2025 FAV TRACKS PLAYLIST: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/my-fav-singles-of-2025/pl.u-ayeZTygbKDy
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!!!BEST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!
Lucy Dacus - Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKTYG5cpc0&pp=ygURTHVjeSBEYWN1cyAtIFRhbGs%3D
Chappell Roan - The Giver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DubtPdXXjew&pp=ygUZQ2hhcHBlbGwgUm9hbiAtIFRoZSBHaXZlcg%3D%3D
PARTYOF2 (Jadagrace & SWIM f.k.a. grouptherapy.) - mad love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foCGHS0KVdg&pp=ygUkUEFSVFlPRjIsIEphZGFncmFjZSwgU1dJTSAtIG1hZCBsb3Zl
Black Lips - Satan (I'm Tired of You)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwkzIQv13JM&pp=ygUlQmxhY2sgTGlwcyAtIFNhdGFuIChJJ20gVGlyZWQgb2YgWW91KdIHCQlRCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
Bon Iver - If Only I Could Wait ft. Danielle Haim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXovIhGZuo&pp=ygUxQm9uIEl2ZXIgLSBJZiBPbmx5IEkgQ291bGQgV2FpdCBmdC4gRGFuaWVsbGUgSGFpbQ%3D%3D
billy woods - Misery ft. Kenny Segal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cv3qdx7rlM&pp=ygUkYmlsbHkgd29vZHMgLSBNaXNlcnkgZnQuIEtlbm55IFNlZ2Fs0gcJCVEJAYcqIYzv
Freddie Gibbs - Big 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1XhqkaWyk&pp=ygUVRnJlZGRpZSBHaWJicyAtIEJpZyAy
Lil Nas X - HOTBOX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0UPCY5XZY&pp=ygUSTGlsIE5hcyBYIC0gSE9UQk9Y
Mura Masa - JUMP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgepkSk8tmI&pp=ygUQTXVyYSBNYXNhIC0gSlVNUA%3D%3D
feeble little horse - This Is Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5ARgm--Ok&pp=ygUiZmVlYmxlIGxpdHRsZSBob3JzZSAtIFRoaXMgSXMgUmVhbA%3D%3D
...meh...
Playboi Carti - GOOD CREDIT ft. Kendrick Lamar
https://youtu.be/MsTsW8aIcH4?si=soKFxw69CH9a6v0h
Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkfQ8sjClc&pp=0gcJCUUJAYcqIYzv
These New Puritans - Industrial Love Song ft. Caroline Polachek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-MWiFgIzs&pp=ygU_VGhlc2UgTmV3IFB1cml0YW5zIC0gSW5kdXN0cmlhbCBMb3ZlIFNvbmcgZnQuIENhcm9saW5lIFBvbGFjaGVr
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csst0G-QfkU&pp=ygUZTGlsIFRlY2NhIC0gRGFyayBUaG91Z2h0cw%3D%3D
4batz - MORTAL KOMBAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGhvp5ShQoM&pp=ygUVNGJhdHogLSBNb3J0YWwgS29tYmF0
Ty Segall - Fantastic Tomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hawEX7XMC8&pp=ygUaVHkgU2VnYWxsIC0gRmFudGFzdGljIFRvbWI%3D
HAIM - Relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOI_QTmK8Ks&pp=ygUUSEFJTSAtIFJlbGF0aW9uc2hpcHM%3D
mclusky - people person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKXRSqFXSY&pp=ygUXbWNsdXNreSAtIHBlb3BsZSBwZXJzb24%3D
The Callous Daoboys - Lemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF3sSeWFrk&pp=ygUXQ2FsbG91cyBEYW9ib3lzIC0gTGVtb24%3D
LustSickPuppy - FGB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck5tMzRWV5Q&pp=ygUTTHVzdCRpY2tQdXBweSAtIEZHQg%3D%3D
!!!WORST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!
Selena Gomez & benny blanco - Sunset Blvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJG5CWsne8E&pp=ygUpU2VsZW5hIEdvbWV6ICYgYmVubnkgYmxhbmNvIC0gU3Vuc2V0IEJsdmTSBwkJUQkBhyohjO8%3D
Aminé - Familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3KfWgNZcA&pp=ygUSQW1pbsOpIC0gRmFtaWxpY
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!!!BEST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!
