Tenderhooks Deliver An Honest Single

BuzzSlayers
Jul 3
3 min read

A new release from Tenderhooks brings out a very warm and almost cinematic soundscape that blends elements of contemporary pop with contemporary rock, and throughout its unfolding, you get this strong sentiment and sense of authenticity, like it certainly came from someplace real.

"One Step" is a song that hits in a particular way. It is very personal, and the lyrics can be quite descriptive, so the story told is one that a lot of us can relate to.

It's kind of a what-if type of song. The song is about losing someone and the impact and emotion that comes along with it. It's not an easy thing to deal with, and this song in particular is about what could have been done differently.

It gives you the sense that if this person had taken a different step, just one different step, then they might not have passed on. That is an intense sentiment and one that always comes from someplace real, as I mentioned.

Sometimes it's not about taking one more step or one different step; sometimes it's just about what we want to believe. Sometimes we want to believe it's just one little thing that was different than that person would still be with us.

Whether that's the truth or not, this song pulls at the heartstrings and expresses such a strong emotional backbone both lyrically and performance-wise.

You can hear some of the pain and sullenness in this track, and that's okay because that's what true art is all about.

It's about expressing yourself with no boundaries or walls built around you.

Tenderhooks is a band that gives off a lush soundscape, and this track is a perfect example of exactly that. It's a full-bodied track, but it has that vast undertone, and it's very easy to get engulfed in everything that's going on.

It's very easy to get lost in this track. To let it engulf you. I think that's part of what this is all about.

For those of us who have lost someone close to us and have that what-if or that wonder, this song will strike a nerve.

The flow of the song is a beautiful and graceful one. It has a natural and forward-moving full flow, it brings in wind instruments that add a new and different texture to the track, but they utilize that to give more of a sense of passion.

Every aspect of this track has that heavy-handed emotion, even the instruments and performances.

The vocals are definitely wonderfully performed with that heavy heart, and you can feel that in the performance through and through.

There are what feel like synth pads strewn about in the underbelly of the track, giving it more depth, spaciousness, and building more on that cinematic feel, which is just a natural thing when it comes to a song with high emotions like this one.

This song is not really for the faint of heart, to be honest. It's a song that hits pretty hard, and I think it's important because a lot of us feel like we're alone when we lose someone. A lot of us have that Wonder or that what if, but it's important to know that we're not alone.

This is something that happens. It is a part of life, as unfortunate as it may seem.

It's songs like this that reach out and make us understand more. They let us know that we are human and it's okay to be torn a little bit, struggle with certain thoughts or emotions, and just be.

Songs like this leave a mark, and this one will leave its mark with me for a long time.

It was absolutely gorgeous, and everything about it was genuine.

I cannot help but soak in the honesty and vulnerability of a track like this because it gives off so much character or personality that you just can't turn away from it.

I feel like more songs should be this expressive and bold when it comes to lyrics and just being so straightforward that you're saying what you're thinking.

Don't just take my word for it, though. Have a listen to this song and see how it affects you, because believe me, it will affect you.

Remember where you heard it first.