Somewhere In Between – Lay Your Head On Me (2025)
Somewhere In Between, the Canadian-American indie-folk duo of husband-and-wife team Deena Robertson and Austin Bisnow, return with ‘Lay Your Head On Me’, a track that feels less like a song and more like an exhale. Released this week, it serves as the first glimpse of their forthcoming sophomore record, and if this is the opening chapter, the full story promises to be something extraordinary.
Built on featherlight acoustics and hushed, intimate vocals, the single unfolds slowly, like morning light creeping into a dark room. Robertson and Bisnow lean into restraint, allowing the spaces between notes to carry as much meaning as the melodies themselves. It’s delicate yet charged, intimate yet cinematic, a sound that recalls Thom Yorke’s quietest confessions, Tom Odell’s open-hearted vulnerability, and the magnetic chemistry of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Echoes of Bon Iver and The Lumineers ripple through, but this is no mere pastiche; it’s a deeply personal statement from a duo intent on carving out their terrain.
At the heart of ‘Lay Your Head On Me’ is a simple but powerful vow. Early in their relationship, when uncertainty loomed large, Deena and Austin promised each other that in moments of fear or pain, they would pause, soften, and rest their heads on their chests. That ritual of surrender, now immortalised in song, swells into something universal: an anthem of trust, of love as refuge, of finding stillness amid the noise. And it resonates, not just as romance, but as a reminder of the human need to be held.
This isn’t the first time Somewhere In Between have tapped into something elemental. Their 2022 debut, Stories Untold, earned them nearly three million streams, slots on tastemaker playlists, and breakout moments across Europe and the U.S., but while that record introduced them, ‘Lay Your Head On Me’ feels like a deepening. Their voices blend with the kind of ease that can only come from lived history, their songwriting sharper, their production more refined thanks to Bisnow’s polished touch.
With ‘Lay Your Head On Me’, Somewhere In Between have delivered a song that feels like shelter. Tender yet commanding, it’s a reminder that sometimes the bravest act is to rest in another’s arms, to let love carry the weight. If this is the sound of their next chapter, it’s one well worth leaning into.
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