a new piece

a London-based friendship and creative partnership that grew over years of performance together finds its recorded form in Canto de Aldeia

and social commentary — performances that are as thought-provoking as they are electrifying

the songs reveal themselves on repeated listens

Preloved - Willow James Horner sitting round a kitchen tableMuch of Willow was recorded in solitude during camping trips across Ontario Provincial Parks, with Watson powering the recording setup using a borrowed portable battery. These environments seep into the recordings themselves, with the sounds of cicadas, wind, and ambient textures subtly woven into the album's sonic fabric, grounding its emotional weight in a tangible sense of place. The album is almost entirely self made, with Watson writing,