In his new release, Marshall Oakman demonstrates that he is an artist of heart, conviction, and deep belief in the human spirit. On “At The Boiling Point,” Oakman follows the thematic thread of his recent work, positivity, resiliency, and how perspective can change your life, while pushing his sound into more urgent emotional territory than ever before.
Coming hot on the heels of classics such as “At The Boiling Point” and “She’s No Doll", "She’s A Woman”, Oakman’s latest cut is a reminder that, even when exasperated under pressure, there is always an option to stand up rather than be defeated. This focus on empowerment is a theme throughout his writing, and it’s fleshed out across the wider artistic world he has built around it, featuring, in addition to the “When Life’s Cold” music video, the tension between hardship and hope. In Oakman’s world, freezing points and boiling-point breaking points aren’t dead ends, they’re turning points.
“At The Boiling Point” captures that spirit with vivid immediacy. It’s a song that doesn’t shy away from life’s intensity but leans into it as fuel. Oakman leans into the tension and makes it redemptive, reminding listeners that they are invited to rise, reevaluate, and take control when life doesn’t play by their rules. His delivery is both urgent and reassuring, a plea to take things one step at a time, even if your feelings intensify.
Oakman’s work rings true, and that is why it resonates. He writes not to entertain, but to connect, he provides listeners with a place where they can breathe, feel understood, and find strength that they may not have known was waiting there.