Pierre Welsh and the Oaks have crafted something utterly timeless with "One Hundred Songs," perfectly complemented by Ella de Loria's emotive vocals. Taken from the April 2025 LP "God Love, Art & Desire," this song serves as a delicate yet mighty statement about bonds, remembrance, and all the bittersweet richness of human emotion. The French singer-songwriter, Pierre Welsh, commands a voice that resonates with well-worn openness, the sort of vocal quality evoked by hundreds of nights attempting to find the right words.
That synergy, combined with Ella de Loria's clear, warm, and seemingly effortless delivery, results in a duet that not only sings the verses but breathes life into its story. This is not a battle for the spotlight, however, but two emotional threads sewn into one beautiful fabric. "One Hundred Songs" falls somewhere at the crossroads of folk rock and pop rock, anchored in guitar strumming and brushed percussion, but buoyed by earworm melodies that stick well. This is the kind of songwriting that inspires, rather than instructs, allows for a reflection where you can easily immerse yourself and pour your experience into the melody.
There's a thoughtful discipline to its production, remembering that real music has the small breaths between phrases and those tiny little dips and rises of harmony or dynamics. It is a lesson that not every love song has to scream, as the gentler ones resonate louder through our chests. Pierre Welsh and the Oaks and Ella de Loria hit it out of the park with "One Hundred Songs," as they've created a track that feels entirely personal yet universally appealing. It's also a conversation that deserves to be heard repeatedly.