Finally… the lyric video 9 years in the making

We finally made this lyric video and it only took us 9 years!

When we met (busking in Galway 2016) we started traveling right away and it quickly became clear we’d be sleeping in an above-average number of beds.

“To date, we’ve slept in 382 beds across a dozen countries, all in less than a decade of touring!”

Somewhere along the way, we started taking photos of them. It wasn’t for a particular end, it was just a way to remember our travels and the incredible people who hosted us.

From spare rooms to garden sheds, four-posters to leather sofas, this video has it all…

Watch the new lyric video here → [https://youtu.be/MplFn4kEva0]

Maybe you’ll even spot your own!

We’re endlessly humbled by the kindness and hospitality that’s helped us to tour far and wide. Thank you for being part of this adventure, we would not be here without you and we can’t wait to see you again - even if that means another goodbye…

‘Always Leaving’ is a nostalgic, soulful folk song about travel, change, and the bittersweet beauty of saying goodbye. We wrote it somewhere between the road and home and this lyric video is our way of saying thank you to everyone who helped us along the journey.

Watch the new lyric video here → [https://youtu.be/MplFn4kEva0]

With love from the road,

A Different Bed

New song out today! ‘Always Leaving’

Hey, our new single “Always Leaving” is out today!

This one’s for all the wanderers, dreamers, and anyone who’s got one foot out the door.

Listen on Spotify → [ https://open.spotify.com/album/0HHe5VHTjTJEfFrjdwHxN0?si=WuM7QXvjQcqpiPl5Rlvy_w ]

We wrote it somewhere between the airports, empty rooms, and long stretches of road. It’s a song about distance, the spaces between connection, and the strange comfort of life in motion.

If you’ve ever felt torn between staying and going, this song’s for you.

Listen on Spotify → [https://open.spotify.com/album/0HHe5VHTjTJEfFrjdwHxN0?si=WuM7QXvjQcqpiPl5Rlvy_w ]

With love and a little bit of wanderlust,

— A Different Thread

P.S. Join us for the visualizer premiere on YouTube at 12noon EDT (4pm GMT ) → [https://youtu.be/lnUGSFbn0vo]
We’ll be hanging out in the chat before we go live on instagram and tiktok. Come say hey and help share the news!

New Song Incoming + Help Plan Our Tour Now!

Our next single “Always Leaving" drops at midnight on Tuesday!

We’re stoked to be releasing this one out in the world, it’s become a fan favorite at live shows and we’ve had lots of great feedback from those who have already heard the recording.

You can listen now when you pre-save. Follow this link and push a few buttons: https://ps.tribly.fm/aj5wpzm

(this also gives the algorithm a little boost)

On Tuesday at noon ET (5pm UK) we’ll be over on Youtube for the visualizer premiere : https://youtu.be/lnUGSFbn0vo

Then we’ll be on Instagram live for an hour or so, come say hi!

Get ready to stream the song on Spotify on Tuesday. With your help, we can get some ‘out-the-gate’ momentum going. The more plays the better (and we would love to hear you singing along)

Album Release Tour

We’re booking our album release tour in the USA and UK! Let us know if you can host us, have a sofa to crash on, or know a venue where you’d like to see us play. This includes festivals, house concerts, and private events.

Provisional dates and states:

USA: May - July 2026
May - North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana

June - Oklahoma, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York

July - New York, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

UK: Oct-Nov 2026

• Reply to this email with your venue/town suggestions!

• Let us know if we can crash for a night!

Thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting our recent single rollouts, it’s been quite a learning curve as we navigate this youtube/spotify growth strategy. We really appreciate all the follows and shares, thank you for helping us get to where we are.

We don’t know much about what the future holds but we are so grateful to have you on board.

Your fan,

Alicia and Robert

P.S. here’s a private clip from our performance at Cat’s Cradle on Monday - thanks so much to everyone who came out to the show! https://youtu.be/2uF-o69jVkg

Our final NC concert is tomorrow at Cane Creek Farm near Saxapahw at 6:30pm, (they’ve also got a huge corn maze!)

New Flaming Lyric Video + Cat’s Cradle Monday Show

The kettle’s boiled, the sauna is hot, and the moonlight shines softly through the pines. Autumn has begun to spread its blanket and settled down for the next few months. 

It feels strange going from last week’s Texas’ summer heat, to the rainy grey days of North Carolina’s fall. We’re back in our home-state for a few shows before we head north for Christmas Tree season.

