LAUNDER - Powder

The best way to deal with anguish is to bury it under layers of reverb and distortion.

"Powder" by LAUNDER from their 2019 double-single Powder/Chew

sjowgren - Seventeen

Can you guys tell that I'm really digging sjowgren right now?

"Seventeen" by sjowgren, single from 2015

Joji - SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK

Finally found something Coco and I could both watch

"SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK" by Joji from his 2018 album Ballads 1

PJ MORTON - How Deep Is Your Love

I keep an eye out for covers of "How Deep is Your Love" ever since listening to John Fruciante's short but beautiful rendition. Here's a great one.

"How Deep is Your Love" by PJ MORTON from his 2017 album Gumbo

HOME - We're Finally Landing

I wonder if I will ever feel like I've landed

"We're Finally Landing" by HOME from his 2014 album Before the Night

sjowgren - high beam

Some mistakes I will make
But that's how I take shape
I rather be me
I wanna be me

"high beam" by sjowgren, single from 2017

Vansire - Angel Youth

Here's another one of the songs I liked off of Vansire's Angel Youth album. Melancholic lyrics with a a mellow guitar in the background. A nice listen at the end of a slow day.

"Angel Youth" by Vansire from their 2018 album Angel Youth

Cherry Pickles - It Will All End In Tears

Beach sadness

"It Will All End In Tears" by Cherry Pickles from their 2019 album Cherry Pickles Will Harden Your Nipples

Hand Habits - can't calm down

I love the arrangement of the chorus.

"can't calm down" by Hand Habits from their 2019 album placeholder

runnner - awash

Saw runnner (with 3 n's) before the Yoke Lore concert a few weeks ago with a couple of friends. Hands down, I like Runnner way more. Glad they came/I went.

"awash" by runnner from their 2017 album awash

The Honeysticks - Out Like A Light 2

This is such an old school form of social media. I guess this has always just been an outlet for me to muse when I find something musically appealing. I've been listening to a lo-fi indie playlist and have been adding a bunch of new things.

I really enjoyed listening to this song. The way it slow transitions from a laid back acoustic to an emotional swell, the way it weaves the vocal sample in after the first verse and the way that story itself was told, the way it just feels honest and refreshing. When I share songs with people, I sometimes get the response that "it's just a song". Well, no, songs are stories; stories by people; people close to us and far away; all living life and wanting to express its significance in their own way. That's why I think, even after the many times I take breaks from this blog, I'll still end up coming back to here to list another song. It's important to keep track of these memories.

"Out Like A Light 2" by The Honeysticks, a single from 2019