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Poison Oak finds raw truth in "Tell Me"

  • December 17, 2024
  • Natalie Patrick
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Poison Oak's new track "Tell Me" makes for a highly meditative longing for existential reconnection with lyrics that are rich in complexity, matched by an equally considered sonic palette. The song skillfully ducks and weaves around emotional estrangement and has an air of hollow familiarity that resonates.

With airy guitar textures and allusive percussion, the arrangement sets an atmospheric bed that matches the heavy thematic work. The sparse instrumentation gives prominence to the aching lyrics, pulling focus to a powerful narrative about mental and magical in-betweenness. The crux of which is the interaction with this intangible presence, this hollow caricature of a person with every part of them stripped away except for the urge to seek solace, to understand better what it means to coexist within the generational treadmill that is the rat race and the suffocating nature of the suburban life.

Poison Oak is great at taking simple emotional complexity and turning it into melodic, immersive slabs of sound. The chorus, which builds in intensity, resonates with anyone who longs to be seen, heard and understood. This is a poignant observation of how life’s little surprises can chip away at you to become a ghost version of yourself in a world that offers nothing but games of some sort, very little of it personal, to be played by a qualifying group of individuals.

The band’s raw sincerity distinguishes “Tell Me” in a sometimes artifice-heavy landscape. It works as the reflective score for those struggling with disconnection, hollowness, or a fundamental desire for more. Crossing the Tzard with elegant narration in achingly Earthy sopranos through celestial motions in full-bodied symphonic form, Poison Oak beautifies the life between the notes. This can be extinguished with gentle whispers of retribution.

“Tell Me” could be a cathartic articulation of those hard-to-pin-down feelings. This gorgeous release is a profoundly emotional and musical human experience that haunts me.

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