{"id":9509,"date":"2022-07-04T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9509"},"modified":"2022-07-03T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T23:50:37","slug":"music-update-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/04\/music-update-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Music update, June 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have a bunch of comebacks this month, with bands I liked once upon a time returning either in reality or just to my radar because they put out something great in June. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2GalAVlpd198vP4gk1DKVf?si=98385583455e497a\">access the playlist here<\/a> if you can\u2019t see the Spotify widget below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Klaw&amp;apos;s June 2022 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\/2GalAVlpd198vP4gk1DKVf?si=684843a418414425&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editors \u2013 Karma Climb.<\/strong> This is the best New Order song in 21 years. (Editors are not New Order, and this is the second single ahead of their seventh album, <em>EBM<\/em>, due out in September.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Beths \u2013 Silence is Golden.<\/strong> The Beths have had some great tracks over their four years of releasing music, with a lot of punk influences in their power-pop formula, but the music here is as close to straight metal as they\u2019ve ever veered \u2013 and it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talk Show \u2013 Cold House.<\/strong> Talk Show gets labeled as post-punk, or new wave punk, but their music is more darkwave with far less of a punk influence than any of the reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jungle \u2013 GOOD TIMES.<\/strong> Jungle\u2019s already back with a two-track single less than a year after <em>Loving in Stereo<\/em> dropped, with this the better (and more uptempo) of the two songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Automatic \u2013 Skyscraper. <\/strong>Now <em>this<\/em> is post-punk new wave.Automatic was new to me before this track, although their newest album, <em>Excess<\/em>, was their sophomore release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Queen Colobus \u2013 Think Fast. <\/strong>Welsh vocalist\/saxophonist Beth Hopkins leads Queen Colobus, mixing jazz with indie\/alternative rock, as if Dry Cleaning or Yard Act merged with Sons of Kemet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CVC \u2013 Docking the Pay.<\/strong> Another Welsh band \u2013 I swear this is a coincidence \u2013 CVC might be most notable for wiping all their old music from streaming platforms, so right now all there is from them are two songs, this and \u201cWinston.\u201d This new single combines an electronic beat that reminds me of a HAERTS track with vocals that might be from a drinking song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inhaler \u2013 These Are the Days. <\/strong>Bono\u2019s son \u2013 I guess at some point I should stop calling him that \u2013 and his band keep churning out solid alt-rock singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Aces \u2013 Girls Make Me Wanna Die.<\/strong> I\u2019d lost track of Aces after their first single, \u201cStuck,\u201d made my <a href=\"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/15\/top-100-songs-of-2016\/\">top songs of 2016<\/a> playlist, because I didn\u2019t find the debut album as catchy, but this has that same pop energy with better production values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sl\u00f8tface \u2013 Come hell or whatever.<\/strong> Sl\u00f8tface has gone from a band to a one-woman operation, with singer\/songwriter Haley Shea the only remaining member, and this the first new single from her as the new Sl\u00f8tface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bartees Strange \u2013 Wretched. <\/strong>Strange\u2019s second album, <em>Farm to Table<\/em>, is a big step forward, expanding his repertoire of genres and reducing the influence of the National on his overall sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preoccupations \u2013 Ricochet. <\/strong>A welcome return for these Canadian post-punks, whose fourth album, <em>Arrangements<\/em>, is due out in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kid Kapichi \u2013 Rob the Supermarket.<\/strong> Kid Kapichi had two singles this month, this rocker, which could fit very well on their debut album <em>This Time Next Year<\/em>, and the extra-biting acoustic track \u201cParty at Number 10,\u201d the subject of which should be quite evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>beabadoobee \u2013 10:36. <\/strong>Beabadoobee does Sunflower Bean? This is a delightfully sunny pop track, leading into her second album, <em>Beatopia<\/em>, due out on July 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FKA twigs \u2013 killer. <\/strong>Yet another new track from FKA twigs, separate from her <em>Caprisongs<\/em> mixtape, and I think more in line with the music from <em>magdalena<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s dangerous to be a woman in love\u201d can have so many meanings here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dry Cleaning \u2013 Don\u2019t Press Me.<\/strong> I don\u2019t love Dry Cleaning\u2019s flat and very forward-produced vocals, but they get this great Wire\/Magazine vibe when they let it rip, as they do on this lead single from their sophomore album, <em>Stumpwork<\/em>, due out in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christine and the Queens \u2013 Je te vois enfin.<\/strong> This is the first new track from Christine and the Queens since last fall, and introduces the \u201cRedcar\u201d persona, although whether that means anything for the music remains to be seen. It\u2019s in a similar musical vein to \u201cI disappear in your arms,\u201d one of my favorite tracks of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kiwi jr. \u2013 Unspeakable Things.<\/strong> Man that organ riff with its one chromatic tone is pretty great, harkening back to the brief moment in the mid-aughts when emo was listenable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La Luz \u2013 San Fernando Shadow Blues.<\/strong> I assume this is the theme to the next James Bond movie, which will star the as-yet unnamed actor skeet-surfing in the opening scenes to save the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Porcupine Tree \u2013 Rats Return.<\/strong> Closure\/Continuation marks Porcupine Tree\u2019s return after a 13-year absence from recording, including this heavy, Rush-like rocker and last year\u2019s single \u201cHarridan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soilwork \u2013 Nous Sommes la Guerre<\/strong>. New prog metal from a Swedish band I typically associate with more extreme sounds, but here we get only clean vocals and a very melodic synth line driving the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a bunch of comebacks this month, with bands I liked once upon a time returning either in reality or just to my radar because they put out something great in June. You can access the playlist here if you can\u2019t see the Spotify widget below. Editors \u2013 Karma Climb. 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