“Keep Me Safe” (talker song) – Queen City Sounds and Art

talker2_lg — talker, photo courtesy the artist

“Keep Me Safe,” the debut single from talker’s new EP puts a calm face on a place of deep uncertainty and anxiety. The song begins with a gentle melody and transitions to a moment of intense tranquility like the calm before one’s own storm, and back before the song erupts into fiery passages in which the fears blossom and the root of those fears manifests strongly—the painful recognition of inevitable change and the terror of being cast adrift. It’s something we’ve all experienced, the important relationships in our lives changing or ending for whatever reason they do and even in relationships with a complex dynamic we adapt to the situation and it represents the stability in our lives upon which we build the rest. The contrast with the first two thirds of the song and the final third or so is dramatic and breaks with standard song structure in a way that really amplifies the emotional impact of the song by also showing how allowing ourselves to feel and articulate that fear and pain can be cathartic and essential to our ability to cope and move on from that moment. Listen to “Keep Me Safe” on Soundcloud, watch the music video and follow talker at the links provided.