https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/ba-p/5233610 <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&nbsp;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-May-2021/ba-p/5221760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Half of 2021 has already passed, and, although the are not many releases this time of the year, we've been able to squeeze a selection of very interesting introspective tracks. Let's have a listen, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV><STRONG>Meena - It's Okay To Be Tired</STRONG></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="meena.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/131158i482CC87E297A2660/image-dimensions/303x310?v=v2" width="303" height="310" role="button" title="meena.jpg" alt="meena.jpg" /></span>know yourself, from knowing others too</EM><BR /><EM>it's okay if you can't think things through</EM><BR /><EM>when sad get help</EM><BR /><EM>be your friends glue</EM><BR /><EM>take care of you body, it takes care of you</EM><BR /><EM>it's okay to be tired</EM><BR /><EM>just look at you</EM><BR /><EM>and if you don't want to follow these rules then, that's cool too</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="">"Play as loud as possible." This is the advice we get from Manchester, UK. with this great track where the starting verse builds on the advice you should remember to give yourself: </SPAN></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P>"the track was inspired by thinking of what I would say to myself if I met myself at a younger age :)"</P> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5p9DBlDbZxNAKnyznABNfQ:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5p9DBlDbZxNAKnyznABNfQ:small</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV><STRONG>Civil - Paracaidas</STRONG></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="civil.jpg" style="width: 271px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/131159i91A1318960D900E3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="civil.jpg" alt="civil.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Te acordarás de mi?</EM><BR /><EM>Se esfumó el disfraz</EM><BR /><EM>No voy a repetir </EM><BR /><EM>Lo que deje atrás </EM><BR /><EM>Y me enciendes</EM><BR /><EM>me desgarras</EM><BR /><EM>hueso y plastilina </EM><BR /><EM>Y me elevas, me desarmas sin paracaidas.<BR /></EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>From San Antonio, TX., it's <EM>learn from your past mistakes</EM> in pure Latin Pop Rock style. Just remember, this time I'm not going to fall:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"Paracaidas talks about betrayal.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P>Trusting the wrong person and making sure you don't make the same mistakes and finally being over those mistakes. It's a song about freedom from yourself and being able to recognize that we are human and accepting failure and moving on.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This was based on my past experiences which were close to when we wrote it back in march of 2020."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5USzUFWk8rGYWm2erwNQHf:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5USzUFWk8rGYWm2erwNQHf:small</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Fashion Week - Deja Vu</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="fashionweek.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/131160i14188DA822F1AD1E/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="fashionweek.jpg" alt="fashionweek.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Feels like I've been here before</EM><BR /><EM>Stuck inside a revolving door</EM><BR /><EM>Kill me once and kill me some more</EM><BR /><EM>I can't be alone with you</EM></P> <P><EM>It's like deja vu</EM><BR /><EM>I can't get away from you</EM><BR /><EM>And it hurts like it's the first time every time</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>I think I've seen this one before</EM><BR /><EM>And I already know the end</EM><BR /><EM>My stomach turns and I am running for the door</EM><BR /><EM>But you always pull me back again</EM></P> <P><EM>It's like deja vu</EM></P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">No, it's not a cover of that other <EM>Deja Vu</EM> song you might have heard of. Talking about learning from past situations, we move to&nbsp;<SPAN class=""><SPAN class="">Columbus, OH for an Alt Rock track you may relate to if you've ever been obsessed</SPAN></SPAN>:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"We write all the music together as a band but I write all the lyrics and I noticed that whenever I was doing yard work my mind would wonder to these random hurtful situations that had happened to me. It was weird because I never thought about them otherwise but I just couldn’t seem to move past it."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1GqoiTsU53kRv0DXOhUXMK:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1GqoiTsU53kRv0DXOhUXMK:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Droves - Time</STRONG></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Credit: Walter Maurice" style="width: 302px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/131161i477DA50F8FDF5DD1/image-dimensions/302x254?v=v2" width="302" height="254" role="button" title="droves.jpg" alt="Credit: Walter Maurice" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Credit: Walter Maurice</span></span></EM><EM>Pay the Bills, pay your rent,</EM></P> <P><EM>pay your auntie who only lives on dividends</EM></P> <P><EM>You’re there still</EM></P> <P><EM>It’s well known the worlds wealthy only look after their own</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Last stop of the month is <SPAN class=""><SPAN class="">Wollongong, New South Wales in Australia for a new wave song that grabs you and doesn't let go</SPAN></SPAN>:</DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"So we wrote Time about 3 years ago. When we did all of us we’re working long hours. Thematically we wanted to write a pop song with a heavily underlying anti establishment message and hide it. With the goal of subliminally getting an anti establish song on radio (which we did), which isn’t impossible but is rare in music these days."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4mIYOW504qQC1SwA4lnJ7o:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4mIYOW504qQC1SwA4lnJ7o:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> <P><STRONG>Listen to them and much more on the complete Playlist</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:user:osornios:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P" target="_self">spotify:user:osornios:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>See you next month!</P> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:25:20 GMT osornios 2023-06-29T22:25:20Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/ba-p/5233610 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="music-blog-02.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/126306i4194413859CA3D58/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="music-blog-02.jpg" alt="music-blog-02.jpg" /></span></P> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:25:20 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/ba-p/5233610 osornios 2023-06-29T22:25:20Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5234337#M8763 <P><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":clapping_hands:">👏</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":clapping_hands:">👏</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":clapping_hands:">👏</span></P> Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:00:35 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5234337#M8763 Hubo 2021-07-13T10:00:35Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5234604#M8764 <P>I recommended for you:&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5naar7XewEOAjOywIp6Jjq?si=2642eab285ac4c02" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/5naar7XewEOAjOywIp6Jjq?si=2642eab285ac4c02</A>&nbsp;</P><P>Remember When Wallows&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4IbDm3FsKHrdbuAAWXZztu?si=ab403c8e470744f7" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/4IbDm3FsKHrdbuAAWXZztu?si=ab403c8e470744f7</A>&nbsp;</P><P>the godfather **bleep**'s pilgrim (C'est dommage que Le parrain n'est pas sur netflix en france)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/75nh2VNLAwUTIBhpVHMqUG?si=6e487e8816244f3c" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/75nh2VNLAwUTIBhpVHMqUG?si=6e487e8816244f3c</A>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5sEuesEI9TWxU4Vts3a5HT?si=8b1345b884824dcb" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/5sEuesEI9TWxU4Vts3a5HT?si=8b1345b884824dcb</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:34:12 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5234604#M8764 RobotWarrior 2021-07-13T18:34:12Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5239239#M8765 <P class="">Hi there,</P><P class="">Hope you're well, if you get a free moment please will you check out my latest single 'Eruption'.</P><P class="">Really hope you enjoy,</P><P class="">Thanks,</P><P class="">Eliot</P><P class=""><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1j0jMZ0fjXNEMg4hPQUy4j?si=7cffd5320e15420c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/track/1j0jMZ0fjXNEMg4hPQUy4j?si=7cffd5320e15420c</A></P> Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:00:19 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5239239#M8765 EliotAsh 2021-07-25T12:00:19Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5252110#M8766 <P>Hey <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/12661351">@RobotWarrior</a>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for the recommendations. I specially enjoyed the Godfather theme. Really cool version.</P> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:11:04 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5252110#M8766 osornios 2021-08-24T22:11:04Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5252112#M8767 <P><a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9153771">@EliotAsh</a>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for sharing your music. You'll be featured in next month's review. Keep it up <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:13:56 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-June-2021/bc-p/5252112#M8767 osornios 2021-08-24T22:13:56Z