Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Lovebomb [from Cool It Down]
Maz – How Does It Feel [single]
Son Lux – This Is A Life (feat. Mitski & David Byrne) [from Everything Everywhere All at Once (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]
Ibibio Sound Machine – Almost Flying [from Electricity]
Louder, lips speak louder
Better, back together
Still it’s a shock, shock to your soft side
Summer moon
Catch your shut eyes in my room
In your room
In my room
In your room
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Soft Shock (Acoustic Version) [from It’s Blitz! (Deluxe Version)]
I’m still obsessed with Karen O and the Kid’s 2009 soundtrack for Where the Wild Things Are and her single for Her (“The Moon Song”) should’ve won the academy award last year. Needless to say, I’m am very excited for Karen’s debut solo record. Crush Songs is due out Sep 9 via Cult Records. Stay tuned for more.
Porcelain Raft followed up his 2012 debut with another fantastic record. Permanent Signal was one of my favorite records of the year, which usually makes selecting a favorite track even more daunting. But after my very first listen, I this track was my favorite. The way the looping piano blends simplicity and beauty is mesmerizing and the lyrics are gorgeous. I can’t really think of a better way to close out an album.
♩ Porcelain Raft – Echo [from Permanent Signal]
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Picking one track from CHVRCHES’ debut LP was one of my most difficult tasks for this year’s 31 days. The Scotland trio definitely lived up to the hype. The synth pop production, along with the excellent vocals of Lauren Mayberry, combined for yet another of my favorite records of 2013. But as I said earlier, it was super hard to pick just one of many standout tracks, which include “The Mother We Share”, “Gun”, “Recover”, and “We Sink”. So to make things a bit easier, i’m going with my favorite at this moment in time.
♩ CHVRCHES – We Sink [from The Bones of What You Believe]
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Karen O and company have one of the coolest sounds around and though I love it when they “rock out”, I’m quite the sucker for their ballads. Yeah Yeah Yeahs newest LP, Mosquito, was a departure from the “dancier” tunes of 2009’s Blitz and a return to the “grittier” tunes of Fever to Tell. With that said, Mosquito definitely has a sound of it’s own and that’s why i’ll always be excited for new Yeah Yeah Yeahs. With every release, I know i’ll hear something i’ve never heard before.
♩ Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wedding Song [from Mosquito]
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