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Imaginary Numbers
Rock · 2013 · 5 tracks · 22m

Imaginary Numbers

The Maine

Five tracks of hushed, acoustic introspection. A stark departure from the band's usual polish, trading sun-soaked rock for rainy-day folk and skeletal arrangements.

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The Maine trades the stadium lights for a single candle and an acoustic guitar.

A quiet, dignified loneliness that feels like a warm blanket on a cold night.

Imaginary Numbers · vs · The Maine
Rainy Day+4.0σ

Rainy Day saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks · 22m
01
Raining in Paris
3:47
02
Room With No Windows
3:44
03
Perfectly Out of Key
3:58
04
Visions
4:26
05
Lovely Sad
6:52
Moments Worth Waiting For
The delicate, rhythmic fingerpicking on 'Raining in Paris' that mimics the steady patter of a storm.
The way the arrangement swells with somber strings during the final minutes of the nearly seven-minute closer 'Lovely Sad'.
The raw, unpolished vocal delivery in 'Room With No Windows' that feels like a private confession.
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