Mary Strand – For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)

“For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” is the latest release by Mary Strand, an outstanding American songwriter and musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It’s her third piece of work in 2025, arriving as an adequate follow-up of “Costa Rica” and “Take Your Time,” two exceptional compositions released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Still, her new song arrives with many innovations in songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing, showcasing a natural progression of an already incredible singer-songwriter. Lyrically, “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” is an ode to Taylor Swift. Mary Strand wanted to send a clear message that she stands against all the misogynist and political hatred aimed towards Taylor and that she firmly stands with her. Sonically, Strand fully stacked this anthem with many different but complementary music genres. Perhaps alternative comes to mind first, but you’ll notice how some of the finest properties borrowed from indie rock, garage rock, and power pop found their way into this sonic equation. “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” shines with all those qualities that meet the trends in contemporary music production yet it subtly shines with nostalgia, paying homage to the eighties and nineties rock music. Therefore, these experimentations with many different approaches and complementary styles resulted in a catchy, memorable, engaging ode to Taylor Swift that will not only resonate with alternative and rock fans but with anyone looking for tastefully assembled and flawlessly performed music.

From the onset, it becomes apparent that Mary Strand has poured heart and soul into this composition. “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” arrives with a perfect structure, adorned with many profoundly detailed segments, brilliant ideas, and superb orchestrations. As soon as you press play, you’ll notice how her passionate, soulful, sincere, confident, emotional, and powerful voice wraps around the listening apparatus and refuses to let go long after this song ends. She expertly conveys the message, commands attention, guides listeners through each segment, and elevates the entire composition to new heights. Her impressive vocal range seamlessly glides over low, mid, and high notes, emphasizing everything she intended to achieve with this track. Besides decorating all these segments and instrumentations, her incredible voice contributes more emotional depth and detail to the song. The additional vocal layers, back vocals, and singalongs give that anthemic vibe that pulls you into this beautiful sonic whirlwind even more. In the meantime, the guitars deliver catchy, memorable, engaging chord progressions, riffs, harmonies, melodies, themes, and leads. These guitar interplays act as a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon while the additional keyboard performance adds even more detail and complexity. These orchestrations suit Mary Strand’s vocals perfectly, making “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” such a pleasant listening experience worth repeating over and over again.

Of course, “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” wouldn’t sound this good without an equally impressive rhythm section. You’ll notice how all those detailed, audible, warm-sounding basslines roar beneath the guitar and synth works, providing more than necessary heftiness, deepness, and clearness while binding all those instrumentations with rhythmic patterns. These low-ends are luxuriant, deep, dense, and heavy, contributing more power and detail to the overall ambiance. In the meantime, the excellent drumming performance based upon moderate, well-accentuated, flawlessly performed, and tastefully assembled beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep all the instrumentations in line while dictating groove and tempo. Mary Strand thought about everything while writing, composing, arranging, and producing, so you’ll notice even those tiny details and nuances. “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” is a marvelous track that not only serves as an ode to Taylor Swift, but also showcases Mary Strand’s experience, knowledge, skills, and talent. With exceptional vocal harmonies, impressive guitar and synth works, intricate basslines, and excellent rhythmic patterns, it has all the crucial elements that define a fascinating alternative rock track. Therefore, you should immediately place this gem on your music radar. “For All Of Us (Dear Taylor)” is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!