article #MusicMonday Review - October 2023 in Community Blog

article #MusicMonday Review - October 2023 in Community Blog https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-October-2023/ba-p/5655993 <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-September-2023/ba-p/5641523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">This month's music is all about love, and addiction, which may not be far from each other. Go ahead, give it a listen, and reflect, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>SweetLipp – Roxy</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Sweetlipp.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/164475iE75CFA1360055B83/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="Sweetlipp.jpg" alt="Sweetlipp.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>Take us on a highway drive </EM><BR /><EM>The moonlight is waiting on the broken tide</EM><BR /><EM>Let us go where we can sing </EM><BR /><EM>We are free for the first time</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>We saw your name in the neon light </EM><BR /><EM>Rolling with joyful spring </EM><BR /><EM>And the silence of our minds </EM><BR /><EM>Oh won't you take us far away </EM><BR /><EM>Where are hearts can radiate</EM></P> <P> </P> <P 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 trip begins in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, for a Psych Surf Rock track, complete with a mid song break, about those protective wheels full of memories of a life left behind:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Roxy</EM> is actually about a 30ft RV we bought in Canada to travel from Vancouver to Montreal. We called her Roxy, after a club we always wound up in Van.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">There was 6 of us on the adventure and it was the time of our lives. We met amazing people, did amazing things and we were completely wild and free.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">We'll never forget it and we decided to write a song about Roxy, the perfect ship that allowed it all to happen."</P> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0BjdlGWvziLYCVWFSf1DXy:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0BjdlGWvziLYCVWFSf1DXy:small</A></P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Futura Boombox & The Midnight Mass – Candelaria</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM>Bésame con esos labios tuyos<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="EdgarReta.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/164476i7D6A355A66EDB168/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="EdgarReta.jpg" alt="EdgarReta.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>No seas insensible, entiende mi dolor</EM></P> <P><EM>Cierra esos ojos negros tuyos</EM></P> <P><EM>Y dime otra vez que me amarás</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Ya poco a poco olvido tu voz</EM></P> <P><EM>Ahora se que la culpa era de los dos</EM></P> <P><EM>Quisiera ver esos ojos negros tuyos</EM></P> <P><EM>Y escuchar otra vez que me amarás</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>¡Oh, ya no puedo más!</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Next up, from Laredo, TX, a dark Post Punk track in which you end up accepting the fact that she will eventually kiss someone else's lips:</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"As a songwriter, we sometimes pull from experience or we draw from stories we hear.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">For <EM>Candelaria</EM>, the inspiration came from stories of people I knew growing up. Some of these relationships were very toxic and others were bittersweet, but all of them shared a longing for connection.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Through the song I wanted to express these experiences and the challenging process of moving on. I wanted to write something that people were going to relate to and maybe find solace in the fact that they were not alone."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:0IChrqEmUtiXmBZJCvI7bW:small" target="_self">spotify:track:0IChrqEmUtiXmBZJCvI7bW:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <STRONG>The Roster – Where's He Been?</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="TheRoster.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/164477i9512C7463EFF02C9/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TheRoster.jpg" alt="TheRoster.jpg" /></span>Why try</EM> <P><EM>To fight it</EM></P> <P><EM>When it goes away just like yesterday come on</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Slow me</EM></P> <P><EM>Quickly</EM></P> <P><EM>Figuring out how you knew all along</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Suddenly I knew it all along</EM></P> </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 Derby, UK, this Indie Rock song invites us to stop asking questions, or complaining. Do we ever learn?:<BR /></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I think the overall seances is about mad and messy nights out and the chaos that comes with it. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_tears_of_joy:">😂</span></P> <P> </P> <P>I wouldn't say there was a specific incident which inspired the song but more of a generalization of ridiculous moments when you're spannered hahaha"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5OFK5yjpXUUhzFOKNpTMtp:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5OFK5yjpXUUhzFOKNpTMtp:small</A>  </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <DIV><STRONG>SCATTERED ASHES – Battles </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <EM>A story of sorrow<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="ScatteredAshes.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/164478i88C38B8DC540F786/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="ScatteredAshes.jpg" alt="ScatteredAshes.jpg" /></span></EM><BR /><EM>A story of shame</EM><BR /><EM>Broken and hollow</EM><BR /><EM>Can’t remember my name</EM><BR /><EM>But you follow me</EM><BR /><EM>Follow me down...</EM></DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><BR /><EM>Never strayed so far afield</EM><BR /><EM>Trapped inside but you still appealed</EM><BR /><EM>And now you’re standing there</EM><BR /><EM>Can’t turn around or you’ll just stare</EM></DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <P> </P> Let's move to Dublin, Ireland, for another Post Punk track about picking up the pieces of someone you care, who's falling apart. Looking away is not an option: <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Battles</EM> speaks of the dire consequences of addiction. Lost in its throes, you begin to shed your own humanity, becoming a slave to both desire and the chaos that accompanies it. Redemption can seem further and further away as you even become unrecognizable to yourself.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It's a sombre meditation on despair and fragility in a finite world, as well as man's capacity for change.</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><EM>Battles</EM> casts a rather acute spotlight on the shame associated with addiction and the long road to recovery, hence the title. It has been an issue for the band in the past, but one that bound us together in a lot of ways."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4kMAJJSzvBE6dqRbYNF2sw:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4kMAJJSzvBE6dqRbYNF2sw:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Anemone – Freebird</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <EM><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Anemone.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/164479iDD1916C46CFC6CBC/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="Anemone.jpg" alt="Anemone.jpg" /></span></EM></EM> <P><EM>Spread your wings</EM><BR /><EM>and come to me</EM><BR /><EM>I've made a cozy little place</EM><BR /><EM>up in the trees</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Settle down</EM><BR /><EM>you don't need to be alone</EM><BR /><EM>when we're together</EM><BR /><EM>we fly out the way to the sun</EM></P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"><EM>You're a freebird</EM><BR /><EM>with the color blue</EM><BR /><EM>but remember</EM><BR /><EM>you know I'm that color too</EM></DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">Finally, we end up in <SPAN class="expandableItem">Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, for a folky love song about freedom to go away for a while, and the anticipation to be together again, so happy and strong</SPAN>:<BR /> <DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is inspired by a painting my wife made. It's an original painting, and it's in the videoclip of the song.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">She's not a musician, but of course she’s my inspiration.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P>She's my wife :)"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:7dtLylsIlcMklepmgeHcHl:small" target="_self">spotify:track:7dtLylsIlcMklepmgeHcHl: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:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P" target="_self">spotify:playlist:2IYRLjcwf2X9vC0QrI0b0P</A></P> <P> </P> <P>See you next month!</P> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:36:36 GMT osornios 2023-10-31T00:36:36Z #MusicMonday Review - October 2023 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-October-2023/ba-p/5655993 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="5.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/154053iEE942BBF1BBEA99C/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="5.png" alt="5.png" /></span></P> Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:36:36 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-October-2023/ba-p/5655993 osornios 2023-10-31T00:36:36Z