Synth Single Review: “Tell Me” by Lyst, Lazer Club & Shred Krueger

by Karl Magi

Lyst, Lazer Club & Shred Krueger’s “Tell Me” gleams as it grows into life with chords that reflect midnight passion and gentle touches before the funky underpinnings leap along with Samuele Casale’s voice which is imbued with strength and conviction, weaving a yearning, melody full of dedication. 

Computerized sounds cut with blade-like edges and the guitar calls out with a groovy feeling. Notes suffused with pinpoints of urban light shift as the vocals transmit need and anticipation. Compelling emotive depth pours from Samuele Casale’s voice to grab me as the rhythm skips and jeweled chimes flicker while polished tones slip past. 

The chorus has a hypnotic hook while the song moves into a segment in which Shred Krueger's guitar drifts with laid-back sensations and a bell-like synthesizer floats before Shred Krueger’s solo climbs, imbued with fervent desire while the sounds around it create illumination and percussion pushes forward. The song ends with vibrant notes rising into the darkness.

While he waits alone "in the midnight call," the narrator asks, "Tell me, girl, are we through?" He wants to see "the stars in your eyes" and gets lost when he feels her heartbeat, adding "tonight is the night, no more place to hide."

Pointing out  that " love can't break your heart out of your eyes,” our storyteller adds that love also can't "steal the feeling before the night." He asks the song’s subject to tell him if she wants to stay and if she wants him. He goes on to say that "in the midnight rain, I'm still breathing about you."

Feeling pain, the narrator asks the song’s subject what he can do. He wants her to “show me the light in your eyes" because he gets lost when he's embracing her. He adds to that "tonight is the time, no more tears to hide."