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Strange Ranger - "She\'s On Fire" from the 2023 album Pure Music from Fire Talk.

New York-via-Philly-via Portland quartet Strange Ranger are have been making genre-bending indie rock since 2016, when they were just the duo of Isaac Eiger and Fred Nixon and went under the name Sioux Falls. A lot\\u2019s changed for them besides relocation. On their upcoming album Pure Music, due out July 21st via Fire Talk, they\\u2019re leaning heavier into the shoegaze-inspired sounds they dabbled with on their 2021 mixtape No Light In Heaven.

Our Song of the Day \\u201cShe\\u2019s On Fire\\u201d proves this evolution was a wise one. Wistful \\u201880s synths set the dreamscape while hard-hitting drums keep us tethered to the ground throughout the percussive track. Swirls of sound bring constantly unfolding dynamics, giving listeners something new to gleam from the track with each repeated listen. \\u201cAnd I could die in pure music /Ringing from the sky, I won\'t refuse it,\\u201d bellows Eiger with backing vocals from co-vocalist and synth player Fiona Woodman. \\u201cJust let me slip away, yeah /Tonight (tonight) it all goes live /No more solutions.\\u201d

\\u201cWhen you\\u2019re young, it feels like life has a kind of arc to it and up ahead in the future, there\\u2019s some point where all your experiences converge and this fog of confusion will lift and you will have arrived,\\u201d says Eiger of \\u201cShe\\u2019s On Fire.\\u201d \\u201cThis is definitely not true and increasingly, music is the steadying hand I lean on when looking for meaning. It provides a spiritualism that feels absent from much of life and I want to be as close to that feeling as possible.\\u201d

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