Julia Thomsen has teamed up with Marie and Hollie Kenniff for a new composition that feels like exactly what we need right now. “The Distance That Held Us” is out now through Nettwerk Music Group, and it’s proof of what can happen when three gifted composers share the same vision.
The piece starts by building up this incredible intensity. Just when you think it’s going to keep climbing, it gently pulls you back to this quiet, still place. From that moment on, the track becomes something deeply calming. There are sounds from nature woven throughout, and they really do create that sense of space you need when life gets too loud.
The strings here are beautiful. They move through the whole thing with such warmth and grace. When you add in the gentle piano melodies and all those ambient layers, you get something that completely draws you in. It stays with you long after it ends.
What Julia, Marie and Hollie have made together feels full but somehow still comforting. If you’re looking for a way to step back from everything going on around you, “The Distance That Held Us” gives you that room to breathe.
You can stream it now on all major platforms. Don’t sleep on this one.
Listen in full here.
