Love Dies Young ❤️🔥
Love Dies Young ❤️🔥
Shuffle Sundays #48 • Really From, Of Monsters and Men, Foo Fighters, Grammys, Adele, Bloc Party, Mick Rock, & more!
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This week we’re listening to a band masterfully blending indie-rock with jazz and emo, watching new videos from an Icelandic folk-rock band and one of America’s favorite arena rock bands, celebrating the life and work of one of the most legendary music photographers, checking out some new music released this past week, and more. Enjoy the read!
🎧 Soundtrack: Kaytranada - Intimidated
💽 » Really From - Really From
indie rock, emo, math rock, jazz • 9 songs • 34 minutes
Really From is the third studio album of the Boston-based band of the same name1. Although they refer to their own sound as "indie jazz”, their music is just so much more than that. The first thing that caught my attention back in March of 2021, when the record was released, was the beautiful and intriguing album art. Being someone that loves to try new music purely by enjoying the artwork, I can’t say how excited I got when I first listened to this one. Really Form opens up with an atmospheric piano ballad accompanied by the beautiful voice of vocalist-keyboardist Michi Tassey, and slowly starts adding layers of what will then become a jazz-infused mixture of many elements that composes the band’s unique style. And even though at times there seems to be a lot going on at the same time, it never becomes overwhelming or pretentious, as it could easily be the case. And yeah, I’m a sucker for the sound of the trumpet, so this was a no-brainer to me!
Listen on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube
📺 » Of Monsters and Men - Phantom
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their beloved debut album My Head Is An Animal, Icelandic indie folk-rock band Of Monsters and Men is releasing a commemorative version on the album with some previously unreleased tracks. One of them is Phantom, a delicate ballad that will bring you straight back to the sound that made them popular worldwide 10 years ago. On the same note, the music video takes us back in time to their gorgeous animated enigmatic characters, which populated especially the videos from the first two records. A true throwback to their origins!
Watch the video on YouTube
📺 » Foo Fighters - Love Dies Young
Love them or hate them, the Foo Fighters have always had a great taste for funny music videos, and this is not an exception. In Love Dies Young, the latest single from the 2021 dancing album Medicine at Midnight, we follow everybody’s favorite coach Ted Lasso Jason Sudeikis coaching a very interesting and unexpected synchronized swimming team. The last part might be just a little bit over the top, but you just have to agree that it is a very fun(ny) video to watch, for a song that it’s not one of the best in the album, but that definitely grows when paired with the visuals.
Watch the video on YouTube
🔀 » Shuffle News
• The nominees for the Grammys 2022 are out with a few interesting names in the mix, but mostly just the same artists nominated in most of the categories, which is a shame, to say the least. See the full list here.
• A new album from Adele is always a big event in the music industry, no matter how good it is. And even though I didn’t enjoy 30 as much as I was anticipating, it already became 2021’s best-selling album in the US, after only 3 days out.
• Bloc Party, one of the most interesting bands from the early 2000s rock revival, is back with a brand and great new single called Traps, which will be featured in their recently announced upcoming 6th studio album Alpha Games, out in April 2022. Listen to Traps here.
⚡️ » Visual Inspiration
Rest In Peace legendary photographer Mick Rock, who became famous for photographing iconic names in the music industry such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, and many many others. Check out his website or Instagram for more. Here are some favorites:
🎶 » New Music
This week’s new albums I'm particularly interested in checking out:
Also, new singles from Years & Years, Pvris, Aurora, 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:
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The first two albums were released while they were still called As People Like You.