My 2nd Annual Music Review
Hi Friends!
It’s finals season and I am just so over studying for biochem, so you get 2 posts from me (actually I'm publishing this first but there will be a normal post soon)! Maybe this will make up for my subpar posting schedule this year…
Anyways, about this time last year I wrote a blog about the new pop music I had taken a liking to during the semester, and it was so much fun so I’m doing it again, but this time it won’t just be “pop trash.” Starting in January of this year, I started keeping a playlist on Spotify for every month, which is pretty typical of Spotify users, but for my playlists I enacted a strict rule that the music in the playlist has to be songs I had not heard before the beginning of the month in an effort to force myself to discover new music. I tend to throw anything that catches my ear even a little on then at the end of the month I’ll move my favorites into a rotating “Keepers” playlist. Essentially this plan has worked almost too well! I almost only listen to my monthly playlists, which makes my music a lot more random than it used to be, as I never put a whole album or artist on a playlist.
What’s also weird is that because once I’m done with a month I move immediately onto an empty playlist for the next, my January playlist is pretty strictly associated to my January, my February playlist is associated with my February, and so on. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I’ve grown and changed at almost an alarming rate since coming to college, since starting this year, and even since starting this semester, and these month by month playlists make it even clearer that the person curating the January playlist is different than the person now starting the one for May. I don’t know if this is a feeling I’ve had all my life and I only notice it in the present and forget that I felt it before, but I definitely can go back and listen to my January or February playlist and feel quite the disconnect from the person listening to them in their respective months. I don’t know how I feel about this, but it’s certainly been on my mind a lot.
So anyways, I wanted to share some of my favorite new music from the past few months, as no matter the month I do love sharing music with friends :). Lmk what you’ve been listening to, or search my name on Spotify to see what I’ve been listening to!
It’s finals season and I am just so over studying for biochem, so you get 2 posts from me (actually I'm publishing this first but there will be a normal post soon)! Maybe this will make up for my subpar posting schedule this year…
Anyways, about this time last year I wrote a blog about the new pop music I had taken a liking to during the semester, and it was so much fun so I’m doing it again, but this time it won’t just be “pop trash.” Starting in January of this year, I started keeping a playlist on Spotify for every month, which is pretty typical of Spotify users, but for my playlists I enacted a strict rule that the music in the playlist has to be songs I had not heard before the beginning of the month in an effort to force myself to discover new music. I tend to throw anything that catches my ear even a little on then at the end of the month I’ll move my favorites into a rotating “Keepers” playlist. Essentially this plan has worked almost too well! I almost only listen to my monthly playlists, which makes my music a lot more random than it used to be, as I never put a whole album or artist on a playlist.
What’s also weird is that because once I’m done with a month I move immediately onto an empty playlist for the next, my January playlist is pretty strictly associated to my January, my February playlist is associated with my February, and so on. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I’ve grown and changed at almost an alarming rate since coming to college, since starting this year, and even since starting this semester, and these month by month playlists make it even clearer that the person curating the January playlist is different than the person now starting the one for May. I don’t know if this is a feeling I’ve had all my life and I only notice it in the present and forget that I felt it before, but I definitely can go back and listen to my January or February playlist and feel quite the disconnect from the person listening to them in their respective months. I don’t know how I feel about this, but it’s certainly been on my mind a lot.
So anyways, I wanted to share some of my favorite new music from the past few months, as no matter the month I do love sharing music with friends :). Lmk what you’ve been listening to, or search my name on Spotify to see what I’ve been listening to!
"Light On" by Maggie Rogers
Big fan of the whole album, but esp this song. Also she's a friend of a friend which is kinda cool?
"California" by The Band Camino
OK so this band really dominated my Feb/March, but they are a little repetitive. Also I think I've been subconsciously homesick bc a lot of CA has been making it onto my playlists
"California Cosmo" by Eddie Island
See above, lol. I think I like this one better though
"Pierre" by Ryn Weaver
This is the acoustic version, but I would also listen to the original. I like the mini stories in this one.
"Bad Self Portraits" by Lake Street Drive
Very common frisbee listen, I think because they bop but are also Boston based (?). Also recommend all their songs but "Good Kisser" is another favorite.
"Talk It Up" by Sammy Rae
Ok all I want is for this group to release more music! I don't know where I found them but I heard this song and got so excited then went to their Spotify and found just 6 songs... All of which are worth a listen. Kind of like Lake Street Drive, and generally a fan of the jazzy-vocalist in a modern setting
"Mine" by Bazzi
This list is pretty indie/folksy/alternative so I figured I'd mix it up with this short and sweet jam
"Joshua Tree" by Rozzi
Gotta love a good national park/bay area reference (see comments on CA above). I also like the simplicity of this song and also the melody.
"Cringe" by Matt Maeson
Still unsure of what this song means but I like how it sounds. This is a little in between the original and the stripped version. I like both, but the stripped one is extra haunting
"Last Night's Mascara" by Brynn Cartelli
One of those songs that isn't actually relatable but I feel like me in an alternate universe is relating hard. Not sure if that makes sense but it's how I feel. Also just learned that she won The Voice?
"Talia" by King Princess
King Princess is great and also a queer icon and also just rocks. "1950" is also a fav.
"Share Your Address" by Ben Platt
You know him from Dear Evan Hansen and Pitch Perfect, but now he has his own album! Lot's of over-dramatic songs, but his voice is just so pretty. Also this album and a lot of it's music videos are an effort to make queerness a part of art instead of a kind of art or something that needs to be talked about, so I have to be a fan
"Superhero" by Lauv
I've gotten really into Lauv's music. I used to be unsure of how I felt about electronic music, but I think that despite using a lot of nontraditional instruments Lauv puts an immense amount of musicality and emotion into his music. Other favorites are "I'm So Tired," "Paris in the Rain," and "I Like Me Better."
Yay! Okay that was fun for me at least! Again, hmu if you have any recommendations or if you really vibe with one of these!
THIS MAKES ME HAPPY! I WILL TRY TO LISTEN TO EVERYTHING
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