Cat’s Cradle Show on Monday + Tour Dates

On Monday we play Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, opening for Wyatt Easterling. We’re really excited for this one and we’d love to see you there! 

This weekend we’re up in Charlotte and Asheville where we’ll get to see the blue ridge mountains in all their gold and auburn splendour.

Full show info and tickets here: https://www.adifferentthread.com/tour-dates

Exclusive Lyric Video Preview for “Sweet and the Burn”

New lyric video on Youtube

We made this new lyric video for ‘Sweet and the Burn’ and we’re sharing it with you before it goes public. Join us in the simple joy of watching the fire dance and spin as it devours the lyrics to our latest song.

Link here: https://youtu.be/4OMiX7TCC-0

The official music video (which we shot in Guatemala) is still in limbo as we wait for a few technical issues to be sorted out. If all goes well we will be able to share that soon too, and if not, we’ll release it after the album drops on May 1st. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile …

It’s not just the weather that is hinting at change. News of the ceasefire in Gaza, and the exchange of hostages, has given a glimpse of things moving in the right direction. Though there is UN report that suggests it could take up to 350 years for Gaza to return to its pre-2023 economy, and decades to clear the 50 million tons of rubble left in the wake of this devastation, and this isn’t even touching on the mental effects of this devastation.

It’s hard to imagine the long road to building back hospitals, schools, and entire neighbourhoods…let alone building back a sense of community, of home, of safety. Lets hope the ceasefire holds.

Robert and I strive for a world without war, genocide, apartheid, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia etc. and yet … this is the world we move in. The world we shake in. And we are here to keep moving a shaking, to keep fighting for that brighter future.

Not just for ourselves, not just to face our own demons, but to make this world a better place for everyone.

It’s a big idea, and yet even small actions can go a long way.

Sometimes we have to spark our own joy, to build ourselves up so that we can face the work at hand. The playful elements of our music making, and general collaboration, is a big part of what fuels our fire for social justice. That and the friends, families, and fellow activists who stand in solidarity with us.

Thank you for your support.

Sending love,

Alicia and Robert

P.S. Our next single “Always Leaving” is right around the corner. Pre-order now for an exclusive first listen.
Pre order and listen here: https://ps.tribly.fm/aj5wpzm
Oh, and it’s been 20 months since Robert quit drinking y’all! X

New NC Shows, Secret Music Video Clip + Almost 1k on Youtube

“Are we still in Texas?” I asked sleepily “I think so” Alicia answered from the driver’s seat.

The windscreen was already covered in bugs again and my mouth felt dry as a desert.

It’s going to take some time to recover from the weekend conference… but time is something we don’t have right now and lately it seems to be speeding up.

Our Youtube channel currently has 968 subscribers! Once we hit 1K we can start earning from our videos, please help us reach this milestone and join our channel.

Subscribe to our Youtube channel and help us reach 1K subs!

Last weekend, the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA) marked the end of our tour with singer-songwriter Anna La Mare.

Tour highlights included AmericanaFest in Nashville, intimate house concerts, deep south food, and even a songwriting workshop with kids….

Thanks to everyone who came out to the gigs along the way, to our gracious hosts, and to those who rooted us on from afar. As well as everyone we connected with down at SWRFA in Austin Texas.

We look forward to returning to the Southwest in the early summer!

The highway stretches on as we drive like the wind back to North Carolina in time for our gig in Durham this Saturday.

We have some exciting home-state shows coming up, including a support slot at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro opening for Wyatt Easterling (tickets coming soon). We’re hoping this will help us to secure a show there for our album release in May.

October North Carolina Shows

10.4 Durham NC - Huron Stage

10.10 Chapel Hill NC - Sidetrack Bar

10.18 Asheville NC - One World Brewing

10.20 Carrborro NC - Cat’s Cradle (tickets coming soon)

10.24 Saxapahaw NC - Cane Creek Farm

Tickets and info here

Sweet and the Burn Official Music Video -Delayed

Our new song ‘sweet and the burn’ has been smoldering with many of you, but we’ve had some delays in the music video.

It’s possibly the most ambitious (and expensive) music video we’ve made so far, featuring some of our favorite places and people from our beloved community down in Guatemala and we can’t wait to share it with you!

If all goes smoothly the video will drop on Youtube next Tuesday, so keep an eye out for that and please share it when it’s out!

Check out the secret music video clip in the P.S!

