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“Tunnel Lights” evokes a late Twin Peaks feel until it erupts into a vortex of analog and electric waves. Wolfe explains, "'Tunnel Lights' is about actually living rather than just 'getting through.' It's about waking up and realizing that you've been groping into the dark and it's time to take steps toward the lights to make things that lead you out of the tunnel cave."
“I’m sanctified in my lover’s eyes,” Wolfe begins “Tunnel Lights.” "No way around it/No way to fight/A pull too strong/Don't try to forfeit/The way is through/On tunnel lights." Dense and minimal, raw and opulent, intimate and expansive, the production of the song and the entire album breaks apart and rebuilds itself - samples of the band are cut and pasted back together, heavy guitars dissolve into trip-hop breaks; the vocals feel sculptural and are both quiet and soaring.
The video for "Tunnel Lights," which follows "Whispers in the Echo Chamber," features Wolfe once again collaborating with director George Gallardo Kattah and was also filmed in Colombia.
"She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She" is a powerful, cathartic statement about cutting ties and an important reminder that healing is a cyclical, not a linear, process. The borderline, the in-between and the invisible are recurring characters on She Reaches Out. As Wolfe puts it, "Like the dark moon, this empty space can feel unpredictable and threatening, but it also holds so much potential, mystery and excitement."
Produced by David Andrew Sitek of TV On The Radio and mixed by Shawn Everett (Slowdive, SZA, The War On Drugs), "She Reaches Out..." was recorded by Derek Coburn at Federal Prism Studios and mastered by Heba Kadry. Wolfe is supported by her core band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ben Chisholm, drummer Jess Gowrie and guitarist Bryan Tulao. Wolfe's vocals have an intimate, ASMR-like quality on the album - nothing seems straightforward, left to chance or as expected.
As Chelsea Wolfe says, “This album wants to be lived.”
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