Finding My Way 🎶
Finding My Way 🎶
Shuffle Sundays #30 • Rodrigo Amarante, Paul McCartney, Beck, Coldplay, The Killers, Billie Eilish, and more!
Hello and welcome to Shuffle Sundays, a weekly newsletter with music recommendations to help you find your next obsession.
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🎧 Soundtrack: Giovani Cidreira - Nebulosa Baby
💽 » Rodrigo Amarante - Drama
8 years after releasing his debut solo album, Rodrigo Amarante is finally back with another full-length release. While Cavalo (2013) was heavily influenced by Amarante’s immigrant life in Los Angeles, where he moved to after the massive success with his band Los Hermanos, Drama (2021), sounds like a much more cohesive effort to finding his own identity as a solo artist. The self-titled opening track serves as a prelude to what we’ll experience throughout the record, which sees Amarante switching back and forth in between English and Portuguese (his native language), with extreme naturality.
My favorite track (so far) is Tara, a lovely old-school samba that is both minimal and grandiose at the same time.
Listen on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
📺 » Paul McCartney & Beck - Find My Way
Super fun and trippy music video for Find My Way, a reinterpretation of the track of the same title, originally heard at McCartney III (2020), here reimagined and featuring Beck as a guest, as part of McCartney III Reimagined (2021). Good luck trying to remain still through this delicious funk!
🔀 » Shuffle News:
🎹 • Coldplay announced their upcoming album, Music of The Spheres, to be released on October 15th, and my expectations just went from 0 to 100 after watching this album trailer and then listening to the epic 10-min new single Coloratura.
💽 • The Killers is also back with their new album, Pressure Machine, to be released on August 13, only one year after releasing the great Imploding the Mirage (2020). You can watch the album trailer here.
🎥 • Billie Eilish announced a concert film, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez, to accompany here highly anticipated sophomore album Happier Than Ever, out next Friday. The film will be released on September 3rd on Disney+.
🎶 » New Music:
This week’s new albums I'm particularly interested in checking out:
Also, new tracks from James Blake, Adriana Calcanhotto, Thrice, Marcelo Perdido, half•alive, Shyamala, and many more. If you’re curious to hear some of these songs and more, make sure to follow my 2021 playlist on Spotify, updated weekly with new releases:
👋🏼 See you next Sunday!
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