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Maggie Rogers: A Rock Star in Seminary

‘Surrender’ is testament to what happens when we unclench our jaws and give our emotions room to breathe.
The cover art of Maggie Roger's music album 'Surrender', which features a black-and-white closeup of the singer's eyes.
Surrender, by Maggie Rogers / Capitol Records

INDIE-ROCKER MAGGIE Rogers says she feels her emotions in her teeth: Anger and love make her gums pulse and jaw tighten. Rogers’ second studio album, Surrender, is testament to what happens when we unclench our jaws and give our emotions room to breathe.

“This is the story of what happened when I finally gave in,” Rogers said in the trailer for Surrender. The result is a cohesive journey through the many questions that plague our grief-stricken culture. Offering both solace and space for unanswered questions, the album, released last summer, is an invitation to dance — to surrender to the coexistence of beauty and suffering in the world.

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