Jessie Berkshires' new single, "Lonely Wolf," premiered today, is a vibrant dreamscape that rests on the marrow of isolation and the deceit of gut, another daring step forward in Berkshires' moving soundscapes.
The "Lonely Wolf"s metaphor is in the song's very architecture. The verses creep in like shadows, quiet and tentative, then blossom into sweeping, reverb-drenched choruses that feel downright anthemic. That balance between restraint and release, intimacy and enormity, creates the magnetic charge of "Lonely Wolf." But there's a moody optimism, a willingness to linger in the dark until you locate the glint of light. The sound is lush without being crowded, each noise working to create a mood rather than bury it.
There's something cinematic about the song as if it were the score of a midnight cruise through vacant thoroughfares or a movie's end credits that don't provide satisfactory resolutions. Whether you're a night thinker, a melody chaser, or a sound seeker needing something to make your soul well up, "Lonely Wolf" is worthy of its howl.