Richy McLoughlin is a songwriter from Chingford, on the northeastern edge of London. He started making music in late 2023 with instrumentals before releasing his first vocal single in early 2024, and he has since worked across pop, synthwave, country, dance, and poetry-based pieces, with his urban and dance material coming out under the name NØRDWAVE. He runs everything himself, from Bandcamp releases and physical editions through ElasticStage to his own podcast, The Richy McLoughlin Show. This autumn, at 51, he also began studying Vocal Performance and Songwriting at Point Blank in London.
Days That Are No More
“Days That Are No More” sets Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s 1847 poem “Tears, Idle Tears” to music. In the poem, a speaker looks out over autumn fields and finds himself crying without knowing why, and each of its four verses closes on the phrase that gives the song its name. McLoughlin builds the track around that feeling, exploring the bittersweet pull of looking back and why our happiest memories can leave us feeling sad.
The musical themes were written by Milo Rei, a classically trained collaborator whose background shapes the project. The song is the first single from True Lovers Knot, a nine-track album built from English poetry that deals with love, loss, life, and death. Arriving in autumn, a song about memory and the changing season feels well timed.
Final Thoughts
What stands out about “Days That Are No More” is the idea behind it. Turning a Victorian poem into a modern song is a bold move, and its theme of memory and longing feels just as relatable today as it did when Tennyson wrote it. With Milo Rei’s classical touch guiding the music, it is a thoughtful, wistful single and a promising first look at True Lovers Knot.
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