We crossed back into Alabama and stopped in Birmingham tonight to play an open mic at Dobber’s. It was great to hear some local talent and talk about Birmingham UK before we hit the road again.

Looking at the map, we’ll be going through Jackson Mississippi too…so maybe I’ll turn loose my coat and Alicia will be dancing on a pony keg.

The adventures continue, we’re so grateful to have you on board.
-Robert and Alicia

P.S. As a thank you for being part of this journey, here’s the secret video clip from our upcoming music video for “Sweet and the Burn”. - subscribe while you’re there and keep an eye out for the full video coming soon!

New Single: 'Sweet and the Burn' Out Today

Hey everyone, 

Our new single, "Sweet and the Burn," is now out in the world!
LISTEN HERE

The life of a touring musician is often romanticized, rolling out endless wild nights on the road, with the dark underbelly conveniently forgotten.

”This song is like a double shot of whiskey: smooth and intoxicating, but without the hangover. “

It transports you to a beloved dive bar, the soft glow of neon lights, the feeling of swaying in someone’s arms by the jukebox.

It's a story about good times gone bad and the intoxicating dance of self-destruction as we find our way back to self-love.

This is the fourth glimpse into our upcoming album, 'Over Again,' due out on May 1st, 2026. We recorded "Sweet and the Burn" at three places that feel like home: our tinyhouse in the pine forest of Chapel Hill, Betty's (also in Chapel Hill, North Caroina), and Alma Vale Studio in Bristol, UK. 

We wanted to blend the familiar grit of artists like Neil Young and Johnny Cash with the haunting edge of modern contemporaries like Charlie Crockett, Lucinda Williams, and Orville Peck. 

This song isn't just a story, it’s a conversation with the voice in the back of your mind. The one that whispers a warning when you're flirting with something dangerous.

As Robert says, it's about going deep into your own psyche and hearing a message from your subconscious.

The lyrics say it best: "The sweet comes with the burn."

We've poured our truth into this track, and we’re ready for you to hear it. "Sweet and the Burn" is available now on all major streaming platforms.

Click the link below and dance with the shadows.

Listen to ‘Sweet and the Burn’ on various streaming platforms

Join us for the song Youtube Premiere at 12 noon EST (5pm GMT)

Bringing this song to life has been an epic journey and we are excited to see the ways it takes on a life on its own outside of us.

Thanks for listening!

Alicia and Robert
A Different Thread

…

P.S. As a thank you for being on this crazy ride with us, here’s a sneak peek at some of the marketing videos we’ll be putting out. We made this reel at a local venue in Chapel Hill called ‘Sidetrack Lounge’ and will be sharing it soon.

It would mean the world to us if you could share this song with a friend or make a post on social media using the sound. Your engagement on release day is what sets us up for success.

Sorrow & Joy: New Music Video Out Today!

Hey, we’re writing to you from the tiny house and we have some big news to share: The official music video for "Sorrow Brings Me Joy" is out now! See the full video on YouTube

We filmed it spontaneously during the lockdown in Sheffield UK, we were able to explore the empty city and have fun while also feeling immense sadness about the state of the world (something we could all relate to at the time) and even now, these complex feelings persist.

The song is about holding space to feel happy and sad at the same time if you need to. Isn’t that the bittersweet journey of life?

We want to send the deepest thank you to our incredible patrons and Kickstarter backers. This video, and so much of what we do, simply wouldn't be possible without your support.

We’re also so grateful to everyone who has been streaming our music and watching our videos on YouTube. Your support means the world to us.

On the subject of good news, we're thrilled to share that ‘Sorrow Brings Me Joy’ was recently featured on Iain Anderson’s show on BBC Radio Scotland! And we’ve also reached 11,000 monthly listeners on Spotify! It’s all thanks to you, and it truly blows us away.

We’re playing some shows in North Carolina and Virginia before we head Southwest in September with our brilliant friend and artist Anna La Mare.

For now, the best way to support us is by watching the new music video on YouTube and sharing it with a friend, leaving a comment, and subscribing to our channel. 


We hope it resonates with you and brings a little joy to your day.

We’re thrilled to have you along for the ride.

Warmest, Alicia & Robert

A Different Thread

P.S. Just for you guys, here's a peek at the Spotify Canvas for our upcoming song, 'Sweet and the Burn’. We'll be releasing that on Sep 5th, so keep an eye out! Pre-save is available now on our website homepage.