TALLAH Deliver A Raw One-Take Performance Of “What We Want”

Pennsylvania nu-core outfit TALLAH have shared a live one-take performance of “What We Want,” captured by vocalist Justin Bonitz in his own office. Taken from the band’s third album, Primeval: Obsession//Detachment, the performance offers a stripped-back look at one of the record’s tracks, putting Bonitz’s vocal delivery at the center of the experience. This is a separate live take rather than the version featured on the album, giving listeners a different interpretation of the song outside its original studio setting.

Primeval: Obsession//Detachment is a science-fiction and psychological-thriller concept album built around a cult-like group that asks two women to each carry out an unspeakable task. Its narrative explores morality, balance, contrast, and power dynamics, using a disturbing fictional premise to examine the forces that shape human choices. “What We Want” sits within this larger conceptual world, where psychological tension and conflicting perspectives form part of the album’s identity.

TALLAH’s sound brings together the impact of nu-metal pioneers such as SLIPKNOT, KORN, LINKIN PARK, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, and LIMP BIZKIT with the abrasive intensity of CODE ORANGE, KNOCKED LOOSE, VARIALS, KUBLAI KHAN TX, and VEIN.FM. For their latest album, the band also shifted their internal dynamic, with Max Portnoy moving from drums to bass. That change helped push the songwriting toward a heavier low-end presence, drawing on the unconventional bass-driven approaches of PRIMUS and MUDVAYNE while exploring industrial influences associated with STATIC-X and SPINESHANK.

The “What We Want” live take provides an intimate counterpoint to TALLAH’s dense, genre-blurring arrangements, focusing on Bonitz’s performance without presenting it as an alternate album recording. It also offers another entry point into Primeval: Obsession//Detachment, a record shaped by unsettling narrative concepts and a sound that continues to push beyond conventional nu-metal boundaries. For listeners following the band’s evolving direction, this one-take performance puts the vocalist and the song directly in the spotlight.