Kindelan - 'Wish I Wrote a Long Song'
With delicate guitar arrangements and poignant lyricism - Kindelan shares her second offering of 2025 with new single 'Wish I Wrote a Love Song'. It sees Kindelan deepen her distinctive, alt-soul blend, charging it with a grittier, alternative attitude that sits somewhere between the intimacy of Lianne La Havas and the thought-provoking songwriting of Madison Cunningham.
'Wish I Wrote A Love Song' cuts back to ‘before’ - when the same love was light and easy. Returning to work once again with serial collaborator and trusted producer Ed Allen, the music feels like a natural evolution from her earlier work, rooted around Kindelan’s signature finger-picked guitar tones and immersive vocal harmonisations, but with an added edge and agitation to boot.
The visual elements of the project are essential parts of Kindelan’s storytelling vision, with an integrated approach across the artworks, vinyl design and music videos. Both tracks are accompanied by music videos co-directed with Whiting Visuals, with the narrative originally inspired by the line “playing house in the basement” from ‘Wish I Wrote a Love Song’.
“I decided to embody this and physically build a ‘perfect home’, with everything in its perfect place, in the artwork and music video. This neat, tidy and cared for space is intended to directly reflect the love it houses. This same space is then weathered and destroyed, with candles burnt down, flowers dried, wine spilt, and books ripped, to directly reflect the neglect and disregard for this same love at the end of the story.”
Picking up a guitar at age 8 and beginning to write and perform original music shortly after, Kindelan moved to Leeds to study songwriting at Leeds Conservatoire. Still living in the city, she’s taken the time to explore her craft and sound while immersing herself in thecity’s thriving music scene. Her music draws diverse influences from the likes of songwriting giants like Jeff Buckley, whilst taking cues from the soulful approaches of Jordan Rakei, Olive Jones and Maro.
