Los Angeles songwriter A.O. Gerber has recently signed to Father/Daughter Records who have put out her new single “Looking For The Right Things.”
A sprawling blend of indie folk and a sprawling synth ballad, it packs enchanting arrangements with a strong emotive vocal performance. A bit of Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and The Weather Station, but in a distinctive glow of her own.
Or as she describes:
I wrote this song in 2017 in a moment of exasperation, when my desire to show up as my honest self and let someone else show up as theirs felt impossibly difficult. That refrain, “Looking for the right things,” was a sort of anxious plea — this looping frustration over the distance between intention and reality, the desire for closeness and the complexity of actually allowing it. We tried to record this song for my first record and we couldn’t get the production right (irony!). As the years went on, I tried again and again to re-work it, and the repetition of that refrain started taking on new meaning. There’s anxiety in it, yes, but there’s also gentleness, self-nurturance, and even some hope — this feeling that it’s worth it to stay open, stay tender, stay messy.
Enjoy the music video for “Looking For The Right Things” below, which was directed by Erik Shute.
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