Offering a contemporary take on country-tinged Americana folk music, the young artist infuses her 60s leaning songwriting with driving drums, harmonised choruses and a sun-kissed demeanour, which soaked by the energised sound of a harmonica, unveils a poignant lyrical undertow conveying emotions far from simple.
Growing up in an artistic household, as the daughter of a theatre actress and a musician, Tally Spear was fed traditional folk and rock music from an early age, and started playing under the influence of her father, who encouraged her development as an artist, whilst her grandparents, being dancers and actors, introduced her to performing arts. A trained pianist and self taught guitarist, she started writing and playing her own music at a very young age.
This creative background added to her precocious passion for words – finding herself struggling with insomnia and an anxiety disorder – writing became her therapeuthic art. Stories organically fitted into chords and melodies, expressing her personal difficulties as well as perceived social and political issues – raised as a vegan, Tally Spear is a keen animal rights advocate and involves this content in her some of her writing.