Watch Gentle Bones perform a medley (“Until We Die”, “Elusive” and “Settle Down”) of his self-titled debut EP.

Singapore’s pop renaissance of the 2010s stood tall on the shoulders of musicians with mammoth-sized dreams, and Gentle Bones is undeniably one of them. An industry mainstay and household name who’s sky-rocketed from bedroom dilettante to national phenom, the formidable brainchild of Joel Tan continues to attract a loyal legion of audiences with sincere songcraft and a spellbinding vocal core.

In Snakeweed Sessions #1, Gentle Bones kicks off the eponymous series of the famed music studio by turning back the clock to his folk-pop origin. He revisits his illustrious self-titled debut EP from 2014 in this mesmerising medley that encompasses ageless anthems, “Until We Die”, “Elusive” and “Settle Down”.

Accompanied by Sano Shimano on guitar and NAzTyKeys on piano, Gentle Bones delivers a raw and vulnerable stripped-down performance that elevates the focal point that is his voice. It is in this fine-tuned environment where you grasp the nuances of his lissom tone, the calm of his breathiness and the clarity in his falsetto. It is a maudlin expression that flutters between the sentiments of joy and sorrow, steered by a storyteller who is in full control of his gifts.