A.O. Gerber's "Tell Me" explores the intricate relationships we share with our bodies

“It was scary to write - scary to write about masturbation as a woman, and even scarier to write about it in a tone that isn’t jocular and a context that isn’t very self-accepting,” says A.O. Gerber about her new track. Years of experiences, memories and encounters are woven throughout "Tell Me", as the exquisite instrumentals and luxe velveteen croon of Gerber’s voice form a refined and courageous track.

Gerber presents traditionally taboo topics with emotive honesty, and this portrayal of womanhood and sexuality is depicted in a way that also manages to reflect the complex - and sometimes troubling - bond we can share with ourselves. “It’s hard to admit to the dissonance that exists between self-pleasure and self-loathing - that you can simultaneously hate and love your own body, and that pleasure can be just as much about loneliness and longing as it is about sexual empowerment,” she says.

Singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Gerber’s debut record Another Place to Need is the culmination of three years' hard work from Gerber, her band and producer – Copper Mouth Records owner Madeline Kenney.

Gerber’s feelings of self-loathing and pressures to meet multiple expectations, coupled with her richly emotive vocals, create a sound that teeters on the mournful. The ability to write a track about something typically perceived as a pleasant, intimate experience, while revealing the disconnect and contempt that can be simultaneously held, is moving, indulgent and utterly beautiful.

“Tell Me” is built around these dichotomies - on one hand it exists to satiate a need to wallow in self-pity, while also functioning as an ode to drowning yourself in self-love.