only tenderness between us is a single released on 29 November 2024, a one-track release from Ajeet, the Ireland-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter. This guide places it in her wider work and offers a way to listen; let your own ears fill in the detail.
Ajeet's path runs from mantra-centered beginnings to something more personal and rooted. Her first two albums, Sacred Waters (2013) and At The Temple Door (2014), were built around mantra. Darshan (2015) was recorded in Bali, and Haseya (2016) took its title from the Diné for "she rises." Shuniya and Indigo Sea followed in 2018, then the LUNAR EP in 2020, the year she moved back to Ireland and began working from her home studio. Let It Breathe arrived in 2022.
This single comes after that move home. It was released in late 2024 and later became part of Slánú, the album Ajeet released in October 2026, where it sits among Healing Song, Para la Tierra, Heartbeat, Soften, Dreaming, From The Water, Viento, Para Sanar and only you know where peace is. Hearing it as a standalone single first, then within that sequence, gives you two different experiences of the same song.
Ajeet's music moves from traditional Irish folk to mystical, meditative soundscapes, and many of her songs carry folklore, dream images and myth. Her band draws musicians from Spain, Ireland and the United States, and her live album Voices Like Rain features layered harmonies, acoustic and electric guitars, hand percussion and Celtic harp. That is the palette she tends to work from, and it is a useful frame for listening.
Because this is a single, you have one track and a few minutes to take it in. Notice the pacing, whether the voice leads or settles into the texture, and how much space surrounds each phrase. The title itself, set in lowercase and phrased as a quiet statement, suggests an intimate register. Let the recording confirm or complicate that impression.
"only tenderness between us" is the whole release, so it carries everything. Three things are worth listening for:
- The title as a thesis. It reads as a declaration about a relationship, and the open question is whom it addresses: a person, a place, the listener, or something larger. Ajeet's songwriting often leaves room for that kind of ambiguity.
- Voice and harmony. Harmony is central to her sound, so listen for whether voices layer or stay singular here.
- Its second life on Slánú. Played beside Soften and only you know where peace is, the song takes on a different weight. The titles alone suggest a shared preoccupation with gentleness and rest, and the sequence invites you to hear how they speak to each other. Heartbeat and Healing Song also share that neighborhood on the tracklist.
Ajeet's earlier work sat close to the Kundalini Yoga and kirtan world, with Snatam Kaur's harmonies on At The Temple Door. Her work since has widened toward Irish folk, myth and story. This single belongs to the devotional and meditative stream of world music, but it is more personal than liturgical. It is less about chanting a received text than about a songwriter turning inward from her home in Ireland. If you come from kirtan, expect devotion in the sense of attention and care rather than call-and-response. If you come from folk, expect the storytelling instinct without a fixed narrative.
This single will mean the most to listeners who are:
- Longtime followers tracing how Ajeet's voice has changed since the mantra albums.
- People in a tender season, such as repairing a relationship, grieving, recovering or learning to soften after a hard stretch.
- Meditators and yoga practitioners who want music that holds attention without demanding it.
- Folk listeners curious about where Irish tradition and contemplative music meet.
If you want propulsion, a hook-driven pop structure or lyrical complexity, a quiet devotional single may feel slight. It rewards patience.
Choose an unhurried evening and put on headphones, since a recording built on voice and subtle texture benefits from close detail. Sit or lie still, turn off notifications and play the single through once without doing anything else. Then play it again with your eyes closed, paying attention to where your breath slows.
If the song moves you, continue to Slánú and hear it in the company of its sister tracks. For a fuller picture of how Ajeet sounds in a room, Voices Like Rain, recorded live on her 2019 European tour, makes a good companion. Whatever you choose, keep the volume low and the room quiet, and give the title's promise time to work.
