Wilby, is the musical project of songwriter and artist Maria Crawford, recently dropped her new single “Body” (ft. Izzy Heltai). The new track follows last month’s release “Real Truth” and comes lifted from the deluxe version of Wilby’s debut album ‘Center of Affection’. The deluxe edition, which features four new tracks, is out via Hit The North Records (Always You) on October 9 marking the 1st anniversary of the album.

On collaborating with Izzy Heltai, Maria Crawford says: “When it came to adding a featuring for Body, Izzy seemed like an obvious choice, as one of my best friends, and I wanted to lean in to folk elements of this song”.

She expands to say of the track itself: “A friend and I were kind of trauma dumping and unpacking abuse and the toll it’s taken on us,” she shares. “I was coming out of a depressive episode and gaining appreciation for why my depression may exist in the first place. From this understanding, I had a bit of a breakthrough with myself in self trust and compassion. At the time, I was also reading The Body Keeps the Score and was learning about people with complex trauma who are particularly dissociated and don’t always benefit from traditional talk therapy. When it came to writing the bridge, I liked the idea of listing off ways to combat disassociation and reconnect to myself. The gang vocals on this part I find particularly special, because there is so much community found and needed in healing and trauma work.”

Wilby
Center of Affection Deluxe Version
Hit The North Records

1. Center of Affection
2. Pleaser
3. Spin
5. I Don’t
5. Protection
6. Experiments
7. Peripheral Vision
8. Care
9. Body
10. I Think You’re Beautiful When You’re Losing Your Mind
11. Too Late To Save
12. Hard To Be Loved
13. Real Truth
14. Anti Lullaby
15. Body (ft. Izzy Heltai)
16. Protection (Acoustic)

order Center of Affection Deluxe Version by Wilby HERE