01/24 - I Got The World, So I'll Be Fine

Welcome to the 15th year of Top 5!!! And apparently this year is GREEN! The world is still looking horrific, but I'm making an effort to start the year on an energetic, mostly positive note here:

Mina - Nessuno   

Social media is not always a hellscape. One day the instagram feed threw this fantastic video into my face, unbid for but welcome. Irresistible: the ompa-ompa-rhythm, Chet Baker in a bathtub for no reason at all, and the impossibly charming Mina. Fingersnapping is coming back, I'm telling you.

 

 

Sofia Kourtesis - Si Te Portas Bonito   

This is the time of the year when I catch with last year's releases. This album's a standout with gorgeously produced, hard to place, dance music. Expect more tracks from this on future lists.

 

 

Fever Ray - What They Call Us

Not sure what it is, but this song gives me the absolute shivers. Karin Dreijer never misses.

My plan was flexible
Don't get stuck anywhere

Youth Lagoon - Prizefighter

Every now and then, there's a perfect melody discovered in the ether. This chorus is like a gravitational centre that draws me in every time.

Jessie Ware - Begin Again

Followers of this blog (who am I kidding? I'm writing this for myself) will know that I am a sucker for crescendoing pop songs. And this banger from the latest Jessie Ware album is almost up there with Love On Top and Love Again. The ending is pure overindulgence in soaring strings, brass and backing vocals and it really, really works on me.