Talk To Her – PLD

Dark search between control and liberation

The song ‘PLD’ by Talk To Her hits me right away with its sparse, dark power. To me, it sounds like a hybrid of dark wave and synth pop, driv­en by elec­trorock ele­ments where the gui­tars nev­er set the dom­in­ant tone, but rather add an edgy tex­ture. This gives the track an excit­ing bal­ance between elec­tron­ic rigour and organ­ic harsh­ness.

The lyr­ics, with lines like "Now / I need it now / Show me the break­out", rein­force this obsess­ive char­ac­ter. For me, it sums up the feel­ing of a rest­less search for escape and desire. The pres­sure of the bari­tone voice, togeth­er with the cut­ting bass and drums, builds up lay­er by lay­er – until the finale seems almost lib­er­at­ing, without abandon­ing the dark core.

The min­im­al­ist music video under­scores this intens­ity by giv­ing equal weight to the visu­al lan­guage and the music. I find the inter­play of sound and visu­al drama uncom­prom­ising and highly effective.

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Lyrics of "Talk To Her – PLD"

I need the pleasure
Where I can find myself
A new addiction
To wake me up and bring me back again
Now
Show me a way out
I need it now
Show me the breakout
Chase the moment
Where I can feel again
My obsession
To lift me up before the rap­ture ends
Now
Show me a way out
I need it now
Show me the breakout
Something
Out of, out of
My control
Out of, out of
My control
I need the pleasure
Where I can find myself
A new addiction
To wake me up and bring me back again
Now
Show me a way out
I need it now
Show me the breakout
Now
I need it now
Show me the breakout
Getting lost
Chasing love
Hidden souls
Mix their blood
I need it now
Something
Out of
My control