The shifting moods of the piano work on “Strangers” by MAGUIRE paired with vocals that one imagines singing out a window into a dark, rainy night by candlelight perfectly suits the contemplative lyrics and story of the song. The narrator projects hopes and dreams of personal fulfillment on a stranger she has seen in public, imagining the possibilities she’s pinning on a stranger who she doesn’t know and doesn’t have to know in order for the fantasy to serve as a beacon of hope in the loneliest of moments. It’s a safe if somewhat unhealthy fixation but one most people can relate to, feeling unfulfilled and needing something or someone to pull them out of their funk and the romance of it even if it’s completely in one’s imagination. When the vocals echo and the music effervesces toward the end and the fantasy ends it is a bit like coming out of that moment of reverie yet taking pleasure in those moments of whimsy never acted upon. The song cautions against the act of romanticizing a person or a situation by embodying the ways in which we seduce ourselves into imposing what we desire onto people and things they may not be. “Strangers” is from the new EP Préludes and you can listen below and follow MAGUIRE at the links provided.
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