https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/ba-p/5630737 <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-July-2023/ba-p/5608756" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Life is hard, and music can be an escape, regardless of genre. Have a listen to what reality brings to this month's bands, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV><STRONG>Great Wide Nothing – Blind Eye To A Burning House</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="GreatWideNothing.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162070i14F1D6F29FF510B4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="GreatWideNothing.jpg" alt="GreatWideNothing.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>The hourglass is running out</EM><BR /><EM>Against complacency and doubt</EM><BR /><EM>Infernos close that must be doused</EM><BR /><EM>Don't turn a blind eye to this burning house</EM><BR /><EM>The time is now, the time is now.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</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">Our journey begins with a Prog Punk band from Atlanta, GA, who knows it's not only a question of your understanding, but your empathy too. No circumventing this, you just can't walk away:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It’s primarily about climate change and what I feel is the ongoing failure of those in power to take adequate action.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It’s especially aimed at figures like Joe Biden and others in the Democratic Party here in the US who have - particularly in recent years - frequently made promises to address climate change in order to win elections, but failed to deliver or outright broken them once in office.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It’s a challenge to folks like that who have the capability to enact large scale change but choose not to. It’s a demand for integrity and seriousness in the face of the threat of ecological collapse."</P> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5HfmVEltTpaZrl95bZ1jhT:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5HfmVEltTpaZrl95bZ1jhT:small</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>DULL – The Problem</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="DULL.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162071i968B96E6F8986A10/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="DULL.jpg" alt="DULL.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Signs of depression</EM><BR /><EM>I wanna cancel everything</EM></P> <P><EM>I’m up to absolutely no good</EM></P> <P><EM>I’m up to absolutely nothing If I get to choose</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>Lack of D-vitamin like a modern caveman</EM><BR /><EM>Mood is beyond bad, you won’t catch me smiling</EM></P> <P><EM>I know what I want, I know exactly what I need</EM></P> <P><EM>Bon voyage, I see you in the tropics</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN class="location secondaryText">In certain seasons of the year, living in Stockholm, Sweden leads to not getting enough sunlight. This <SPAN class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x10flsy6 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x41vudc x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Indie Punk band knows exactly what it means to be s</SPAN></SPAN>leep deprived like a zombie, waking up just to get back to sleep:</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is basically about the very long, cold and dark winter season here in Sweden. And how it can affect people (mostly in a bad way). So I guess that’s the story of the track!"</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1nftfPpnEDjjuqyAogDqwx:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1nftfPpnEDjjuqyAogDqwx:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <STRONG>The Ferocious Few – Only Time Can Tell</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="TheFerociousFew.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162072iD3D74F17E85F4526/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="TheFerociousFew.jpg" alt="TheFerociousFew.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Drifting right through these memories of you<BR />And in my dreams tearing at the seams<BR />And in my mind found a soul that was kind<BR />In my heart we'll never be apart</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><BR />Time can tell<BR />If this is heaven or it's hell<BR />Time can tell<BR />I've been underneath your spell</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><BR />And get a grip<BR />And just your heart just slip<BR />Into this place I'll see you</EM></DIV> <P>&nbsp;</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">This Luxembourg based band gets us on the road searching for a home,&nbsp;lifted to a world that's not our own with its Punk influenced Americana Rock:<BR /></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Only time can tell</EM> is about questioning choices in life and being in love not knowing what the next step is. It kind of has to do with me moving to Luxembourg and finding a home, here in a foreign land.<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😁</span>"</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:6eaBbrNUz8W9n6j4vXWDuo:small" target="_self">spotify:track:6eaBbrNUz8W9n6j4vXWDuo:small</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <DIV><STRONG>Berkeley – Suits </STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Berkeley.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162073iA9159EC416E75FAA/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="Berkeley.jpg" alt="Berkeley.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>The days just started and you fade away</EM><BR /><EM>No thrills you’ll find, you’re smile don’t shine</EM><BR /><EM>Anymore, cause it’s too late, if I’m to stay</EM><BR /><EM>Take off your shoes, put on your suits</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the bay at Geelong, Victoria, Australia with a dose of cool Indie Rock can make you wonder if suiting up will get you far enough: <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"When I wrote the song it came from a place of almost being forced by exterior forces into a 9-5 job, where I'd have to buckle up and out on my suit. Suits is the way to just live life freely and avoid the 9-5."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1YAVIbgh92dIi2eLrpr4Fa:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1YAVIbgh92dIi2eLrpr4Fa:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Dead Anyway – Life Is Brutal</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <EM><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="DeadAnyway.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162074iC3B28ADA4A9CCF01/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DeadAnyway.jpg" alt="DeadAnyway.jpg" /></span></EM></EM> <P>&nbsp;</P> <EM>One knock for no.</EM><BR /><EM>Two knocks for yes.</EM><BR /><EM>Zero knocks is no f's given.</EM><BR /><EM>No sudden smell of lilacs here.</EM><BR /><BR /><EM>Just a light that’s too light,</EM><BR /><EM>noise that’s too noise</EM><BR /><EM>and people who are</EM><BR /><EM>too people</EM></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">One last stop takes us to Gloucestershire, UK for some soundscapes of electronica with dark lyricism inspired from losing someone truly close. Life can be brutal when you're suddenly on your own:<BR /> <DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The album the track was written for is a collection we were writing as Kate’s Mum, Daphne came to the end of her time with us. We put the collection together from a few months before and a few months after her death. Daphne was Kate’s best friend and guiding light and lyrically it’s Kate’s reflection on not just the grief suffered at the death of a loved one but also about your view of the world in the aftermath."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4uMKAc1Qe9vN7pdUm3aVDj:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4uMKAc1Qe9vN7pdUm3aVDj:small</A>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <P><STRONG>Listen to them and much more on the complete Playlist</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P" target="_self">spotify:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>See you next month!</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:25:39 GMT osornios 2023-09-10T22:25:39Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/ba-p/5630737 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="6.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/153891iCB128A2A0A818D09/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="6.png" alt="6.png" /></span></P> Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:25:39 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/ba-p/5630737 osornios 2023-09-10T22:25:39Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/bc-p/5632180#M23347 <P>How have I been so blind.. I really wasn't he just wouldn't talk to me.... I JUST WANT TO SCREAM. I JUST WANT THIS ALL TO END.....</P> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 01:16:58 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/bc-p/5632180#M23347 Acasti 2023-09-06T01:16:58Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/bc-p/5633912#M23356 <P>F spotify i didnt realize how greedy they are until today. When i switch to free version. I cant access any songs or playlist i made. I cant look into albums. What happen u you use be anle to do all of that on free version. Premium use to have no ads and u could sync offline. Spotify gone down hill. No point of re joining after experiencing there greed. Apple music is better and works with my iPhone anyways.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:46:37 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-August-2023/bc-p/5633912#M23356 giggitygoo 2023-09-10T00:46:37Z