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Lorg – “Marathonia”

Stereogum·Chris DeVille·3 days ago
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For the past two years, Lauren Morgan, formerly of the TikTok-viral indie band SALES , has been releasing excellent indie-pop under the name Lorg. Maybe you caught " Brandy " or the Nightlands collab " Crossroads ," and maybe your entrypoint is "Marathonia." Out today, the song flows with an irresistible momentum, matching languid chillwavey guitar strums with a lo-fi backbeat and Lorg's wistful vocals. They shared these words about the lyrics: My closest friend was moving away to NYC around the time my relationship was feeling out of reach/doomed. I felt like the two people I really wanted around were not there anymore. Brings a little tear to my eye even now. I wrote this song for Daniel — athletic, self-assured, a beam of light. For the lyrics, I imagined going on a run with him. I’ve never been a great runner and I hope when I die whoever is on the other side gives me a good reason for that. Ever since we met, Daniel and I were fast friends and this song came out of me 100 percent complete.…

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