article #MusicMonday Review - June 2026 in Community Blog

article #MusicMonday Review - June 2026 in Community Blog https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-June-2026/ba-p/7425117 <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/bg-p/spotifyct/label-name/music%20monday" target="_self">#MusicMonday</A> 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 <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-May-2026/ba-p/7398805" target="_self">May's review</A> for more music.</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">On this issue, our travels take us to the UK, for a selection of Indie gems, with a bluesy touch at the end. Give them a listen, with a word from the artists themselves. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":headphone:">🎧</span></P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>KATANES – Is It Too Soon to Tell You I Love You?</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="KATANES.jpg" style="width: 267px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/208098iA72B5C5EEB626C44/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="KATANES.jpg" alt="KATANES.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P><EM>you got me moving on overdrive</EM><BR /><EM>you're the calm inside my chaos</EM><BR /><EM>you're the reason I want to stay alive</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>and i want to know if you're gonna save me</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN>We begin our music trip up in the very north in Caithness, Scotland for an Indie Rock track about taking the initiative for love. Sometimes good things come to those who don't wait</SPAN>:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"T<SPAN>he song is about a certain person, wanting to take a risk to tell them something that could either go two ways.</SPAN></P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"><SPAN>[Band member] Adam took the risk and it went very well I’d say.</SPAN>"</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="spotify:track:3sC4KTwoYy1L4nz7NXoabJ:small" target="_self">spotify:track:3sC4KTwoYy1L4nz7NXoabJ:small</A></P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Lyra – Way Out</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P><BR /><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Lyra.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/208340iB4753C207432E49D/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Lyra.jpg" alt="Lyra.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><EM>Sometimes I feel like I can't get a prayer </EM><BR /><EM>Not even a whisper to tell me that you’re there </EM></EM></P> <P><EM><BR /><EM>Running the wheel, breathing without air,</EM></EM></P> <P><EM>I swear life is but a dream and now</EM></P> <P><EM>I'm </EM><EM>looking for a way out</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>waiting for the day</EM></P> <P><EM>when you can show me the way</EM></P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN>We now travel to London, England, for a poppy Alt Rock track about hoping to detach from someone, but not knowing how to do so</SPAN>:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"It's <SPAN>the cost of tying your self-worth to external validation. At its core, the track reflects on dedicating everything to a singular purpose—only to realize it doesn’t bring the fulfillment you expected.</SPAN></P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">During the creation process we experimented a lot with building tension and release - keeping parts more stripped back before letting the chorus fully open up. We also leaned further into a bigger pop/rock-inspired sound with driving production, layered vocals and a more euphoric feel overall.</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><BR />The final version ended up sounding much bigger and more energetic than the original demo, but that emotional core stayed the same throughout mainly thanks to Larry [Hibbitt] for helping massively in creating this energetic song."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:1kTbQ784yroshrxHtAfuYH:small" target="_self">spotify:track:1kTbQ784yroshrxHtAfuYH:small</A></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Tiny Vessels – Fix It Up</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="TinyVessels.jpg" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/208099i04EE9F8DBE204991/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="TinyVessels.jpg" alt="TinyVessels.jpg" /></span></EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>will you call me now</EM></P> <P><EM>will you call my name</EM></P> <P><EM>breathing in, breathing out the pain</EM></P> <P><EM>i miss you</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>and i know it's not the same</EM></P> <P><EM>crying on the drive home</EM></P> <P><EM>leave you where you lay</EM></P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><SPAN>Let's go now to Cambridge, for an Indie Rock track about wishing to go back, at least just once, and be together. Band member Harry explains</SPAN>:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<SPAN>So the track started with our guitarist Lee, who arranged the synths and original drum pattern, he sent it over to me and I immediately felt a wave of emotion in the song, I had been working on the theme of loss, losing someone very close to me far too early in their lives, and wishing I had another 5 minutes to say what I didn’t get the chance to say to them, so it’s in essence a sad song! I think it works on multiple levels too, it can also be associated with relationships, etc.