The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter premieres his raw new song on NYLON.
Five years ago, Brooklyn-based musician Elijah Wolf was in his studio late at night piecing together what would become his second album. A relationship had just ended and he was feeling a little lost. One night, he started strumming and a raw, existential ballad poured out of him. He recorded “Was It All Just A Dream” that same night, with all the lights off except for a small lamp.
“This song became a vehicle for existential questions about past choices I’d made and what the future held for me,” Wolf tells NYLON. “The process felt instinctive and cathartic. Later, when it came time to record my album, I gave this demo another pass and tried arranging it with a band. It didn’t feel right anymore. New versions weren’t capturing the honesty of the original take. So I put the song away for years. It wasn’t until now, five years later, that I’m identifying with it again.
The song’s beauty is in its lo-fi production, its mumbly minor-key drawl that captures an artist in a time of not knowing, at a time late in the night when the sky is the color that helps you tell the truth.
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