Daily Dose: Elijah Wolf, "Tell 'Em"

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Brooklyn singer-songwriter Elijah Wolf is set to release his new LP, On The Mtn Laurel Rd, via Old Flame Records on Sept. 7. The album’s nine tracks were self-produced and mostly recorded in Wolf’s bedroom.

Following the release of “Wilson State Park,” Wolf has dropped a brand new track, the mid-tempo “Tell ‘Em.” It’s infused with flowing beauty as Wolf’s stirring folk-rock vocals and earnest lyrics denote great pain and understanding. The track ends with a solemn, stark lap steel guitar outro that will transfix any listener with its woodsy ambiance.

Wolf says of the new track:

“Tell ‘Em” was written about my time visiting my Grandfather towards the end of his life. I wrote this song after a specific conversation we had in which he seemed confused and lost, and I couldn’t quite make sense of this. It was as if he was trying to tell everyone something but couldn’t quite find the words. I went home that evening and wrote this on my acoustic guitar to try to make sense of it all. I wrote the song to feel triumphant and strong but was left with more confusion which explains the spacious lap steel outro.

Daily Dose: Elijah Wolf, “Tell ‘Em”