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article #MusicMonday Review - December 2021 in The Blog Vault https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-December-2021/ba-p/5326114 <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct/label-name/musicmonday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#MusicMonday</A> <EM>is the hashtag I've been using for quite a while to share music recommendations from up-and-coming artists. Always fresh, and always different, trying to look for trends before they become one. You can check</EM> <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-November-2021/ba-p/5310942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">That's it. The end of the year. This month's music sums up what this blog is all about: eclectic genres, multiple themes, lots of locations, and different languages, with quality all over<EM>.</EM> Let's have a listen, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>Last Hounds – Balaclava</STRONG></DIV> <P> </P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="lasthounds.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136910i49B5966859421A6A/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="lasthounds.jpg" alt="lasthounds.jpg" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>The world feels like a restless place</EM><BR /><EM>We’re digging graves just to save our own space</EM><BR /><EM>We’re too deep, we lose feet</EM><BR /><EM>Now we’re sinking underwater</EM><BR /><EM>We’ll be gone for weeks</EM><BR /><EM>I’m so scared because I know I’m going down</EM><BR /><EM>So I’ll lift my head up and take a breath to drown</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="">No better way to start the last month of the year than to listen to a hard hitting, arena shaking, Hardcore track from <SPAN class="">Birmingham, UK. Take it until you’re satisfied</SPAN>: </SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I loved the idea of having a track that felt like it was made to be played in an arena setting, a big crowd pleaser. Equally the idea of removing the face of yourself that you feel holds you back went hand in hand to the idea of the song. Don’t be afraid to start again and go bigger. A big song required a big meaning."</P> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3x9TaYjQsWXs8GXj0SPppM:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3x9TaYjQsWXs8GXj0SPppM:small</A></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>Cafeína Gris – Huracán</STRONG></DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="cafeinagris.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136911iA6C3F2F60BAF581D/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="cafeinagris.jpg" alt="cafeinagris.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>Tan poca honestidad</EM><BR /><EM>Y tanta vanidad</EM><BR /><EM>Imposible oír al corazón</EM><BR /><EM>No es mi voluntad</EM><BR /><EM>Sin sensibilizarme</EM><BR /><EM>Terminar el juego de los dos</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Y no pudimos evitarlo</EM><BR /><EM>Al cegarlo entre los dos</EM><BR /><EM>Como si fuera un huracán</EM><BR /><EM>A los dos nos arrastro</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Sinaloa, Mexico, is the place where this band finds the inspiration to bring us some Melodic Pop that drags you, as if it were a hurricane:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Hurricane</EM> was born from the moment you realize that a relationship will no longer be able to move forward, that between one thing and another both are lost and forget why you are together. Although it is not a sad song, we did want to impregnate a melancholic touch on it."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0SzmJhslxqVDvZik2R0SgQ:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0SzmJhslxqVDvZik2R0SgQ:small</A>  </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Feral Family – Save It For The Day</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="feralfamily.jpg" style="width: 247px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136913iC0DF6C66B0B6AB77/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="feralfamily.jpg" alt="feralfamily.jpg" /></span>If it's danger up ahead</EM></P> </DIV> <DIV><EM>Remain indoors</EM><BR /> <P><EM>What you think you'll find</EM></P> <P><EM>Nothing I wanna try</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">We move to Yorkshire, in the UK, for an Alt. Post-Punk bass heavy, dark, sonically raw, in-your-face track. Don't let it hold you back:</P> <P> </P> <P>"It took a while for it to fully form, I made it in a complete different way to how I approach making music.</P> <P> </P> <P>Once the bass line was set in the track, then it was just a case of having to fit the right pieces were needed to form the tune.</P> <P> </P> <P>There was quite a few different versions of this song before we were happy with where the song was going."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0Gf0LygZRfadJf7BfP1PIr:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0Gf0LygZRfadJf7BfP1PIr:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>ZieM – El cuarto</STRONG></DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="ziem.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136914i715791BAEEECF6D4/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="ziem.jpg" alt="ziem.jpg" /></span><SPAN class="">Y al venir aquí, te di</SPAN></EM></P> <P><EM><SPAN class="">la llave para abrir en mi</SPAN></EM></P> <P><EM><SPAN class="">razón de existir.</SPAN></EM></P> <P><EM><SPAN class="">no cabe duda</SPAN></EM></P> <P><EM><SPAN class="">que estoy para ti</SPAN></EM></P> <P> </P> <P>For our last track of the year, let's move to Medellín, Colombia for a song about a place where souls can come together, and may always stay there:</P> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It's a very funny story because I organized a writing session with Niel (the other co-writer) and we decided to use this really old practice room at the University where I teach.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><BR />We were looking for a topic for the song, a story to tell, but we were stuck going over the same old boring ideas; we were looking for something fresh; and suddenly he told me as a joke: "let's make a song about this practice room" and he started laughing but this phrase opened a door in my mind and I told him: "you know? That's not a bad idea. We can compare this room to somebody's heart that used to be abandoned and boring but suddenly somebody arrived and changed it all around"</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><BR />That's how we used that old room as a metaphor for love.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><BR />After having this topic in mind, I think that the song just started happening while being influenced by feelings and emotions that we both have experienced along the way."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4gKERUnEuJ3zXXj794jtPC:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4gKERUnEuJ3zXXj794jtPC:small</A> </P> <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>#MusicMonday 2021<BR /></STRONG></DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">What a way to finish the year! We say goodbye to 2021 with this year's compilation. 103 titles from original artists covering plenty of different genres, all representing the multiple trends independent artists are proud to establish<SPAN class="">. Have a listen:<BR /></SPAN></P> <DIV class="lia-align-right"><FONT size="2"><EM> </EM></FONT></DIV> <P><A href="spotify:playlist:7BbYaMoNZ14pUxMWXlzvDh:small" target="_self">spotify:playlist:7BbYaMoNZ14pUxMWXlzvDh:small</A></P> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P><STRONG>Preview 2022 and much more on the complete Playlist</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:user:osornios:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P" target="_self">spotify:user:osornios:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P</A></P> <P> </P> <P>See you next month!</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:08:42 GMT osornios 2023-03-22T13:08:42Z #MusicMonday Review - December 2021 https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-December-2021/ba-p/5326114 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Music Blogs 1.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/154093i26168B0F5F0D670D/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Music Blogs 1.png" alt="Music Blogs 1.png" /></span></P> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:08:42 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-December-2021/ba-p/5326114 osornios 2023-03-22T13:08:42Z