About The Song

Rosina is joined on Trip to Tikal by her band, which includes Nick Pennington on guitar, Rasmus Sørensen on piano/keyboards, Mathias Jensen on bass, and Angus Mason on drums/percussion — all friends who met while studying in New York City. The ensemble worked with producer Hector Castillo (Philip Glass, David Bowie, John Legend), who guided and elevated the process.

About The Song

This song came about in many forms and has changed a lot over the time that I have been playing it. I started with the chorus of the song which was inspired by a line from a Langston Hughes poem. I had an image of a pair of young lovers together under the branches of a Silver Birch and from that came the story of where these two characters might travel. The song has elements of melancholia as at the start they are happy and fulfilled in each other’s company but by the end of the song I feel that life has pulled them in different directions and they still love each other but things haven’t worked out as they might have hoped at the start. I think many of us have been in a similar situation which is why this song speaks so much to me and I hope will also speak to you! Take every chance you get and treasure every moment!