May In Song

A month filled with fun and absolute chaotic upheaval. And some amazing tunes.

• Greatness Waitress - Fishboy

  Oh wow oh wow. The Waitsgiving album is a thing of perfection - I’d love to see Fishboy live! (Please come to the UK!) Album of my year so far.

• Learn & Get Back live - Margaret Glaspy

  Margaret has such a powerful voice! And to have busted out this album in just 3 days using a lot of first takes and rehearsal takes captures a rawness. “I don’t like to be in the studio for long. I like to take a photo of the song and where the performance is at, and then get out as fast as possible.” Act Natural is so great too.

• 1974 - McDonalds Jingle

  “Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun.”

• RITUAL (evocation) - Jon Hopkins

  A giant of a tune. The 30th of August album launch is a long time to wait… but I’ll be here waiting!

• Loved - Four Tet

  Late night walking home through the pre-dawn mist and then discovering that you can see sound vibes. Daydream Repeat is dancy whilst somewhat cloudy. Nice album.

• The Flat and Paper Sky - Feldspar

  The bass in the choir is lush! Randomly refound this band and still heartbroken for them that they can make such fab music and have so little a following.

• Blessin’ Me - Red Hearse

  Always a nice surprise to find old music by an artist. Red Hearse have made a glorious album. And the chord progressions in Blessin’ Me and Half Love are 100% Bleachers! (Read Hearse the song sounds a lot like Young Fathers). I love the look of the live performances - for a fully electronic band, it’s very raw and improvised.

• Reckless - St. Vincent

  The crash beat towards the end is awesome!

• Avant Gardener - Courtney Barnett

  The lyrics on this track are fire.

• we fell in love in october - girl in red

  This song pops up on playlists every now and then and I’m reminded how much I love it - especially the muted guitar tone.

• Wet - Dazey and the Scouts

  Punk with a 50s vibe.

• Lunch - Billie Eilish

  A proper earworm.

• effortlessly - Loops & Loops

  Gorgeously rich tones on this… it sounds effortless.

• Tales From The Loop (solo piano version) - Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan

  The soundtrack envokes a beautiful melancholia and the new solo piano version is the ultimate take on it. Another contender for most-listened to album of the year already.

• A Shared Sense Of Purpose - Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan

  Truly gutted to have discovered there’s a gig in Edinburgh on the day that the gig is happening and I can’t go. :( This album is a work of art.

• HELLO - ATARASHII GAKKO!

  Punky J-Pop.