Amycanbe hails from the beautiful coastal region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy — home to palaces, cobblestones, and cascading cliffs that drop onto white sands. Yet their music, which spans two albums and half a decade, is spawned from urban melancholy, as if the fivesome draws inspiration from sad, slow, puddle-soaked noir days in New York that leave your shoes filthy and force you to ponder the one who got away….

Amycanbe debuted with the EP Yellow Suit, quickly picking up love from the press for acoustic works like the title track — the slow, smoky folkish pieces that ooze with Kate Nash-y delicate melodies from vocalist/keyboardist Francesca Amati, along with skillful instrumental accents. Finally — a trumpet solo I can trust.

The wonderfully-titled Being a Grownup Sure Is Complicated was their debut LP in 2007, and it earned them two UK tours. On the heels of their EP The World is Round, Amycanbe recently dropped the LP Mountain Whales, another triumph in cinematic folk pop.

Their latest single “Truth Be Told” is a layer of quick-strummed acoustic guitar, clarinet, bass, and Amati soaring over and in between the enchanting minor chords — dropping into rock ballad tropes. It’s a slow, steady lullaby that could underscore a terribly sad indie love story.

The video, on the other hand, shows no sign of romantic woes — in fact, filming it involved playing sports for 12 hours straight.

Watch “Truth Be Told.”

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