after a breakup, it's hard to fall in love again—especially when you cannot help but keep the thoughts swirling, picking apart & reordering to collect up scraps of yourself. hopefully in the midst of that process you can rediscover your numerous pasttimes, find your footing once more. the leroy singles prove that thinking within, making outside reimaginations real, is a very meaningful first step towards that, whatever it may be to/for each. but once there was a bit of light let in, shone through to meet you, your eyes can glint with a fervor anew, and two new songs spring out from your heart in an instant.

it makes sense this being all that's provided now; the incessant bemoaning for this era since its first sprouting has to feel like a fire alarm, a train screaming right past your face in the midst of just trying to keep moving—to get closer to all that your version of you now holds dearest. this little meeting with who Jane was just last year was not a celebratory, long-lasting reunion, but just a recollection, a brief over coffee. and provided the fresher atmosphere, the mixes benefit from the neighborhood. maybe Magic I Want U does feel abit hollow when you can still remember how it felt back then, but it's only for an instant; all of the sudden, the warm air breezes past and your muscles untense. this is jamais vu, a familiarity that comes back to you refreshingly, that feels untethered now compared to how burdened it used to be, how bound you used to be.

the acute reimaginations are beautiful only because they do not reach for the heavens. they know it's already close; all that's needed are a few fresh marks with careful intent.