1,2,3, Therapy! (An Interview w/ Allen Tate)

Submerged in his world of swarming orchestral swells and velvety
baritone, Allen Tate can usher in a tear as quickly as he can
ease a head full of bees. In his 2016 release of Sleepwalker,
Tate explores the kaleidoscope concept of being alone, addressing
the danger of indulging too much in our isolation (“Being Alone,”
“Wrapped Up”), and the consequences of attempting to avoid
loneliness altogether (“Y.D.N.F.”). He’s a masterful lyricist,
haunting and euphoric in the way he shamelessly pins fear and
apprehension to the wall, examining their origins. His latest
releases “When Did I Get Like This” and “What to Say” maintain
his knack for introspective writing, only on a larger, more
self-aware scale. Where Sleepwalker (best described as “menacing
bath: warm and enveloping, but with an element of anxiety) is
moody, murky and teeming with tension, In the Waves  feels
like a giant inhale, a desperate need to wake up and breathe
after simmering beneath the surface of that very solitary,
menacing bath.