</SPAN>"</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="spotify:track:6xEcb4fcJCh6uj5jTtOady:small" target="_self">spotify:track:6xEcb4fcJCh6uj5jTtOady:small</A></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Polo Lounge – Paradise</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="PoloLounge.jpg" style="width: 303px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/208341iE6B579266CB6DFB3/image-dimensions/303x303?v=v2" width="303" height="303" role="button" title="PoloLounge.jpg" alt="PoloLounge.jpg" /></span></EM><EM>If I see you now and then,</EM></P> <P><EM>an hour or another day</EM></P> <P><EM>it doesn’t matter anyway</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>We pick up where we left off</EM></P> <P><EM>then we go and then we go</EM></P> <P><EM> until we go again</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>Don’t be a stranger</EM></P> <P><EM>If you wanna follow me</EM><BR /><EM>We can get lost together</EM><BR /><EM>Anywhere you wanna be</EM><BR /><EM>We can get lost together</EM></P> <P> </P> <P>We drive now to Ramsgate, Kent for another Indie Rock track about that place you, and another person reach, where both would like to stay. It could be anywhere:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"The song is a story of friendships. Sometimes you don’t speak or see someone for a long time, but when you do see each other it’s like no time has passed. It’s inspired by different times and different friends. But in the end you’re still good friends and a sign of a good friendship is picking up where you left off!</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">“We could be anywhere”, which is a lyric in the song, is a quote of something me and my mates used to say while growing up in Ramsgate looking out at the sea or the harbour.</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">“You’re the one I’m needing now” that’s just about times when you might be missing your friends."</P> <P> </P> <P><A href="spotify:track:7yGcsbskHJGWaXGObJTE2g:small" target="_self">spotify:track:7yGcsbskHJGWaXGObJTE2g:small</A> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P><STRONG><SPAN>Benny Bianco – Mountain Blues</SPAN></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="BennyBianco.jpg" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/209303i649AE3A1EEE9AA7E/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="BennyBianco.jpg" alt="BennyBianco.jpg" /></span>I'm going up the mountain just to clear my mind.</EM><BR /><EM>The woman that I love is proving hard to find.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>I still love her ways and her smiling face.</EM><BR /><EM>But I feel our love is drifting. Now I need some space.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P><EM>My case is packed. My route's already planned.</EM><BR /><EM>I've already made my peace about her having another man.</EM></P> <P> </P> <P>Our last stop is Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, for a Blues track in the most classic way, a painful song about unattainable love:</P> <P> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify">"<SPAN>It wasn't inspired by an experience per se, more of a mood found in the old blues of Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, a mood I could almost parachute into, we've all felt like we want to just leave our worldly possessions and just go be a hermit but I think it was realizing bringing that blues idea into being through my own voice and way of saying it</SPAN>."</P> <P class="lia-align-justify"> </P> <P class="lia-align-justify"><A href="spotify:track:4CojGZzPz2mzWxzoyo722F:small" target="_self">spotify:track:4CojGZzPz2mzWxzoyo722F:small</A></P> <P> </P> <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 time!</P> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:43:48 GMT osornios 2026-06-29T22:43:48Z #MusicMonday Review - June 2026 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-June-2026/ba-p/7425117 <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/173766i39FAE7A484005229/image-size/medium?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="music-blog.jpg" alt="music-blog.jpg" /></span></P> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:43:48 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-June-2026/ba-p/7425117 osornios 2026-06-29T22:43:48Z Re: #MusicMonday Review - June 2026 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-June-2026/bc-p/7505189#M25394 <P>Awesome work thanks for sharing this i really like it.</P> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:54:29 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Community-Blog/MusicMonday-Review-June-2026/bc-p/7505189#M25394 iLucaaas 2026-07-20T01:54:29Z