{"id":8233,"date":"2020-02-07T09:25:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2020-02-07T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:26:00","slug":"music-update-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/music-update-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, January 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been adding songs to this playlist for nearly two months\nnow \u2013 since I wrapped up my <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2rzP6ZS\">top 100 songs of\n2019<\/a> list \u2013 which, of course, led me to procrastinate writing and posting\nit, since it was getting long. I&#8217;ve trimmed it to a manageable level, and it&#8217;s more\nmetal-heavy than most of my playlists, although those songs are (as usual) all\nat the end. You can listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2vOn69kl1C3oV5Uzu7AMk4?si=Flafao0eSQ-o0sp4yBA_qQ\">the\nSpotify playlist<\/a> here if you can&#8217;t see the widget below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Klaw&amp;apos;s January 2020 new music playlist\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/2vOn69kl1C3oV5Uzu7AMk4?si=E94WmqFmTUuEfXM2k8fIEQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Naked and Famous \u2013 Sunseeker. <\/strong>One side of a single\nwith &#8220;Bury Us,&#8221; the New Zealand group&#8217;s first new music since 2018,\nand their first since founding keyboardist Aaron Short (now of The Space Above)\nleft the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ten F\u00e9 \u2013 Heaven Sent Me. <\/strong>Ten F\u00e9 are absurdly\nprolific; they&#8217;ve released two albums in the last two calendar years, then put\nout another two-track single with this and &#8220;Candidate&#8221; right before\nChristmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pure Reason Revolution \u2013 Silent Genesis.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve\nincluded the edited version of this track, which runs over 10 minutes on the\nprog-rock duo&#8217;s upcoming album <em>Eupnea<\/em>, their first since they reformed\nin 2019 after an eight-year hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tame Impala \u2013 Lost in Yesterday<\/strong>. Kevin Parker&#8217;s\nfourth studio album, <em>The Slow Rush<\/em>, comes out on Valentine&#8217;s Day,\nfeaturing this rather poppy track and all the singles Parker released last\nyear, including &#8220;Borderline.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Districts \u2013 Cheap Regrets<\/strong>. The Districts&#8217; songs\nto date have mostly been garage rock tracks, but this has an undeniable\nelectronic dance influence that makes it the most interesting thing they&#8217;ve put\nout so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Working Men&#8217;s Club \u2013 Teeth<\/strong>. This Manchester trio released\nthis first single since they signed with a record label back in November, and\nit marks a turn towards darker new wave sounds akin to Joy Division or Sisters\nof Mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>of Montreal \u2013 Polyaneurism<\/strong>. I haven&#8217;t liked much of\nwhat I&#8217;ve heard from of Montreal&#8217;s latest album, <em>UR FUN<\/em>, but this song is\na bouncy, faintly ridiculous indie-pop track, even with Kevin Barnes&#8217; weirdly\nannoying vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grimes &#8211; 4<\/strong><strong>\u00c6M<\/strong>. I think we&#8217;re just going to\nhave to see what c, formerly known as Claire Boucher, has in store for us on <em>Miss\nAnthropocene<\/em>, due out in two weeks; the five singles she&#8217;s released so far\nhave been a mixed bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sl<\/strong><strong>\u00f8tface \u2013 Tap the pack<\/strong>. These\nNorwegian punk-popsters just released their second album, <em>Sorry for the Late\nReply<\/em>, full of more energetic bangers with clever lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Khruangbin with Leon Bridges \u2013 C-side<\/strong>. This\ncollaboration is one of four tracks featuring the Texas avant-garde trio and\nsinger Bridges on the <em>Texas Sun<\/em> EP, released today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artificial Pleasure \u2013 Into the Unknown (Pt. Two)<\/strong>. I\nhad to move this away from the Working Men&#8217;s Club track because they mine such\nsimilar darkwave territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HUMANIST feat. Dave Gahan \u2013 Shock Collar<\/strong>. Yep, that\nis indeed Depeche Mode frontman Gahan on Rob Marshall&#8217;s HUMANIST project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Amazons \u2013 Howlin<\/strong>. <em>Introducing \u2026 The Amazons<\/em>\nis a new 12-track record with B-sides, acoustic versions, and three previously\nunreleased tracks, including this one, which would have fit well on their last\nalbum <em>Future Dust<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thematic \u2013 Dirt and Chains<\/strong>. Progressive metal in a\ndigestible song length! How novel. Their new album, <em>Skyrunner<\/em>, occasionally\ndevolves into full-throated extreme-metal screaming, but when they avoid that the\nmusic is pretty compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toundra \u2013 I. Akt (edit). <\/strong>I&#8217;mprettymuch\nall in on anything this Madrid instrumental\/progressive metal act releases,\neven when the songs are eight minutes long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>British Lion \u2013 The Burning<\/strong>. British Lion is the side\nproject of Iron Maiden bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris, and this song\nis a definite throwback to Maiden&#8217;s heyday musically, although it&#8217;ll never\nreally sound like Maiden without Bruce Dickinson or a facsimile thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Demons &amp; Wizards<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Diabolic. <\/strong>Another side\nproject, this one with members of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian, with a name\ntaken from a Uriah Heep song. It&#8217;s also eight minutes long, but there&#8217;s some\ngreat vintage &#8217;80s guitar riffing once you get through the slow open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carcass \u2013 Under the Scalpel Blade<\/strong>. The greatest melodic\ndeath metal band ever is back, with their first new music in seven years, although\nthis lead single isn&#8217;t as precise as 2013&#8217;s <em>Surgical Steel<\/em> and sounds a\nbit more like pre-<em>Heartwork <\/em>Carcass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testament \u2013 Night of the Witch<\/strong>. The Pete Best of 1980s\nthrash bands, Testament is still going with their own blend of vintage speed\nmetal and elements of more contemporary extreme metal; I&#8217;m just here for the\nriffing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been adding songs to this playlist for nearly two months now \u2013 since I wrapped up my top 100 songs of 2019 list \u2013 which, of course, led me to procrastinate writing and posting it, since it was getting long. 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