Riding a torrential creative hot streak, San Francisco solo artist Michellar delivers a sprawling exploration of uncontrollable yearning on her newest release, “Can’t get you out of my mind”. Having been writing songs since the age of fifteen, she’s currently in the middle of a staggering run of output dropping an incredible 22 singles in a furious nine-month stretch.
This original single cuts especially deep. It wrestles directly with the terrifying, dizzying grip of romantic infatuation. Tapping into the heavy, psychedelic nostalgia of vintage acts like Led Zeppelin and The Doors, the arrangement starts delicately. A plucked, resonant melody wanders at a contemplative pace, flawlessly translating the strange melancholy of waiting in quiet isolation for someone you crave.
Then the obsessive thoughts begin to spiral, and the track wildly shifts gear. That initial gentleness is swallowed whole by a driving, pulsing low-end groove. Bright, sweeping chordal layers kick the door off its hinges, dragging the indie pop and soft rock atmosphere out of a wistful slump and into an absolute sprint of passionate urgency. Everything swells into a soaring climax of uplifting devotion before eventually fading away.
Michellar successfully scores an intense, unspoken chemistry meant to be safely hidden from the world. But when we finally drop our defenses to embrace that secret connection, are we claiming our desires, or simply surrendering to the madness of them?
