talker unleashes on her cathartic new single "Learning The Feeling"

Under the guise of talker, LA-based Celeste Taucher released her debut EP Horror Films earlier this year, and it was littered with songs with titles like “Passive”, “Intimidated”, and the gently anthemic follow-up “Keep Me Safe”, mined similar insecurities. On “Learning The Feeling”, the musician is finally comfortable with unleashing her inner demons in a way she’s never done before.

“I’ve been keeping quiet,” she sings over tense coils of chorused guitar. “What has silence done for me?” On the chorus of “Learning The Feeling” we get the answer, with her previously pent-up emotions washed up in a primal howl of distortion that would've made talker a dream Friday night headliner at Buffy The Vampire Slayer's The Bronze.

"When you’ve been holding in your feelings for so long, sometimes you have to finally scream them out,” Taucher says of the song. “It’s the musical exploration of finally being open after years of hiding behind my anxiety. In ‘Keep Me Safe’ I was holding my breath waiting for a moment of truth. 'Learning The Feeling' is that moment. The video is a continuation of the story in 'Keep Me Safe' – only now, we see what happens when I stop being afraid and take control.”