WITCHWISH seeks an answer to what remains of love when it becomes legend with “Althea,” the new single accompanied by two alternate instrumental versions “Lumenveil” and “Emberfall” that together form a sonic triptych like fragments of a woodland dream, a forgotten tale, or a film shot on 16mm. The alternative folk ballad carries cinematic intimacy, blending early 2000s acoustic softness with the raw emotional depth of artists like Hozier, Aurora and Oneheart, with a warm, vulnerable text leading through a story of spiritual devotion on the edge of memory and myth. The aesthetic draws on Bridgerton’s romanticism reimagined through a darker, fantasy-inspired lens, while the instrumental versions act as emotional reflections with Lumenveil bringing light and Emberfall bringing embers, both looping like sacred chants. WITCHWISH is the sound of a soul speaking through fantasy, nostalgia and poetry, born in late 2023 out of the ashes of a novel and a scream as the solo outlet of Stefano Tarroni, singer of the band Gatecloser and author of “The Fall of God,” a fantasy book that laid the foundation for an entire narrative universe, blending acoustic textures with pop, folk, alt-rock and ambient influences somewhere between Hozier’s poetry, Tim Burton’s oddity and an emo heart that still believes in magic.