"Shadow" by angrypeoplelikeyou is a night chant for the soul

The benefits of a midnight walk when the world is quiet, the streets glisten with rain, and every step feels like a mystery to the narrative is some kind of magic. That’s the core of “Shadow,” the new song from angrypeoplelikeyou, among your most recent strengths, to the loneliest thing, a song that doesn’t merely lap alongside your solitude but will turn it into poetry.

“Shadow” opens with a gentle pluck of acoustic strings, beckoning like a secret. The fingerstyle guitar is intricate but effortless, curling around the baritone singing, which floats just above a whisper. The voice doesn’t precisely demand your attention but inspires you to come closer to it as a crazy flickering lantern navigating you through uncharted territories.

“My Shadow” is about wanderers, outsiders, and people who find solace in being alone. There’s a wistful tug in its words, a recognition of the unadorned spaces we often occupy. And yet, for all that solemnity, the song has an undertow of warmth, like the far-off sound of the melody through the air at night.

Built on a slight core of folk but shot through with rock’s raw emotion, “Shadow” is less a song than a companion for the restless, a means of guiding the soundtrack for lingering late-night walks when your thoughts run deep, and the world feels beautiful and unfamiliar.