Lucy Dacus - Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKTYG5cpc0&pp=ygURTHVjeSBEYWN1cyAtIFRhbGs%3D
Chappell Roan - The Giver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DubtPdXXjew&pp=ygUZQ2hhcHBlbGwgUm9hbiAtIFRoZSBHaXZlcg%3D%3D
PARTYOF2 (Jadagrace & SWIM f.k.a. grouptherapy.) - mad love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foCGHS0KVdg&pp=ygUkUEFSVFlPRjIsIEphZGFncmFjZSwgU1dJTSAtIG1hZCBsb3Zl
Black Lips - Satan (I'm Tired of You)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwkzIQv13JM&pp=ygUlQmxhY2sgTGlwcyAtIFNhdGFuIChJJ20gVGlyZWQgb2YgWW91KdIHCQlRCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
Bon Iver - If Only I Could Wait ft. Danielle Haim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXovIhGZuo&pp=ygUxQm9uIEl2ZXIgLSBJZiBPbmx5IEkgQ291bGQgV2FpdCBmdC4gRGFuaWVsbGUgSGFpbQ%3D%3D
billy woods - Misery ft. Kenny Segal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cv3qdx7rlM&pp=ygUkYmlsbHkgd29vZHMgLSBNaXNlcnkgZnQuIEtlbm55IFNlZ2Fs0gcJCVEJAYcqIYzv
Freddie Gibbs - Big 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1XhqkaWyk&pp=ygUVRnJlZGRpZSBHaWJicyAtIEJpZyAy
Lil Nas X - HOTBOX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0UPCY5XZY&pp=ygUSTGlsIE5hcyBYIC0gSE9UQk9Y
Mura Masa - JUMP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgepkSk8tmI&pp=ygUQTXVyYSBNYXNhIC0gSlVNUA%3D%3D
feeble little horse - This Is Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5ARgm--Ok&pp=ygUiZmVlYmxlIGxpdHRsZSBob3JzZSAtIFRoaXMgSXMgUmVhbA%3D%3D
...meh...
Playboi Carti - GOOD CREDIT ft. Kendrick Lamar
https://youtu.be/MsTsW8aIcH4?si=soKFxw69CH9a6v0h
Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkfQ8sjClc&pp=0gcJCUUJAYcqIYzv
These New Puritans - Industrial Love Song ft. Caroline Polachek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-MWiFgIzs&pp=ygU_VGhlc2UgTmV3IFB1cml0YW5zIC0gSW5kdXN0cmlhbCBMb3ZlIFNvbmcgZnQuIENhcm9saW5lIFBvbGFjaGVr
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csst0G-QfkU&pp=ygUZTGlsIFRlY2NhIC0gRGFyayBUaG91Z2h0cw%3D%3D
4batz - MORTAL KOMBAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGhvp5ShQoM&pp=ygUVNGJhdHogLSBNb3J0YWwgS29tYmF0
Ty Segall - Fantastic Tomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hawEX7XMC8&pp=ygUaVHkgU2VnYWxsIC0gRmFudGFzdGljIFRvbWI%3D
HAIM - Relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOI_QTmK8Ks&pp=ygUUSEFJTSAtIFJlbGF0aW9uc2hpcHM%3D
mclusky - people person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKXRSqFXSY&pp=ygUXbWNsdXNreSAtIHBlb3BsZSBwZXJzb24%3D
The Callous Daoboys - Lemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF3sSeWFrk&pp=ygUXQ2FsbG91cyBEYW9ib3lzIC0gTGVtb24%3D
LustSickPuppy - FGB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck5tMzRWV5Q&pp=ygUTTHVzdCRpY2tQdXBweSAtIEZHQg%3D%3D
!!!WORST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!
Selena Gomez & benny blanco - Sunset Blvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJG5CWsne8E&pp=ygUpU2VsZW5hIEdvbWV6ICYgYmVubnkgYmxhbmNvIC0gU3Vuc2V0IEJsdmTSBwkJUQkBhyohjO8%3D
Aminé - Familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3KfWgNZcA&pp=ygUSQW1pbsOpIC0gRmFtaWxpY
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00:00Hey, hi, and hello, everyone.
00:02Anthony Fantano here, Internet's busiest music nerd.
00:05Hope you're doing well.
00:06And it's time for a weekly track roundup.
00:10All my thoughts, my opinions, my feelings on a grouping of songs
00:15that have dropped over the past week or so.
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00:21and decide on your own.
00:22Do do I like it?
00:24Is it something I'd never mind if Anthony likes it?
00:27Is that is that a thing that I like?
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01:26which I hear I hear very good things about.
01:29And yeah, that is essentially going to be at worst tracks of the week.
01:34Let's get into it.
01:36We have quite a few to go over more than I would like, but it is what it is.
01:41All right. Starting off with.
01:43Yeah, this is going to be sleep token here.
01:46A new track emergence is the title of this one.
01:49And do we still need to pretend this is this?
01:54This is a band that's good.
01:55Do we still need to be doing that like this?
01:57This just sounds like EDM with bad metal guitars and just like
02:01just just worse vocals, like generic.
02:04Like if these vocals were coming straight out of the alternative metal era,
02:08they are so obviously inspired by they would not stand out in the sea of bands
02:14that like, again, clearly inspire them.
