Danté Ravenhearst Releases New Gothic Single “Unsaid”
Danté Ravenhearst sets a fresh mark with her new single, delving deeper into the country elements of gothic Americana and folk explored in her 2024 debut EP, “Half Sun / Half Moon” (featured on CBC radio, Canadian Beats, Spill Magazine, Crooked Forest and playlists from Exclaim! and Music Mecca).
“Unsaid” is a song of both anguish and surrender – recorded during a period of Ravenhearst’s reckoning with personal loss, the track harnesses and vulnerably translates grief into a raw vocal performance further amplified by ethereal swells of pedal steel and echoing electric guitar.
“With this track,” Ravenhearst says, “I really wanted to create a space for the losses that may be unspoken, but are not necessarily felt any less resolutely.”
Review
“Unsaid” hits with a quiet intensity that lingers. It’s a slow, aching ballad that captures the kind of heartbreak born not from final words or fights, but from everything left unspoken.
Raw and intimate, the track leans into Ravenhearst’s distinct gothic Americana style. Producer Jonathan Horvath keeps the arrangement minimal but effective—giving space for Ravenhearst’s vulnerable, unwavering vocals to take center stage against a backdrop of echoing instrumentation and atmosphere.
Lyrically, it cuts deep. Lines like “You tell me you love her / almost sheepishly” and “There’s a tear on your cheek” land hard, especially when paired with the haunting refrain: “It’s what you didn’t say, darling / that deafens me.” That line alone is unforgettable.
There’s no big climax—just a quiet tension that lingers in the space between what was said and what was felt. “Unsaid” holds back, but every breath, every pause, and every unspoken goodbye carries the full weight of what’s been lost.