There’s a hushed power to patience, and Joshua Gellman’s new single “Holdin’ On,” off his incredibly heartfelt album “Speak To My Dreams,” proves that truth in a tender and emotionally stirring way. Imbued with a singer-songwriter tradition, “Holdin’ On” is a fragile weave of openness, longing, and whispered strength, a song that doesn’t need to shout to be heard but instead draws you in with emotional gravity.
Gellman grounds you for an intense personal journey. His rich and textural voice soars over a complex and restrained arrangement, a lovely paradox that mirrors the emotional terrain of the song. What makes “Holdin’ On” distinct isn’t just its dense harmonies or pining melody but the room it creates to sit a while with the thicket of feelings for love that isn’t quite ready to flower.
Forged from a period of stasis, Gellman wrote “Holdin’ On” from a place of emotional preparedness, a moment when love was ripe, but the timing wasn’t. This song is not about heartbreak or euphoria but the gray area in between, where love persists softly even when you’re waiting. It’s about being present emotionally, even when life imposes a time of patience instead of action.
There’s something cinematic about the song’s unfurling as if you’re watching a story through fogged glass. The arrangement subtly slides between moods and influences, never calling too much attention to itself but always serving the song’s core emotion. That seamless slide through genres without ever straying far from Gellman’s singer-songwriter heart is part of the reason this track is so compelling.
In “Holdin’ On,” Joshua Gellman shows us you don’t need to make noise for love. Sometimes, it is soft, not so much a wise patience as a stubborn one, a patience no longer sustained by reason but by faith. It’s a lovely reminder that waiting in and of itself can be an act of love.
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