article #MusicMonday Review - July 2023 in Community Blog

article #MusicMonday Review - July 2023 in Community Blog https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-July-2023/ba-p/5608756 <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-June-2023/ba-p/5595321" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Love, work, relationships, and social media. This is how modern lives are entangled, and music can reflect our take on them. Have a listen, and read a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>Scarlet Street – Mazda Miata & Clinical Depression</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="ScarlettStreet.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160160iCD6329EC6E6B0119/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="ScarlettStreet.jpg" alt="ScarlettStreet.jpg" /></span> <P> </P> </DIV> <P><EM>I tried doing the right thing</EM><BR /><EM>But it’s an albatross to me</EM><BR /><EM>Keep getting caught in my own wake</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>You wanted honesty? Yeah you were right about me.</EM><BR /><EM>Cause more harm then I let on.</EM><BR /><EM>You wanted empathy? Get better friends than me.</EM></P> <P> </P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class=""><SPAN class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf ocv3nf92 b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas f5mw3jnl ib8x7mpr k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6">Cincinnati, Ohio is our starting point with a Pop Punk track about causing every problem that the band find themselves in:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I’d say this song is pretty autobiographical, it’s about a time in my life when I felt like I was taking advantage of people feeling sorry for me and I wasn’t being a very good friend. I think a lot of times people can only see what’s going on with someone on the surface and you can unfortunately fool people pretty easily by faking emotions and that’s a lot of what this one is about."</P> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:2ADJFtComnRhXXcIm0eh3s:small" target="_self">spotify:track:2ADJFtComnRhXXcIm0eh3s:small</A></P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Mr. Bliss – Satélite</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="MrBliss.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160161i8BF54084C62DC91B/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="MrBliss.jpg" alt="MrBliss.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Quizá la mañana se lleve todos esos recuerdos</EM></P> <P><EM>Que me hacen escapar de la realidad</EM></P> <P><EM>Por mucho tiempo</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Pensé que las ideas serían </EM></P> <P><EM>tan solo cosas de un momento</EM></P> <P><EM>y ya no se a donde ir</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Los escenarios repetidos</EM></P> <P><EM>en mi mente</EM></P> <P><EM>para entender</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="location secondaryText">Now let's move to Merida, Mexico for a Pop Rock ballad about being lost in the night with your own thoughts</SPAN>:</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is inspired in love stories, that as well as all things in the Universe has a start and an ending, but within those two lines there is separation and togetherness both physical and emotional. So that is why we decided to talk about the sea, the moon, the night, the morning and elements that describe metaphorically the journey of a love story."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3qp8FRWAbPOr9fDJPdMWzu:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3qp8FRWAbPOr9fDJPdMWzu:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <STRONG>Winter Leaves – Feel</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="WinterLeaves.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160162iD95B7D71905840D3/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="WinterLeaves.jpg" alt="WinterLeaves.jpg" /></span> <P> </P> <EM>Your lies don’t hurt anymore</EM><BR /><EM>I can’t feel, a damn thing</EM><BR /><EM>You let those demons in</EM><BR /><EM>I keep them all within</EM></DIV> <DIV><BR /><EM>Your demons dragged you away</EM><BR /><EM>You never came to see me play</EM><BR /><EM>You left me all the shame</EM><BR /><EM>You and I, we’re the same</EM></DIV> <P> </P> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1bwzh9t r-4qtqp9 r-poiln3 r-1b7u577 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-testid="UserLocation"><SPAN class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">From sunny Mexico, we land now in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a Rock track about losing track about yourself, and reality, for a passionate relationship:<BR /></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is about toxic love and it’s consequences.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P>And the song was in the finals in a songwriting contest at Radio X, Iceland’s biggest rock station.<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😁</span>"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:2C3YaH7f2dK9SuOxzruAB8:small" target="_self">spotify:track:2C3YaH7f2dK9SuOxzruAB8:small</A>  </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <DIV><STRONG>Delta Crash – Set it Right </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="DeltaCrash.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160163i08B9E0C542BB4474/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="DeltaCrash.jpg" alt="DeltaCrash.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>Maybe our sanity goes</EM></P> <P><EM>you lose focus</EM></P> <P><EM>even more</EM></P> <P> </P> <P>Ghent, Belgium, is our next stop, with an atmospheric Indie Rock track, about the struggles of a long, psychedelic day at work:</P> <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It's a track about work that feels never done being a creative. About the perks of endless fine tuning . How something never feels finished until the deadline is there."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4pt5kC6CUw6yUeuIxvxeXS:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4pt5kC6CUw6yUeuIxvxeXS:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Filibuster – Can't Unfriend Yourself</STRONG></P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Filibuster.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160164iD118F8799E3B9339/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Filibuster.jpg" alt="Filibuster.jpg" /></span></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Why they call it youth </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Cuz its never yours </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">You add up the years </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">But they never amount </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">You failed to hide </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">The screens too bright </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Keep the pain inside </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Can’t unfriend yourself </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap"><SPAN class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color">Can’t unfollow your feelings </SPAN></SPAN></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We move from dreamy Ghent to noisy Antwerp for a Post Punk track that deals with social media as someone's identity, where the content is fake but the cover art is true. Band member Karl explains:</DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"Usually the first words I write are random, and it only starts making sense or coming together later. I think I had a vague idea about aging, looking back and wondering who you were, which you can hear in the first verse.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Generally the song turned out to be generally about struggling to like yourself and not being able to escape being you. Specifically about how someone's online persona reflects thus.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It's a digital veil that should hide or embellish who we are, but ends up betraying more about ourselves if anyone bothers to look through the charade. Your social media profile ends up becoming a sort of shrine to your own insecurities and flaws.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">I couldn't give you a specific inspiration apart from, you know, being a person haha</P> <P>Maybe a possible inspiration is when I found out I could assume that when certain people's posting frequency went up, that they were either having a tough time and probably just turned single and started creating a new identity."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:2Lud5ZiMqloCuyzWpRFg1O:small" target="_self">spotify:track:2Lud5ZiMqloCuyzWpRFg1O:small</A> </P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><STRONG>Listen to them 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> Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:57:28 GMT osornios 2023-08-08T07:57:28Z #MusicMonday Review - July 2023 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-July-2023/ba-p/5608756 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Music Blogs 2.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/160915iA6422466DA7AF3B2/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Music Blogs 2.png" alt="Music Blogs 2.png" /></span></P> Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:57:28 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-July-2023/ba-p/5608756 osornios 2023-08-08T07:57:28Z