Mutual Benefit - Lost Dreamers

The opening lines of Jordan Lee’s latest Mutual Benefit song speak volumes. “Let’s take the long way home / Let’s throw away our phones.” On his new ‘Skip a Sinking Stone’ album, Jordan wrestles with life in the big city, the loss of a relationship and a subsequent depression. ‘Lost Dreamers’, however, captures a pure essence of escape, the kind you think about when shunned in-between strangers on a commute or dragging from one day to the next.

Millions of lost dreamers should, as a result, relate to this song like a new friend. It’s arguably the most clear and streamlined Mutual Benefit song to date, a trip faraway when there’s always a spare seat. There’s always been a purity at play with Jordan’s music, but it’s front and centre here.