https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/ba-p/5221760 <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-April-2021/ba-p/5205247" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Uplifting songs populate most of this month's selection. From a wide array of music genres, and locations, 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>KASED - Túnel</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="kased.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130470i388B61753D78A77C/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="kased.jpg" alt="kased.jpg" /></span></P> <P><EM>Ya todo puede ser mejor</EM></P> <P><EM>Ahora veo todo inspirador</EM></P> <P><EM>Este lugar me transformo</EM></P> <P><EM>Hoy ya recuerdo mi razón</EM></P> <P><EM>Y es más profunda que mi intuición</EM></P> <P><EM>De este lugar voy a escapar</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="">Starting point: Guadalajara, Mexico. Even though the track begins calmly to set up the mood, it quickly picks up to become a full fledged Rock song: </SPAN></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"We were determined that we wanted to express that feeling of not moving forward in our life, because we did not find our purpose, and feeling locked in a tunnel is the perfect analogy, since progress is not obvious either.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Sonically we wanted to be contrasting, and that it did not feel a depressing song, rather relatively happy."</P> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:49RaMrvxCvzDgrw0D91zWI:small" target="_self">spotify:track:49RaMrvxCvzDgrw0D91zWI:small</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV><STRONG>Caoilfhionn Rose - Flourish</STRONG></DIV> <P><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="caoilfhionn.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130471i4BD76F737A764695/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="caoilfhionn.jpg" alt="caoilfhionn.jpg" /></span><EM>So much to envisage</EM><BR /><EM>So much to understand</EM><BR /><EM>If it’s too complicated</EM><BR /><EM>If it didn’t go to plan</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>Let it flow away</EM><BR /><EM>Let it turn around and flourish</EM><BR /><EM>Let it slip away</EM><BR /><EM>‘Till it can grow a little more</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Talking about moving forward, this track from Manchester, UK. artist Caoilfhionn Rose (pronounced Keelin) keeps it going with its cryptic folky vibe:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It started out as a very different and quiet acoustic guitar song. I wrote it a while ago now, it’s hard to remember what specifically inspired the song but it’s about feeling hopeful and letting things just unfold."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3KkuVTcGRxyt65F5N9Mz74:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3KkuVTcGRxyt65F5N9Mz74:small</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>La Moros - así es mi gente</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="lamoros.jpg" style="width: 267px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130472i92AEF058FC45F203/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="lamoros.jpg" alt="lamoros.jpg" /></span>Llenate de amor</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>Pierde tus temores</EM></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><EM>Sal a caminar</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>Ven respira vida</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>Recargate del viento</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>Sana las heridas</EM></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">From Cucuta, Colombia, inspiring music comes in pure Latin Pop style:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Así es mi gente</EM> was created from my will to build a better inner world, from the recognition of the importance of walking to the best version of what I am as a human, from breathing freedom, from explore my senses and elevate my heart, from being able to fill the shadows of light. Alchemy to transform darkness into light."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0qxFKzVXtTN94vPNJrlwFn:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0qxFKzVXtTN94vPNJrlwFn:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Athena Andreadis - Broken Friend</STRONG></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="athena.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130473iE08A6EAA5D5011DB/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="athena.jpg" alt="athena.jpg" /></span></P> <P><EM>I lost my faith</EM></P> <P><EM>Up that mountain, played it safe</EM></P> <P><EM>then I lost my name</EM></P> <P><EM>my face, my pride meant nothing</EM></P> <P><EM>we all looked the same</EM></P> <P><EM>it's when I started to descend</EM></P> <P><EM>I found that joyful broken friend</EM></P> <P><EM>you called love.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> From London, England, another inspiring song with a dreamy atmosphere, benefiting from the use of strings to highlight the vocals:</DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It was inspired by Leonard Cohen and his journey as a monk; I imagine what it must have been like for him to come down the mountain and join the “world” again after 10 years of meditating on Mt Boldy. What did he think? What mattered most?"</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3nqgUwxjBR0UHXtDuUfRpU:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3nqgUwxjBR0UHXtDuUfRpU:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>The Sway - Sunshine Seeker</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="TheSway.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130474iB6B490B33BE9595C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="TheSway.jpg" alt="TheSway.jpg" /></span><BR /><EM>We are the sunshine seekers, </EM></P> <P><EM>We only live to see.</EM><BR /><EM>All you need is up your sleeve</EM></P> <P><EM>All you believe is the thing of dreams</EM></P> <P><EM>And that's fine</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">Traveling is believed to be an uplifting experience. If that's the case, we travel to Liverpool for a cool Indie Rock song to show us the way:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"Just the idea of escaping mate but not forgetting what made you who u are you've got to leave to come home."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:2cgv1ZQciG3DUzHE6NEOaH:small" target="_self">spotify:track:2cgv1ZQciG3DUzHE6NEOaH:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>We Demand Parachutes - 151</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="wdp.