This song is reminiscent of something just at the tip of your tongue. It’s a song you already know and love. You haven’t actually heard it before. Yet it feels familiar. “Stand Tall” has a super ’80s vibe with the pulsating drum loop and the reverb effects on the guitar. It sounds atmospheric, with a floating, almost spooky, guitar line. However, the vocals feel assured, grounded, and assertive rather than ethereal and airy. Elisa Flynn’s voice has rich, velvet vibrato. Her voice perfectly evokes primal emotions and feelings. It is the voice you want to hear celebrate you in your victories and vindicate you in your losses. The juxtaposition of the upbeat drum loop, the atmospheric elements, and the groundedness manages to not fight itself but instead layers itself into a poetic complexity. Like a love song to the human condition. The song, to me, signifies struggle and hope. That even when we fall harder and further than anyone else, we can persevere and be seen, standing tall, in our power.
In short, I like it.