“Reruns” is a stirring new track from Colorado-based duo Woven Hollow, whose blend of dreamy folk intimacy and lyrical storytelling reflects on the cycles we repeat and the comforts we cling to — particularly in a digital age where media consumption can serve as an escape. Built on husband-and-wife duo Anna Murphy and Van Wampler’s natural vocal chemistry, the track plays with poignant thematic entrancement.
“The internet would have us believe we’re living in a time of major progress,” the band says. “But even the most ‘progressive’ among us still uphold habits and systems that are doing harm. ‘Reruns’ captures the nostalgia of a world where modern problems feel less present—even if that illusion isn’t real.”
The track begins with climactic vigor. “We once said, that together we’d fix everything,” a gentle vocal introspection lets out, bolstered by lush acoustic guitar. The music video certainly provides an immersive visual element to the track, and it also infuses certain audible elements — like an Archie Bunker vocal sample quipping “I hate change” — within apt lyrical moments within the song: “There is a growing list of things that we all ought to change.” The “lost in reruns” lament lends a chilling captivation as the television screen flickers with shows from the past and present — as the vocals sing: “We can only dream / That we’re in those beautiful scenes.”
Serene piano additions allure as the mid-point approaches, as a dual-vocal entrancement comes to the realization they’re “separate and sinking.” The piano work re-emerges during a warming conclusion, resonating in its interplay between the comforting piano, lush acoustics, and “we can only dream…” vocal wanderings. “Reruns” is a resonating, emotively gripping success from Woven Hollow that artfully captures how memory, repetition, and media-laden escapism can both soothe and unsettle.
The music video is directed by Sam Blakesberg and Van Wampler, who explains: “It took years of searching old transcripts, scrubbing through episodes to find exact moments, and stitching it all together. There were times I wasn’t sure I’d ever finish it, but watching it now – it’s certainly a piece that I’m proud of.”
