Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker
Let's get straight into it, with the song I've been obsessing most over lately. The confidence such an epic song like this exudes! When it rips into that synth solo at the 2-minute mark you just know that this is an artist at the height of her powers.
Amber Mark - Bliss
Continuing on the anthemic theme. it's all about the delivery, from that little breath-catching semi-pause before the title-word, to the greatest bit at 1:20:
All I really wanna do is stop time
Didn't really plan on getting this high
My soul is shining, changed my life with perfect timing
Ed Dowie ft. Robin Foster - Dear Florence
A bit more laidback than the previous two, but you can feel the nervous cycling bass is just waiting and waiting for a wordless crescendo to break out. Very much spring feels to this almost dumbly obvious and irresistible melody.Arab Strap - Fable of the Urban Fox
What? A composition about urban wildlife and hostile architecture, mixed up with heavy political undertones? Did someone write a song just for me? And then you topped it with an absolutely glorious string riff? Can't believe it's taken me this long to properly get into a Scottish national treasure. This album is the bomb. Oh, and just for form's sake: Fuck the tories, forever and ever.
Lorena Álvarez - Soy un Olmo
Waiting for a new Clandestino season to begin, I think back to a wonderful gig with wine glasses, nylon string guitars and elegant dresses on stage in a little rural community hall last summer. Smiles all around. I'm an elm, don't ask me for pears!
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