An artist recently reached out to us to have their new single reviewed and I’m VERY pleasantly surprised with taking on this track by PoisonLibrary. They have been seen floating around our reviews in the past under a different name and I now have the honor of writing this review for the new release under a new name! The artist sent me a small little blurb about the song I’d like to share with you guys:
“After over 20 million views on IG reels, and 50+ live shows, including a sold-out 300-cap show at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen — this release marks the public reveal of a new name, sound, and direction.
For years, I hated autumn (which, as a Midwesterner, is unusual). It’s the season when I went through breakups, went no-contact with my parents, and hit the lowest point of my life. ‘HarvestMoonRebirth’ is the sound of finding optimism, self-love, and hope for the future in Autumn 2025.
‘HarvestMoonRebirth’ is about no longer wanting to die in autumn, and being excited to live.”
The 3½-minute track blends strings, guitar, synth, and vocals, evoking moments of Donnie Darko (in the synths), Attack on Titan (in the emotional bridge), and the cathartic heart of Dashboard Confessional. It was performed, mixed, and mastered by me.“
Honestly, going into this track, I felt like I was about to get early Sleep Token, but then you get hit with that punk sound and transported to a completely different sound. I can’t help but get a strong influence of The Front Bottoms with the way the vocals come in mid-first verse and into that first chorus. It continues with that harmony that we all know and love into the second verse which introduces a catchy and entrancing little synth addition and then the listener is whiplashed a tad when the bridge slides in and gives us a swap into a more raw and live sounding grit to the vocals leading into the third verse that softens back up a bit into the lull of the start. Overall, my boyfriend put it quite perfectly when he heard me listening to it on repeat while writing, this artist gives me La Dispute meets Jack Johnson and I am LIVING for it.
Alright, now for my favorite part, the lyrics. Talking with the artist a bit, I shared that I am a member of AA and he mentioned this song is about a journey navigating challenges in his own life and hoped that I could resonate with it in my own way. Honestly, he was right. These lyrics can be resonated with for so many different walks of life. Grief, recovery, basic life challenges (finances, housing, etc), you name it. This song is very relaxing and I’d almost argue lullaby-like for those of us looking for a way to just escape and turn off our brains for a few minutes. “Sometimes you gotta hit reset // Then everything comes together” hit me personally because it took me a long time to realize that the only way to move passed a challenge that you knew you couldn’t overcome with one avenue or solution, you can’t just pick up where you were with a different method. It’s restarting and resetting everything that puts your perspective fresh for the new method that will give you that higher chance for success. It’s knowing when to admit “okay, that method didn’t work, so back to square one”.
The chorus kinda gave me a “lover’s note” vibe. I’m not sure that was the intention, but from my interpretation. “And I hope the harvest moon // Brings to you a new tune // And I hope that the harvest moon // Brings the time we’ve been waiting for”. Reading it back again, it could be a lover’s note or a note to oneself. A lover who has left due to your choices and hoping the harvest moon will tell them of their new life and new tune to bring them together for the time that they’ve waited to spend together healthily, or a note to oneself, where they’re hoping the moon sees their efforts and bring them a cleansing new life of time gotten back after whatever it is that was challenging you in life. The harmonies and the gritty vocals of the chorus and bridge, mixed with the soft spoken verses, has me really loving the way this song flows. Not to mention that I can genuinely say that I could use this as a lullaby and fall asleep to it if I wanted.
The bridge has a strong and clear message, the rebirth after a challenge is crucial, and it usually feels sudden, unexpected, and it’s never “easy”, but the hours you spend during that rebirth will be more than worth it. The notion that the moon, or this invisible entity that’s sitting with you during this rebirth, is speaking to you and promising to stay along side you while you are bring reborn in the night. “You will be // Reborn tonight // You will be // Reborn tonight // Every hour I’ll stay by your side”, as someone who knows many recovering alcoholics that had it worse than I did, that promise to stay by their side and be that rock and support that so many people desperately need when going through any challenge, really, not just a sober journey, is so important (at least, it is for me).
This last verse, guys. Oof! The third verse is the verse that I resonate with the most. I’m at this point where I am nearly a year sober and I am READY for this to all pay off. This year has been a rollercoaster of challenge after challenge and getting to review this song and it end up having the exact message I needed for the end of this year was just too good. “I know you’re fed up with the life you’ve lived // I know you’re ready for a new subject // Tired of thinking // Fed up with fitting in // Ready for dreaming”, if this isn’t be the last few months, I’m not sure what would be. I’ve absolutely loved this side project of reviewing songs for Dying Scene for this EXACT song. Finding gems in bands and songs like this has been such an amazing horizon expander for me musically and it gives me more music to help me through my own journeys in life. I hope you guys enjoy this song as much as I have and also toss it on your daily playlists!!
“HarvestMoonRebirth” by PoisonLibrary can be streamed anywhere you stream your music as of November 13th, 2025!!
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