Ill Walk Towards You opens with time already passed. Somewhere far, far away, a
goodbye is happening. The act of leaving cannot be undone.
Last Apollos debut album is a layered and complicated vision of heartbreak,
where the sharp clarity of retrospect meets a big, blasting emotional centre.
Rooted in a collage of genres (art rock, pop, folk), IWTY seamlessly moves between
gleaming piano melody, arched string chords and proud lyrical honesty. The
window is thrown open, a blasting air comes in and by the end, everything is
transformed.
The album has taken three years to fully shape: at first rooted in a series of
confessional love-letters, IWTY has become an act of profound dedication to craft.
Its clarity of voice and emotional centre is hard-earned and preserved by a deeply
considered recording process. Lucys long-time collaborators and friends (Naoise,
Sam, Emily, Cait) captured most of the album between two bedrooms. The group
has taken the remains of heart-break and pieced them together carefully in a
labour of love.
IWTY is defined by this act of transformation.
In ending, we return to the earlier goodbye but everything is different now. Last
Apollo has taken absence in her hand and thrown it sky high. The act of leaving still
cannot be undone and time once passed cannot unpass. But, in this collage of
grief, care and honesty, we see clearly at last what remains: a massive artefact of
love.