02:16These are the most generic alt metal vocals I have heard in quite a while.
02:21And again, just like very glossy, almost EDM type production
02:25with very basic, like boring prog metal guitars.
02:29Like, what is the point?
02:30What is the appeal?
02:31And also it's long.
02:33It's dreary. It's draining.
02:36Pass. We are passing hard passing on this hard pass.
02:41Moving on from there, we have Timbaland and Alejandro Aranda,
02:45who I feel like made three different songs on this one song
02:49and no one element of those three different songs, respectively, come together.
02:55Sensibly or coherently, this is really like a, you know,
02:58go back to the drawing board type moment.
03:00We can say that with love again.
03:03We have Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco teasing toward their upcoming collab
03:07album with another single, Sunset Boulevard.
03:10Miss Gomez is a perfectly capable singer.
03:13Why absolutely destroy and muddy up her vocals
03:18with all the pitching and all the effects in the way that they do?
03:24It just sort of makes the singing sound unlistenable, frankly,
03:28instrumental, really plain, really bland.
03:30I'm not really sure what they were trying to do on this one,
03:33at least with the Gracie Abram ones.
03:34I could kind of see what they're going for there
03:36with kind of the straightforward pop rock style.
03:38The cutesy little acoustic number they put out before that was very,
03:42you know, like early 2010s YouTuber core.
03:45But there was an appeal there.
03:46This just sounds sloppy, not really getting the appeal.
03:50And Lizzo putting together some TJ Maxx disco on this new one over here.
03:57Still bad, not really feeling the vibe on this one.
04:00It just sounds too formulaic.
04:02It's just, you know, if you're looking for some disco nostalgia,
04:06there are better options out there in the world.
04:09I'll say that.
04:10And finally, Calvin Harris has decided to go country on this new track over here.
04:18Smoke the pain away.
04:19And yeah, it just sounds like a bad combination of super commercial
04:23dance music and super commercial country.
04:25And I don't know.
04:29I certainly don't need that.
04:30I don't know if the world does.
04:31Maybe the maybe this is what the world needs right now.
04:35I know I don't.
04:36And and that's why I'm passing.
04:38And, oh, I mean, it also has a new one out.
04:40A familiar is the title of this one.
04:42And look, I'm not exactly against Amina
04:46continuing to experiment more and more with beats that are a little more
04:50melodic and a little more dance centric and really kind of like
04:54experimenting with his vocal style more.
04:55But if he is going to do that, I would insist that he do it in such a way to
05:00where his vocals are actually distinct and recognizable.
05:03I feel like he has drifted so far away from his trademark sound at this point.
05:08And his vocals are so heavily altered on this track that it doesn't even
05:11really sound like an Amina song.
05:14It just sounds like very bland Spotify wallpaper that kind of comes and
05:18goes in a flash.
05:20The song structure, the song writing itself is really nothing to, you know,
05:24speak of either.
05:25It's just a very short, unremarkable little track.
05:28And I feel like his his his talents far exceed what is displayed on this
05:33song here. And I'll leave it there.
05:35All right. Meh.
05:36The tracks I was kind of on the fence with, they are as follows.
05:40You may like them more than me, though.
05:42Here we go.
05:43We have a new one over here from Ty Siegel, multi instrumentalist, singer,
05:48songwriter, rock, nostalgist, extraordinary as a new album on the way.
05:52And this track over here sees him once again bringing us some 60s garage
05:57rock vibes, but with almost like a sort of progressive song structure, a
06:02lot of different shifts across the track as well.
06:04I think it's OK.
06:06I mean, I have been lately preferring much of the stuff from his lo-fi
06:11era more than what he has been putting out as of late.
06:14But what I can say about his latest material, including this track over
06:19here, Fantastic Tomb, is that there is a focus and a maturity to it, you
06:23know, that you could argue his older stuff that may be too rough around
06:28the edges for some lacked, you know, this doesn't quite have the same
06:33exuberant energy, but there is like, you know, really a focus and a
06:35skill and a virtuosity to a lot of the ideas and playing the riff change
06:41that pops up in the second half of the track is pretty fire as well.
06:43It's an interesting progression.
06:45It's creative for sure.
06:47Ty is still in his again, throwback rock bag.
06:51Can't deny that.
06:52All right.
06:53We are moving on from there to the new little tech song.
06:56Dark Thoughts is the title of the track.
06:58And, you know, as you guys know, I'm not usually a big little tech guy,
07:02but this is not the kind of instrumental I would usually expect him to hop
07:05on top of this is like a really cool 2000s throwback with a pretty solid
07:10hook. And while he does do his usual sort of like auto crooner thing on
07:14top of it there is a sharp melodic component to it.
