Recent track “everywhere i go” carries grief into a warmer, more life-affirming space, with loraine‘s outdoor field recording at Polychrome Ranch incorporating cicadas and outdoor ambience into the production. Written for friends lost across different periods of her life, the song gained renewed significance after two additional losses, turning its remembrance into a heartfelt act of healing and continuity.

“I saw your face, on a stranger in the street,” loraine’s serene lead flourishes amidst a lovely mixture of strumming guitar jangles and glistening piano. The lasting imprint of friends, even after drifting apart, is echoed in the heartfelt lyricism, which exudes a retrospective quality as sun-kissed descriptions of “June comes around, brings me back to 2012” emerge. The ensuing “I’ll miss you again” refrain dazzles alongside dreamy arpeggiated synths, soft acoustic strums, and chiming piano.

The “you’re everywhere I go, in everything I see” chorus delights in several facets. The multi-layered harmonies convey a melodically riveting quality, while the lyricism plays like a celebration of special times experienced together. The idyllic depictions of sunshine and good times juxtapose with the deeper personal meaning, in that loraine originally wrote the track about friends she lost in her late teens and early 20s. “everywhere i go” is a harmoniously impactful pop success from the Tennessee-based loraine, whose ability to meld heartrending themes with approachable pop brightness is on full display.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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