First Listen:

Strange Ranger

“Sophie”

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words by tom johnson

photograph by mike hoderman

All wrapped up inside two minutes, but exuding a dimmed haze that slowly spread for days on end, “Sophie” is the dense and simmering new track from Strange Ranger (formerly known as Sioux Falls), available to stream below from today and lifted from their forthcoming new full-length effort which arrives later this year via Tiny Engines, and follows on from last years brilliantly received debut, Rot Forever.

Reminiscent of the brooding claustrophobia that made Hovvdy’s ‘Taster’ LP such a stand-out last year, the track is instantly addictive, the weighty atmosphere of the whole piece wrapping you inside the world it creates from the first hum of muffled instrumentation that underpins the track. “I’m so sorry, I’m usually nice,” Isaac Eiger sings, the stale air of resignation almost crushingly palpable as the voice lifts itself just high enough to be heard at all.

The Daymoon LP is released in October, but you can listen to the burned-out beauty of “Sophie” right now; a warped piece of a puzzle that won’t ever be finished. Check it out below.

Daymoon is released on October 6th, via Tiny Engines

Pre-order it here

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