Today, Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep dropped the music video for “Stranger Now.”
The track serves as the second single from the band’s upcoming eighth album, Wishing Moon, set for release on March 27, 2026 via Dine Alone Records.
Driven by high-intensity, heavy guitars, “Stranger Now” leans into Wintersleep’s darker, more muscular side, delivering a tightly wound rock tune that hits hard and refuses to let up.
About the track by Wintersleep:
“Stranger Now” sets “the thematic lyrical tone for the album—touching on ideas of the ‘super-powers,’ we all have within us, the things inside you that you know are there but sometimes need the right tools, people, or moment to access,” says Murphy.
“This song was a joy to make,” explains Murphy. “The first in the demo batch that felt like a real progression from our last record and like the beginning of something new. It started with this killer, quintessentially-Tim riff.
Loel had an amazing beat and production vision for it.
I wrote the first verse melody and lyrics and the pre-chorus and chorus came pretty immediately after that. One of those guitar parts that you could sing a lot of different things over because it has so much to it harmonically.”
The band has also shared a visualizer for “Stranger Now” directed by boy wonder and featuring Tony Morrone.
“Tony is an actual videographer, from a different generation who I really like,” says boy wonder.
“I wanted to make a video about a day in the life of Tony, as if he were me, a guy making indie music videos on the streets.
Tony is me and I am Tony!”
Stranger Now gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Wintersleep – Stranger Now [Music Video]