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130475i6F1D4A2425BCC3AC/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="wdp.jpg" alt="wdp.jpg" /></span><EM>They’re strewn across</EM><BR /><EM>My things in the yard</EM><BR /><EM>She’s a summer girl</EM><BR /><EM>Coke and 151</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>I’m tangled up</EM><BR /><EM>I don’t want to be a part of it</EM><BR /><EM>We need to talk</EM><BR /><EM>Can we meet up and get ahead of this</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">Crossing the ocean, from Boston, MA, this Pop Punk influenced track brings the uplifting mood to reflect on past relationships:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"151 is definitely an ode to all of the girlfriends we have all individually had in the past that just were not a good fit! The story collects a couple of different anecdotes from all of us actually! We think we everyone has been in that relationship that has just been bad news! However we do look fondly back on our summer girls!</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P>The track came to be musically actually really fast. I (Kevin) had just gotten home from a deployment with the army and we had a week of rehearsals locked up to write and figure out some current projects as a group. A day before the rehearsal I wrote the main hook and sent it to the guys and they loved it! We got to work right away and actually finished writing the track and then tracked the whole thing all in about two days! We recorded all the drums and guitars in my spare bedroom in my house!"</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1tRwkTbVK9gXEhAUG24lUa:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1tRwkTbVK9gXEhAUG24lUa:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Highline - Staying Sane</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="highline.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130476i9920468F4C16DDB3/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="highline.jpg" alt="highline.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>You take comfort in the thought</EM></P> <P><EM>that I've got you</EM></P> <P><EM>Cause I always do</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">Sydney, Australia is the home of this Indie Rock track about not letting go, even if you need to:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"Staying Sane came about after a relationship of Sams fell apart. It’s about still caring for that person despite no longer being together, and identifying that you actually just need to put yourself first."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:2q5WG89SBG2I0oZA58HRfY:small" target="_self">spotify:track:2q5WG89SBG2I0oZA58HRfY:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>R. Missing - Crimeless (The KVB Remix)</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="R.Missing.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/130477i1ED4EC7038EA0148/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="R.Missing.jpg" alt="R.Missing.jpg" /></span></P> <P><EM>After you told me</EM><BR /><EM>I came every Sunday</EM><BR /><EM>After you showed me</EM><BR /><EM>I came every day</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>I don't miss your kind</EM><BR /><EM>Don't miss your kindness</EM><BR /><EM>It was worse when we were crimeless</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">Already a great New York style synth song, this remix&nbsp;uplifts it with a minimalist bassy groove:<STRONG><BR /></STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"Crimeless was inspired by watching the interactions of strangers in a distant metropolis...</P> <P>It started off as a simple conversation piece and then grew into something more intricate (in the cold, in the dark)."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:68NIzLuBzWZWP780BQDBu1:small" target="_self">spotify:track:68NIzLuBzWZWP780BQDBu1:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <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 22:25:35 GMT osornios 2023-06-29T22:25:35Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/ba-p/5221760 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="music-blog-01.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/126198i2022358A49BC76A6/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="music-blog-01.jpg" alt="music-blog-01.jpg" /></span></P> Thu, 29 Jun 2023 22:25:35 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/ba-p/5221760 osornios 2023-06-29T22:25:35Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5226100#M8818 <P>hey osornios,&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>my recommandation for you&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6f5ZBQeO24U6U5iw3cFnj7?si=22af282ebb914e6d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/track/6f5ZBQeO24U6U5iw3cFnj7?si=22af282ebb914e6d</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4rIFMVyKF07MrrCsdGL3pa?si=76b45faba30743ae" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/track/4rIFMVyKF07MrrCsdGL3pa?si=76b45faba30743ae</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vhvnxuga7p5WDMLNmJnLD?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vhvnxuga7p5WDMLNmJnLD?</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5k5z54qOiDgsx0As3xY74s?si=425389727ebf442f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.spotify.com/track/5k5z54qOiDgsx0As3xY74s?si=425389727ebf442f</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:51:03 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5226100#M8818 RobotWarrior 2021-06-22T17:51:03Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5233637#M8819 <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 enjoyed them a lot. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:50:22 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5233637#M8819 osornios 2021-07-11T19:50:22Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5245135#M8820 <P>Wow, this time to update my Playlist also&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😁</span> I'm also waiting for the Music Review that's why I have to add new music in my Playlist, Again Thanks a lot. <A href="https://www.olehanakorea.com/" target="_self"><FONT color="#F4F4F4">olehana</FONT></A></P> Sat, 07 Aug 2021 08:34:53 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5245135#M8820 Ladlamuzamil 2021-08-07T08:34:53Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5251653#M8821 <P>Hey <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/24838894">@Ladlamuzamil</a>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You can find the newest music in the latest blog posts located <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct/label-name/musicmonday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for listening! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:08:19 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/MusicMonday-Review-May-2021/bc-p/5251653#M8821 osornios 2021-08-23T19:08:19Z