My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 25):
https://youtu.be/0rFVVzavii0
1. MJ Lenderman – "She's Leaving You". I love Lenderman's melodic hooks and his laconic singing. Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield sings harmony and, as on her song "Right Back To It", they sound amazing together. "It falls apart / we all got work to do." #music
https://youtu.be/UWgA0HVs2Ys
2. Lutalo – "Ocean Swallows Him Whole". Lutalo is a Vermont-based indie folkie; here he picks up the hypnotic sonics of UK indie rock for this slinky, stuttering track. "Ocean's going to see who you were all along". #music
https://youtu.be/MFUMy1hwdwg
3. Local Natives – "Camera Shy". This song hooked me with that flanged guitar that pulses through it (much like "Help You Ann" by The Lyres hooked me with it 40 years ago), and the rest of the package delivers on that promise. #music
https://youtu.be/gN3tuitU3ac
5. Peel Dream Magazine – "Lie in the Gutter". With this song, Peel Dream Magazine hits that same sweet spot that Stereolab used to be able to reach back in the '90s. If you were there, you know the one. #music
https://youtu.be/t9TbTMrr6JY
4. Allegra Krieger – "Never Arriving". I keep picturing a scenario involving Allegra Krieger, a lost track by members of Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, and possibly a time machine, to explain the felicitous existence of this song. #music