May 23, 2021 | Writer: Eric Reyes
This song feels like youโre sinking into a very deep, enveloping cloud of the softest fabric imaginable as you take deep drags from something that gives you chills and warms you from your core out while someone plays a slideshow of โblink and youโll miss itโ memories on the ceiling above you. Admittedly, that last bit of the run-on sentence is influenced by the music video for this track, but still, solid image that complimented the vibe of the track.
OLI entrances with her latest release, โThink About It.โ
Her voice has a beautiful strength to it that takes you by the hand early on and guides you through the songโs haunting melody. Utilizing echoes to bring a chilling solemnity to her voice, itโs less a trick to enhance than it is to underscore, emphasize. The strength in her tone makes the vulnerable lyrics and her exasperated โa rose is a rose is a roseโ repetition feel all the more heartfelt. Weโre inside her head, the faces sheโs seen in passing over the years, incorporated into her dreams and memories to fill the blank places where faces should go that her brain scrubbed to make room for all the other, important, uncomfortable memories. We are the audience, at once witnesses and unwelcome guests. But we canโt help but hear her thoughts, laid out so succinctly and beautifully before us.
Contemplative but without the sense of defeat or sleepy apathy some artists rely on for stylistic reasons, her vocals compliment the simple, straightforward nature of the lyrics. Working alongside her to great effect is the mix. With a piano accompaniment that never truly leaves us but cedes the stage to her vocals and the driving electronic mix towards the middle of the track and onward, its presence is a firm, orienting influence on the sound. It surrounds you, like youโre in a room built to capture and translate the sound into skin-prickling vibrations. The horn and sax that elbow their way into the jazzy break towards the climax of the track are an interesting audio diversion that still stays within the style and vibe of the track overall.