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at the Disco (High Hopes) to Khalid (Love Lies).
Parx immediately noted that Silk Sonic didnt come up with the slinky soul jam in a vacuum.
In her songwriting sessions, she has been observing a trend.
I think every year theres at least one moment of nostalgia.
Well, right now, were kind of in the loop of the late 70s, early 80s.
Charlie Harding: Leave the Door Open is just like 1970s Philadelphia soul.
And its a very winking song; its taking itself extremely serious musically and its very lighthearted, lyrically.
It feels so nostalgic because it feels like its recorded to tape.
I dont even know if it has a click [track].
It feels like just live musicians.
Theres no samples on here that I can identify.
And yet, it still sounds really contemporary.
Tayla Parx:It doesnt sound like people trying to do music back then.
It sounds like his own interpretation, which hes very good for because hes amusician.
Because Bruno is also a musician, theyre able to really play shuffle.
What makes it feel sotodayis, lyrically, its so conversational.
And of course his personality is shining through.
you might tell that this is just somebody whos a little bit silly.
Theres this line in particular that, for me, was like a giveaway to the modernity.
That is very, very good.
It has that thing where its like, Mmm!
[Theres a similar sound on] the verse on Dance Alone [Parxs 2020 single], too.
Look how I made them my own.
Nate Sloan:Right.
But theyre not going to give that away right from the start.
Theyre going to make us work for it.
These chords could go anywhere.
Its open, ethereal, smoky.
But Andersons dreams in the verse are not going to be immediately fulfilled.
The energy continues to build, all this tension growing.
We land on our nice, big, cozy, C major chord.
Its our home key.
And, of course, what happens right here?
They sing, Baby, tell me that youre coming through.
Someones going to walk through that door, and we finally know where we are.
We have a sense of being at ease.
I am digging this harmonic adventure.
Tayla, what is 2021 sounding like so far from inside the rooms where the sausage gets made?
Youre in these songwriting camps and sessions writing lots of songs.
I think were in a very interesting phase over the next two or three months.
People were going todisco it on out, but were coming to the end of that.
When I was in Nashville, every artist was very much in their crossover-country record phase.
One session I did something that had an old kind of Willie Nelson vibe.
Not in a preachy, obvious way, but something.
Real things that are real to them.
Not that having fun is not real.
But theres an evolution happening, subject-wise.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
