April Amplified

Here’s what’s been stimulating my ear holes this month:

• Handbook on How to Stay Alive - Look Mum No Computer
  Sam is killing it with this the 90’s Europop vibe on this. 

• I’m Not Okay (I Promise) - First to Eleven (My Chemical Romance Cover)
  Always a fan of a cover and always a fan of this song - what’s not to like?!

• The Beths: Tiny Desk Concert
  So nice that these folks got a Tiny Desk. Expert In A Dying Field is perfect. 

• Talk - beabadoobee
  This song sounds so tight - and also sounds like it could have been on the Empire Records soundtrack. 

• Emily I’m Sorry - Boygenius
  I realise at this point of my month’s listening that I might be a teenager… but the production on this track is on point.

• Exhausting Lover - Ben Folds
  It’s nice to have Ben back, especially with something that sounds like it’s from a musical, has elements of Hamilton and has a very nifty sounding harmonium/organ thing at the start.

• Blemishes - LIES
  Is it weird that I like this because it has a Jonnie Common vibe?

• Close Call - Brownbear
  Love a “do do dooo” chorus!

• Timezone - Måneskin
  As with much of this (pretty awesome) album, the lyrics are provocative and the beat is catchy. Read Your Diary and La Fine are also highlights.

• Big Train - Mike Watt
  I hadn’t even heard that there was a band that had Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear in it until this month - how?!

• Airborne Panic Attack - October Drift
  Probably my album of the month - loving this sound!

• Summers Magic - Mark Summers (from The World’s End)
  The World’s End seriously stands a rewatch - loved it. 

• Movement 6 - Erland Cooper, Scottish Ensemble, Simon Armitage
  One of those songs that I heard on the radio and immediately rushed to listen through a few more times.