{"id":8471,"date":"2020-06-11T09:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=8471"},"modified":"2020-06-11T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:09:32","slug":"music-update-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/music-update-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, May 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month&#8217;s playlist is as long as usual, but the writeup is shorter because of the draft. I thought it was a pretty solid month for new music though, including several tracks I think will end up near the top of my year-end ranking. If you can&#8217;t see the widget below you <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/0WElOH360uVoVTfelSEMSh?si=LcKwbClhRI-AaDOGF6FSmg\">can access the playlist here<\/a>.<\/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 May 2020 music update\" 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\/0WElOH360uVoVTfelSEMSh?si=JgJsnF45QaiSMehicAU03A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Eddy featuring Jorja Smith \u2013 Kiss Me in the Morning. <\/strong>I\nhaven&#8217;t seen <em>The Eddy<\/em>, the jazz-themed Netflix show from Damien\nChazelle, but this song features the Grammy-nominated Jorja Smith, whose <em>Lost\n&amp; Found<\/em> was one of my favorite albums of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Khruangbin \u2013 So We Won&#8217;t Forget. <\/strong>I have loved both\nsingles from their forthcoming album <em>Mordechai<\/em>, due out on June 26<sup>th<\/sup>,\nas they seem like the trio are approaching their artistic peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oasis \u2013 Don&#8217;t Stop (Demo).<\/strong> It feels like this track,\na previously unreleased demo recently rediscovered by Noel Gallagher, first\nresurfaced six months ago, rather than about six weeks ago. It&#8217;s very vintage\nOasis, which is a good thing in my book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fontaines D.C. \u2013 A Hero&#8217;s Death.<\/strong> There&#8217;s something\nabout the line &#8220;Life ain&#8217;t always empty,&#8221; which these retro-punks\nrepeat throughout the song, during this of all seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Little Simz \u2013 might bang, might not. <\/strong>I was a little\nlet down by Little Simz&#8217; EP <em>Drop 6<\/em>, given how great her 2019 <em>GREY\nArea<\/em> was, but she&#8217;s still a great rapper and rises above the less\ninteresting music on the new record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Everything Everything \u2013 Arch Enemy. <\/strong>This lead single\nfrom their upcoming album <em>Re-Animator<\/em> \u2013 due out in August \u2013 is very E2,\nsoaring, ambitious, and slightly manic in its instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maisie Peters \u2013 The List.<\/strong> I&#8217;m still waiting for the world\nto catch on to Peters, who just turned 20 in May and already has several\nincredible pop songs to her credit. This isn&#8217;t quite at the heights of &#8220;The\nBest I&#8217;ll Ever Sing,&#8221; but it&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ten F\u00e9 \u2013 Nothing Breaks Like a Heart.<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t even\nrealize this was a cover of the Mark Ronson\/Miley Cyrus song because they&#8217;ve so\ncompletely changed the song, turning into a haunting acoustic number that&#8217;s\nalmost dirge-like with its funereal vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>San Cisco \u2013 On the Line. <\/strong>Even San Cisco&#8217;s lesser singles still have great hooks, like this one, which, like most of their best songs, has Scarlett Stevens sharing some of the vocal duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LA Priest \u2013 Beginnings. <\/strong>When I first heard this\ntrack, I was sure it was something from the former lead singer of Wild Beasts,but it&#8217;s actually Sam Dust, whose second album <em>Gene<\/em> just dropped\nlast week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spielbergs \u2013 Go! <\/strong>This track, part of Adult Swim&#8217;s\nsingles series, captures this Norwegian band at their frenetic best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Mysterines \u2013 I Win Every Time.<\/strong> The Mysterines\nshould be stars by now, with great rock hooks and Lia Metcalfe&#8217;s snarling,\nriveting vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Naked and Famous \u2013 Death.<\/strong> I mean, maybe now\nwasn&#8217;t the right time to release a song so explicitly about confronting our\nmortality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disclosure \u2013 ENERGY. <\/strong>Disclosure burst on the scene\nwith 2013&#8217;s &#8220;When a Fire Starts to Burn,&#8221; which featured a sample of\npreacher and motivational speaker Eric Thomas; they went back to the well for this\ntitle track from their upcoming album, using more of Thomas&#8217; words as the vocals\nabove music that absolutely lives up to the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black Orchid Empire \u2013 Natural Selection.<\/strong> I wasn&#8217;t\nfamiliar with BOE before, but this is my kind of metal, with big, muscular\nriffs, and a real melody in the vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caligula&#8217;s Horse \u2013 Valkyrie.<\/strong> Progressive metal from\nthe Australian band&#8217;s newest album, <em>Rise Radiant<\/em>, released on May 22<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s playlist is as long as usual, but the writeup is shorter because of the draft. 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