The London-based group the Oslo Twins have a new single titled “Sally” that is based
on Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway (1925).
The 3-minute song, produced by band members Claudia Vulliamy and Eric Davies, has been described as “pulsating.” Named the “Record of the Day” on Sept. 2, it was also described as “a gorgeous affair, touched with yearning and melancholia.”
Set during Clarissa Dalloway’s party, the song features Sally, Clarissa’s longtime friend, as they are reunited at her London party on a fine day in June.
Here’s how Vulliamy explains the creative process:
“It wasn’t easy fitting the words ‘Mrs Dalloway’ into the rhythm of a pop song….Sometimes when you’re drinking with people you’ve known for years, you get struck by an overwhelming awareness of the passage of time. Parties can feel like this, which is why I connected the lyrics to Mrs Dalloway, the titular character in Virginia Woolf’s novel.
“The central character organises a party full of people from her past and becomes wistful. Sally is the name of a character in the novel, an old friend – or old flame – of the protagonist, who reflects on when they were teenage girls with big ambitions.”
The Oslo Twins will perform “Sally” when they appear at The Waiting Room in London on Nov. 22.
Oh, Sally, you have read my mind. Some things we never have to say. – lyrics from “Sally” by the Oslo Twins
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