https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-April-2024/ba-p/6018952 <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-March-2024/ba-p/5948082" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March's review</A> <EM>for more music.</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">What does getting lost in the desert, walking through the Campus, a story about nature, love, and just feeling good, have in common? All are the themes of this month's selection.&nbsp;Give it a listen, and dive in, with a word from the artists themselves.<SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:"><BR /></SPAN> <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV><STRONG>TV Cult – Empty Quarter</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><EM><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="TVCult.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/172119i42B581E2ABB96462/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="TVCult.jpg" alt="TVCult.jpg" /></span></EM></EM> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>Stranded in the empty quarter</EM><BR /><EM>Run out of food and water</EM><BR /><EM>Stranded out here alone</EM><BR /><EM>But in a mirage I see home</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</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">We begin this month in Cologne, Germany for an 80s infused Post-Punk track about not being able to find something to hold on when you need it the most:</SPAN><BR /></SPAN></P> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<EM>Empty Quarter</EM> is about getting lost out in the desert. It's a bit about getting lost in terms of location but also in time.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It's kind of like getting lost from one's inner child (<EM>Stranded out by the park</EM>, <EM>Stranded out after dark</EM>). The childhood theme also comes from the title <EM>Empty Quarter</EM> which is a massive desert in middle east and not far from where I lived as a kid."</P> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5pjNmJPJKb1raABhhFvtHz:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5pjNmJPJKb1raABhhFvtHz:small</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Sun God – Campus</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="SunGod.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/172120i35503ACF0881DAAD/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="SunGod.jpg" alt="SunGod.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>walkin through the campus feeling dumb<BR />chewin on bubble gum<BR />listenin to songs about the dangers of love<BR />and no i've never felt it before<BR />no i've never felt it before</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify">From P<SPAN class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-4qtqp9 r-1b7u577" data-testid="UserLocation"><SPAN class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">hiladelphia</SPAN></SPAN>, PA, an Indie Rock track perfect for the summer, whistling tunes while skipping stones down at the lake, with no worries at all:</DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"I think the song is a reflection on being young and wasting time. It’s kind of a sunny weather song, and it’s pretty simple so we wanted to add a bunch of different sounds (layers of warbly guitar, synth, toy keyboards, etc) to make it feel a bit nostalgic."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:5w3VolylHzIWUbjNlTiS5a:small" target="_self">spotify:track:5w3VolylHzIWUbjNlTiS5a:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <STRONG>West Coast Caravan – Them Wicked Ways</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="WestCoastCaravan.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/172121iD5C46124E9E155F0/image-dimensions/303x302?v=v2" width="303" height="302" role="button" title="WestCoastCaravan.jpg" alt="WestCoastCaravan.jpg" /></span>Oh baby don't be harsh</EM></P> </DIV> <DIV> <P>&nbsp;</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">From Antwerp, Belgium, let's listen to an Indie Rock song with a story to tell, up for the listener's interpretation</SPAN></SPAN>:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> <P class="lia-align-justify">"All the songs are quite autobiographical or inspired by something I saw someone experience that moved me.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><EM>Them Wicked Ways</EM> is actually based on a series of events that I and some friends experienced or are still experiencing in this 'wicked' world. We're trying to find a way to act good, which isn't always possible in everyone's eyes.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P>It was also the first song that wasn't structured like a 'little story'. Normally, the songs I write and we play have a beginning and an ending. <EM>Them Wicked Ways</EM> is the first one where I just wrote snippets of text that came to my mind and tried to glue them together so it would make sense to the listener, but open to his/her own interpretation."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:4jviUwu6UBLynrPPKYAtBf:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4jviUwu6UBLynrPPKYAtBf:small</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV> <DIV class="lia-align-justify"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Andy Smythe – Leaves to Burn </STRONG></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV dir="auto"> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="AndySmythe.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/172122iB3E07AC7F11338E7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AndySmythe.jpg" alt="AndySmythe.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>No gospel to learn</EM></P> <P><EM>No faith to confirm</EM></P> <P><EM>No need to discern</EM></P> <P><EM>The reason to yearn</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>Lovers we're torn</EM></P> <P><EM>By the rose and thorn</EM></P> <P><EM>Damnation to deeds</EM></P> <P><EM>That make these hearts bleed</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>Look to the river</EM></P> <P><EM>Is its soul with her</EM></P> <P><EM>It winds like a ghost</EM></P> <P><EM>Her spirit evoked</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> <P>From London, England, a cool retro sounding Brit Pop about the dark depths of life, nature, and love. The tides of reason, distorted by the seasons:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>"The track was inspired by my partner commenting that a neighbor who loves their gardening had 'no more leaves to burn'.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I then reimagined my childhood where I spent a lot of time working on farms and thinking back to some of the older men I worked with, who had spent their whole lives working the land. What would such a life be like, you are following a cycle of the seasons, planting in the spring and harvesting in the summer. What if they experienced loss in their lives, would the routine of laboring through the seasons compensate for it?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm also influenced a bit by writers such as Laurie Lee, Walt Whitman and Springsteen's writing style on Nebraska, I wanted to paint a panorama of love and loss, the earth and the sky, and reflect on how as modern people we view our connection with nature."</P> </DIV> </DIV> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:6PQWnsvgnEyFyHma7eG5d3:small" target="_self">spotify:track:6PQWnsvgnEyFyHma7eG5d3:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Sugar World – For a Moment</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="SugarWorld.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/172124i37959230AE502EE9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="SugarWorld.jpg" alt="SugarWorld.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>i heard your voice</EM><BR /><EM>through the speakers</EM><BR /><EM>tried to call</EM><BR /><EM>couldn't reach ya</EM><BR /><EM>i waited up</EM><BR /><EM>in the bleachers</EM><BR /><EM>feeling dumb</EM><BR /><EM>over eager</EM></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>later on</EM><BR /><EM>i was tired</EM><BR /><EM>took a walk</EM><BR /><EM>through the fire</EM><BR /><EM>caught a wave</EM><BR /><EM>in the ocean</EM><BR /><EM>&nbsp;</EM></P> Our last stop is Los Angeles, CA for some sugar coated Indie Pop about feeling good for a moment, doing the most trivial things, with the ones you care about:</DIV> <DIV><BR /> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It was a combination of being inspired to write a surf rock song, and the lyrics came to be about change, and how situations in life are fleeting.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">It's not necessarily about a specific time or person in our own lives, but it was inspired by the feeling of growing up and realizing that things are always changing and will keep changing.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify">&nbsp;</P> <P>In some ways it's a song about loss, and was inspired subconsciously by loss that we experienced in our own lives."</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1af2ac8wY7aT43z7uBqIPB:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1af2ac8wY7aT43z7uBqIPB:small</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Listen to them and much more on the complete</SPAN> 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> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:37:33 GMT osornios 2024-06-03T10:37:33Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-April-2024/ba-p/6018952 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="music-blog.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/173773i450BFC3C6297C343/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="music-blog.jpg" alt="music-blog.jpg" /></span></P> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:37:33 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-April-2024/ba-p/6018952 osornios 2024-06-03T10:37:33Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-April-2024/bc-p/6681584#M24525 <P data-unlink="true">The mix of emotions in these tracks really hits home. It's like the stories shared on the socialmediagirls forum&nbsp; – all about finding meaning in the little moments.</P> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:37:02 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-April-2024/bc-p/6681584#M24525 Adamjohansen31 2025-02-05T04:37:02Z