Maggie Rogers has shared her new song ‘Horses’.
The songwriter’s incoming album ‘Surrender’ is out on July 29th, with singles such as the magnificent ‘That’s Where I Am’ blazing a trail.
Sessions took place in different localities, but it seems that England’s own Real World Studios was a fruitful base. Working alongside Kid Harpoon, the Bath complex birthed numerous songs on the record, including her new single.
‘Horses’ has an Americana lilt, a countrified take on pop songwriting that feels wholly organic. A warm bed for Maggie’s voice to lay on, the lyric seemingly emerged in one take, just a pure flow of expression.
Maggie comments…
“There’s been only a few, rare times in my life when two songs have appeared in the same day. And only one time when three songs came at once. This was the case with ‘Horses’. I was at Real World Studios with my dearest collaborator, Kid Harpoon. On day one, I sat down at the piano and he sat down at the drums and ‘Overdrive’ came pouring out.
I knew immediately it would be the opening track of the record. We started day two with ‘That’s Where I Am,’ caught ‘I’ve Got A Friend’ after lunch, and came back for ‘Horses’ after dinner and a glass or two of wine. Tom started playing guitar and immediately I started writing. I looked up to ask him what he thought and he simply said, ‘keep going.’ I wondered if maybe it was time to call it a night and he simply said, ‘keep going.’
When I finished the words, I suggested we record in the morning and he said, ‘give it one take.’ That take is ‘Horses.’ It’s a song about letting go. About wanting to feel free in a time where I felt an overwhelming amount of numbness. Sometimes I’m singing to a loved one, sometimes a friend. Sometimes I think I’m singing to myself. And I love that I can’t always tell the difference.
A truly masterful vocal, ‘Horses’ offers further illustration of Maggie Rogers’ unaffected artistry.
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