Hazlett’s newest and first single in 2024, Bones Shake, burrows under your skin like a haunting earworm.
The indie songwriter’s coming-of-age folk anthem shakes loose pent-up emotions with raw, candid lyricism over a sparse yet hypnotic bed of broken guitar tones.
The understated verses smoulder with introspection until the ethereal, rowdy chorus releases a cathartic exhalation of self-discovery.
“I think running away gets a bit of a bad name,” muses Hazlett about the track’s restless spirit. “Sometimes the further you get away, the clearer it all becomes to piece things together and make your comeback.”
This act of perspective-seeking fills every lyric, with each line searching for clarity amid the tangled vines of relationships, ego, and existential longing.
Hazlett’s vocal performance emerges as the song’s magnetic center. His layered, dreamlike delivery holds an unmistakable intimacy, beckoning the listener’s own reflections on lost innocence and the indelible scars of growing up.
The minimalist soundscape allows his emotive cadences to bleed into every pause and swell, creating a stark yet immersive atmosphere.
Rather than chasing trends, Bones Shake forges its own idiosyncratic path.
Hazlett spins ragged poetry from the detritus of disillusionment, his lyrics hitting like sucker punches one moment before offering consolation the next.
“Lay me down in the woods / Until I’ve overgrown the things I should,” he pleads, seeking rebirth and renewal amidst the angst.
In defiance of overcrowded airwaves, this singular folk reverie creates breathtaking space to get deliciously lost within its existential musings.
Bones Shake is a daring leap into uncharted sonic territory, an evocative encapsulation of the perpetual growing pains of selfhood.
Hazlett’s songwriting cuts so deep, you may just emerge with a few new psychic scars.