A New Release from Ryan Edward Kotler

“Mary Anne” by Ryan Edward Kotler carries a kind of timeless resonance that I am always drawn to. I hear a song that could have slipped out of the 60s, yet the sentiment inside it belongs unmistakably to someone navigating the emotional weather of 2025. Kotler writes in a broad, human way, and the empathy in his delivery feels tuned to the quiet struggles most of us avoid naming out loud. The performance comes across as something pulled straight from his center, unpolished in the best way because it feels lived and honest.

The song closes with the lines “I've thought not a moment of you Mary Anne I wake to the sound of the tide I certainly never roll over and find myself face to face with your hazel brown eyes Anyway those are just memories left stale and out in the cold I certainly don't miss my very best friend Mary Anne and I love growing old.” I hear a mix of denial, longing, and bittersweet acceptance that hits harder than the language initially suggests. It is difficult not to see some part of your own past tucked inside those words, which is exactly why this track resonates long after it ends.

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