Ali Edmonds is a lass that has knocked around the Aussie music scene for some time now. You may be familiar with the songstress’ smokey vocals from the likes of Little Athletics, Heavy Beach and Damn Terran – or perhaps you were a fan of her kickass debut solo effort of 2012, Landless.

No matter if or where you first dug the Melbourne artists’ sounds, Ali E has returned to her burning solo project with ‘We Are Strangers,’ and man has it left us begging for more.

The track is a raw example of Ali E’s grungy prowess that flits between swirling guitars to all-out buzz-fuzzers, whilst sonically featuring guests including old bandmate Leigh Ewbank on drums, Anto Skene playing bass and Lucy Rash of TANTRUMS on the violin.

Edmonds herself has described the narrative behind ‘We Are Strangers’ as “the story of living in a world of apathy, where people are content with their share, those who are not prepared to break the social mold; instead they pretend to be happy, while the world goes on around them.”

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