SONG PREMIERE: Rachel Ana Dobken Crafts Cathartic Soundscapes On Passionate “Tomorrow’s Another Day”

The cathartic opening resonant guitar chords of Rachel Ana Dobken’s new song “Tomorrow’s Another Day” sounds mystically like a familiar Pearl Jam song from the early 90’s. Where Stone Gossard would lay the quiet intro and Eddie Vedder would creep in with some emotive howls that would transcend listeners. While drums are Dobken’s primary instrument, she stuns with her intuitive guitar work which should earn her much praise soon with the release of her new album Acceptance, out March 8. The record features guest appearances from members of Blind Melon and Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and was co-produced by Paul Ritchie of The Parlor Mob & Erik Romero of The Front Bottoms in conjunction with Dobken

“I created Acceptance during one of the most trying times in my life,” Dobken says. “It started as a reflection of two major relationships that ended abruptly, and at the same time I was dealing with the isolation of the pandemic while watching my Father slip away as he fought and lost his battle with Cancer in October of 2021.

“Acceptance is a culmination of frustration, struggle, yearning, and beauty that led me to the understanding that—whatever we are searching for, whomever’s love and approval we desire, whatever we seek on our journey—all answers come from within. From accepting and loving ourselves wholly for who we are, darkness and all. Accepting the circumstances of our realities, embracing them and leaning into them. There’s a comfort and a beauty in that. Acceptance always to what is and will be.”

Glide is premiering the aforementioned single “Tomorrow Another Day” (below) from Dobken which shows the burgeoning artist at her most vulnerable and passionate. Shades of early St. Vincent and Angel Olsen shift through the soaring surface, showing Dobken as a true musician meets songwriter force.

“Tomorrow’s Another Day” is about not wanting to keep going, but knowing you have to. It’s about finding the strength within you to pick yourself up by your bootstraps and find comfort in knowing tomorrow is truly another day to wake up and start all over again.

“I wrote this in a moment where I was really messed up. I think there’s a little bit of—not to get too heavy but—suicidal undertones. I talk a lot about death in my music. There’s a line, “Don’t worry about the fear, the doubt, your time will come for you.” Which is essentially the idea that there’s no point in worrying about anything, especially when it comes to living and dying. We don’t have any control over that, so revel in living your life fully and accepting all that comes. Including your feelings and your life.”

“The song is a letter to myself to remind me, “It’s all really ok.” I find a lot of times just giving yourself the space to feel and accept that you feel a certain way, is all it takes to let it go and stop giving the negativity power. It’s all about acknowledging and accepting. Hence the title of the record AND this song being the last track on it, ” adds Dobken.