My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 38):
https://youtu.be/tQjcGbaABgE
1. The Soundcarriers – "The City Was". A sonic portal opened up to suck you directly back to 1966 or '7: fuzzed-out guitars, trippy organ and druggy lyrics like "the days only go to one place: to the place where the city was". #music
https://youtu.be/poO4oicbPw8
2. Blossoms – "I Like Your Look". Mod disco from Manchester band's fifth album "Gary". "I'm suiting insouciant finery". #music
https://youtu.be/b4uOvP-sqBY
3. Haley Heynderickx – "Foxglove". Second single from her new album is another '60s-inflected folk/pop gem. #music
https://youtu.be/SnCToK4Jw7w
5. Suzanne Vega – "Rats". If you had told me back in 1984 that in 30 years' time, Suzanne Vega would be writing post-apocalyptic punk songs about vermin, I'd have said, "Who's Suzanne Vega?" since I didn't start listening to her sophisticated folk/pop until about 1987. #music
https://oldmillioneye.bandcamp.com/track/sister-rock
4. Old Million Eye – "Sister Rock". Old Million Eye's music is as uncanny and enigmatic as a dream. It all makes perfect sense as you float along through it, yet when it's over, it becomes elusive, ungraspable to the conscious mind. Luckily, unlike a dream, you can listen to it again (and again). #music