There is a specific kind of vertigo that comes with watching the world shift beneath your feet while everyone else pretends the ground is perfectly still. It is this exact sensory dissonance that Isiah & The New People capture so brilliantly in their latest offering, ‘Don’t Wanna Talk About It’.
Serving as the second taster for their highly anticipated 2026 album ‘Birds’, the track is a masterclass in musical juxtaposition—a sun-drenched, upbeat arrangement that carries a heavy, prophetic weight. Isiah has long been carved out of the visionary stone of Western psychedelic folk, blending ancient wisdom like the 7 Fires Prophecy with a modern, dry wit.
On this new single, he explores the unsettling moment when "conspiracy" transitions into "current events." It is a song about the lifting of the veil and the collective shrug that often follows. As Isiah himself puts it, it is quite simply: "Time to start talking about it because it’s about to play out."
Sonically, the track is deceptively buoyant. The vocals are layered with a tasteful, shimmering precision that invites you to tap your feet even as the lyrics describe fires, droughts, and the relentless hum of a crumbling status quo. The first verse plunges us into a landscape of strange warnings and obscured truths, while the second verse pivots to the digital exhaustion of the modern age—the way we cling to our curated silos even as the headlines start to look like fever dreams.
The chorus is an infectious yet biting critique of our shared avoidance: “We don’t want to talk about it. Only going to beat around it. Don’t wanna read about it. Just going to walk around it.” It perfectly encapsulates that human instinct to change the subject when the truth becomes too inconvenient to digest. By the time the bridge arrives, the sunshine of the composition begins to feel more like a spotlight, revealing that whatever is coming won’t wait for our permission.
This isn’t just a political anthem, but also a deeply human one. Isiah isn’t interested in taking sides, but rather in documenting the experience of waking up in a world that no longer matches the one we remember. ‘Don’t Wanna Talk About It’ is a vibrant, immersive journey that proves Isiah & The New People are some of the most essential storytellers in the game today.
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