A mellow array of twinkling keys and twangy guitars adorn “In The Morning,” a lovely new single from Dan Strauss. Written on a May afternoon, while Strauss sat in the courtyard of his building in Queens, NY, “In The Morning” compels in its depictions of disappointment — and also the reminder of an ensuing new dawn.” It’s gonna rain today and through the night, until it breaks in the morning,” Strauss sings, then moving to a particularly beautiful section as wordless vocal harmonies, tender guitars, and twinkling piano intertwine.
“I love songs that start off as stories about people doing regular things in every day places. The idea of someone going into a restaurant to meet someone who doesn’t show up felt both like a scene from a movie and like real life,” Strauss says, referencing the track’s beginning. Further emphasizing the track’s overall theme and message, he says: “This happens to people all the time. What we do from there can shape us. Whoever this person is in this song remembers that they are more than this moment, they have ‘another name.'”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
