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article #MusicMonday Review - March 2024 in Community Blog https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/ba-p/5948082 <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-February-2024/ba-p/5918323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Get into March Madness with a full range of musical deep emotions: anger, hopelessness, depression, angst, and heartbreak. Give it a listen, and dive in, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P> </P> <DIV><STRONG>Taking On Water – Get Away</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="TakingOnWater.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/170469i415E5AC98FF80892/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TakingOnWater.jpg" alt="TakingOnWater.jpg" /></span> <P> </P> <P><EM>Won't step on foot outside,</EM><BR /><EM>we're living in the sun and the world's on fire,</EM><BR /><EM>the asteroid’s coming universal collapse,</EM><BR /><EM>or sucked into a hole of infinite black.</EM></P> <P><BR /><EM>We'll get struck by a solar flare,</EM><BR /><EM>or the poles will flip and gps will fail</EM><BR /><EM>big rip, colliding galaxies,</EM><BR /><EM>or lose the ozone over me.</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <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">San Diego is the epicenter, for this Melodic Punk track about our pale blue dot in an ocean that we all have to share, and how only the Universe knows it's fate, as band member Greg tells:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> </DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I was watching a YouTube video on extraordinarily natural disasters and I had just made up a solid tune that needed lyrics. It struck me that the topic and the tune could be the perfect combo, thus, the post apocalyptically themed 'Get Away' was quickly written. Simple as that!"</P> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:26xzIvs2MwXzFtoAwlQyWM:small" target="_self">spotify:track:26xzIvs2MwXzFtoAwlQyWM:small</A></P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Jaws – Solitaire</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Jaws.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/170470i4C8786419810A2B4/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Jaws.jpg" alt="Jaws.jpg" /></span></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> <P><EM>Misery is a key I've learned</EM><BR /><EM>I'm having dreams and they seem absurd </EM><BR /><EM>Then I woke from a sound </EM></P> <P><EM>I didn't know how to lay back down </EM></P> <P><EM>and find you where we just were</EM></P> <P><EM>And it's all for not</EM></P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <P> </P> What if I blew it up? We stay in San Diego with the gloomy mood, for an Alt Indie track about those out of line thoughts that leave you mystified. Just don't say it's all in my head:</DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"This is one of those songs that just stumbles out of you because it needs to come out. I don't know if any single experience inspired it, more like a release of different things I had been feeling at the time.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">I just remember sitting in my home studio feeling kind of frustrated, pent up, and a little sad to be honest. I had come up with the opening riff and it was like a spark and the rest came together before I knew it, and most of the guitar and vocals you hear on the track were recorded that same night.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">With that being said there wasn't much thought put into a planned theme at the time of writing it, but I think everyone can relate to the feeling of losing your mind alone with your emotions and intrusive thoughts.</P> <P> </P> <P>Also just checked out your blogs, they're super cool man. Thanks for taking interest in our song and thanks for elevating the underground/up and coming community!"</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:3aelW7MLKvjVp3XVjSNk2l:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3aelW7MLKvjVp3XVjSNk2l:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <STRONG>Lunch – Luggage Case</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Lunch.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/170515iE843900544FB285F/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Lunch.jpg" alt="Lunch.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>I've got a luggage case</EM></P> <P><EM>and I fill it with bottles</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Give me your Chardonnay</EM><BR /><EM>and there won't be any trouble</EM></P> </DIV> <DIV> <P> </P> </DIV> <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">We now move to London, England for an energetic Post Punk protest song about those double standards that some people just feel entitled to. D</SPAN></SPAN>on't you worry lads, don't forget to stay indoors, and remain calm:</P> <P> </P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The British government held a total of 14 illegal parties whilst imposing lockdown on the rest of the country. They would go to the supermarket and fill luggage cases with alcohol to sneak it back into our government building without paparazzi catching on.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It’s so shameful you'd think it's made up but it happened.</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">Punk is full of anti Tory messaging (rightly so) and I wanted to find an interesting way in, so inspired by this awful story I wrote the song from the POV of a Tory sneaking booze into their illegal party."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4qti7L61TRHCkCcMYTRfJj:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4qti7L61TRHCkCcMYTRfJj:small</A>  </P> <P> </P> <DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>The DIXEN – Me Besas Y Te Vas </STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir="auto"> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="TheDixen.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/170471iFEE857505568D79E/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TheDixen.jpg" alt="TheDixen.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>Me siento perdida </EM><BR /><EM>Se acabó la ilusión </EM><BR /><EM>Llevo días encerrada </EM><BR /><EM>En mi habitación </EM><BR /><EM>En unos días</EM><BR /><EM>Todo acabará</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Estas presente </EM><BR /><EM>Pero estas ausente </EM><BR /><EM>Dices que me amas </EM><BR /><EM>Luego te arrepientes </EM><BR /><EM>Si te necesito </EM><BR /><EM>Me besas y te vas</EM></P> <P> </P> </DIV> <P>From Mexico City, this Latin Pop song makes us explore the idea of being insufficient for someone that makes us feel lonely, and<SPAN class="HwtZe"><SPAN class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><SPAN class="ryNqvb"> everything we do is wrong</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>:</P> <P> </P> <P>"It was a long process to produce the song you're hearing now. That's why it went through various meanings and two different people when we wrote the song. The lyrics were composed with thoughts and emotions towards one person, but when singing it, it ended up being a dedication to another.</P> <P> </P> <P>What we were looking for at the beginning is the message: <EM>Right now everything feels bad, but tomorrow it will hurt less and further on everything will be okay.</EM>"</P> </DIV> </DIV> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:7b7O4t2vIdigMPcMgOu65x:small" target="_self">spotify:track:7b7O4t2vIdigMPcMgOu65x:small</A> </P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Idle Hours – W.I.C.</STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="IdleHours.jpg" style="width: 226px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/170472iDCE986B5CCAE0A70/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="IdleHours.jpg" alt="IdleHours.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>I wish the world would change</EM><BR /><EM>but I can't see it coming</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Am I a real man or just a plastic model?</EM></P> <P><EM> </EM></P> We finish up in the City of Salford, England for a Indie Rock track about making an effort to come back to a place of comfort whenever you can:</DIV> <DIV><BR /> <P class="lia-align-justify">"So the song was actually inspired by a breakup, although there’s only one line which directly addresses this ('<EM>I love you but I'm leaving this place tonight'</EM>) the whole subtext of the lyrics are about the breakdown of a relationship."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5gHQDKPHNDsr9mWrQRXjB9:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5gHQDKPHNDsr9mWrQRXjB9:small</A> </P> <P> </P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Listen to them and much more on the complete</SPAN> 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> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:32:32 GMT osornios 2024-03-25T06:32:32Z #MusicMonday Review - March 2024 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/ba-p/5948082 <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&px=400" role="button" title="6.png" alt="6.png" /></span></P> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:32:32 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/ba-p/5948082 osornios 2024-03-25T06:32:32Z Re: #MusicMonday Review - March 2024 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/bc-p/6000264#M24155 <P>can i ask when the band was born?</P> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:13:32 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/bc-p/6000264#M24155 DK42 2024-04-11T14:13:32Z Re: #MusicMonday Review - March 2024 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/bc-p/6005373#M24163 <P>Which one <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/26224710">@DK42</a> ?</P> Sun, 14 Apr 2024 03:14:00 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-March-2024/bc-p/6005373#M24163 osornios 2024-04-14T03:14:00Z