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Sweeter Than Sorrow – The Bond (2021)

Sweeter Than Sorrow had us floating on the warmth of affection in the love letter ‘Like Water Is Flowing’. He continues to draw on feelings of affection for his single ‘The Bond’, which considers the connection between two people. Through the song, he explores the deepening of the bond between people and the special moment that often comes where nothing else seems to exist.

The immersive and illuminating acoustics of the track brings a true sense of intimacy to the music. To aid in the creation of this gentle soundscape, the track features cellist and multi-instrumentalist, Jonas Franke-Blom. If you want to float in a moment, where happiness washes away divisions and negativity, this is definitely the song you need to be listening to.



The twinkling tones that open ‘The Bond’ are wonderfully tender and bring the golden light of affection to your mind. The piano has your head floating down the soundscape on a cloud of affection and happiness. Every note of the music is light and affectionate, warming your soul and suspending you in a moment of pure bliss. When the cello enters, it fills the low levels of the track and wraps around you like a gentle embrace. The melody gains more and more softness as it continues with each instrument adding another layer of happy warmth. The overall tenderness of the music is utterly wonderful and you want to sink into it, never to leave its happy embrace.

As you float on the gentle music, his vocals are a blissed out sigh against your ears. His vocals beckon you close, into an intimate embrace with someone you love. The lyrics transport you from the paced world into a loving moment where nothing else matters, other than the person with you. Through his performance, you are suspended in a moment of sheer happiness that you never want to end. Every element of the single cushions you and fills your veins with the twinkling warmth of happiness and love. In the moment of the single, there is no place for negativity or the problems of the world, giving you a second of solace and pure bliss.

Sweeter Than Sorrow suspends you in a moment of intimate happiness and bliss through the tender embrace of ‘The Bond’. The music has you floating in a cloud of happy warmth and affection. His vocals are a delicate sigh against your senses, that chase negativity away, leaving only a blissful happiness.

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