07:17And I feel like he makes this vocal style work over this kind of
07:21instrumental better than I think one would expect it would in, you know,
07:26in concept.
07:27So I can at least commend it for that, even if not like, you know,
07:30head over heels for it.
07:31We have a new one over here as well from these new Puritans who we have
07:34not heard from in a minute, but they are coming back with a vengeance on
07:38this new track, Industrial Love Song featuring Caroline Polachek.
07:42It's not so much an industrial love song as it is like a new agey type
07:47love song, lots of atmosphere, some decent vocal chemistry here and there,
07:52though. I do think Caroline's vocals really do kind of carry the track.
07:57To be honest, I feel like, you know, the other side of the coin
08:03vocally could have been a bit stronger.
08:06The structure could have sort of ended in a place that had a bit more
08:10of a payoff, I suppose.
08:11But, you know, it's certainly enchanting while it's on to a degree, for
08:16sure. We have McCluskey, who has come through with the track People
08:21Person. It's a bit of a post-hardcore banger, though I do think some
08:25of the spoken word bits in the pacing are a bit off, leave something
08:30to be desired.
08:32But if you're looking for some kind of animalistic and somewhat
08:35satirical post-hardcore, make sure you give this track a spin for
08:39sure. We have Lustic Puppy, FGB, brand new track, kind of bringing
08:44that industrial hip hop sound once again, but on a track that is
08:48pretty darn short.
08:49Honestly, I'm hoping that new singles and another album into the
08:55future kind of comes through with production and vocals that are a
08:57bit bolder and not so one note.
09:00But, you know, the usual baseline boxes for Lustic Puppy are there.
09:06They're checked for sure.
09:07Okay, we have a Playboi Carti, new album, music.
09:11It's out now.
09:12Just going to point you guys toward one track off of it featuring
09:16Kendrick Lamar, the one, the only.
09:18The song is good credit, and it's been a highlight for many off of
09:23the album, though I myself am not as impressed with it as I think
09:28others are.
09:29Kendrick's verse, while it is definitely a highlight of the song,
09:32generally speaking, I think is just okay.
09:35He's had stronger features in the past.
09:37It's almost like he's trying to bring sort of a Kendrick baby
09:40Keem type of collaborative chaos to this track.
09:44But I just don't think Carti holds up his end of the bargain,
09:47really. Instrumentally, it's okay.
09:49Performance wise from Carti, I feel like it's kind of average for
09:53him at this point.
09:54And that's not to say that there aren't highlights on the album
09:57that I enjoy.
09:58There are.
09:59I just don't really think good credit is one of them as much as
10:03I feel like Kendrick does provide a bit of a necessary change up
10:07in the very dense track list of this album, and I'll leave it
10:11there. All right.
10:13We have a hymn, the hymn sisters, relationships, a brand new track
10:18over here.
10:19We have relationships.
10:21We have F bombs, and it's pretty much like standard hymn
10:27pop rock at this point.
10:29I don't really think it's one of their best tunes ever.
10:32And I feel like the vulgarity of it all is really more of the
10:38selling point than the songwriting itself is.
10:43But certainly there's a consistency there that you can admire
10:48from him at this point.
10:49And I'm still looking forward to the new record from them this
10:52year for sure.
10:53So, okay, we have the callous Dow boys, the callous Dow boys
10:58who have come through with a very jarring and disorienting
11:01new track over here titled Lemon that honestly, in terms of
11:06its influences, I can't even begin to describe because it is
11:10just so insane in its amalgamation of, like, 90s radio pop
11:19rock and a bunch of other stuff that I'm like, you know, some
11:24of it I'm crazy about some of it.
11:26I'm not like it's a lot of rock genres, both alternative and
11:30underground that are being brought together in just a series
11:36of, like, stylistic matches that you just do not anticipate.
11:40Maybe it'll be easier for some to get into this track if they
11:42just don't really know the reference points, and it's all
11:44kind of like hitting them as, like, a totally new entirely
11:49original thing.
11:50I feel like personally having sort of like perceptions of,
11:56you know, the various rock genres they're bringing together
11:58on this track.
12:00Maybe there's some baggage there that kind of keeps me just
12:03held back from enjoying this track.
12:06I can appreciate on some level that it's very creative.
12:08It's very surprising.
12:09You know, no band is quite assembling these sounds together
12:14in the way that callous Del boys are on this particular track,
12:18which I can most definitely respect.
12:20But is it coming together in a way that I think is tasteful
12:23or effective or, you know, cool?
12:27Not particularly, but it's something I'm definitely going
12:30to be returning to before the new album drops.
12:33And I'm kind of curious as to how it will sound in the greater
12:38context of an album that most likely will be a very varied
12:42release.
12:42So callous Del boys lemon.
12:45We have also four bats over here who I can appreciate that
12:50he's switching things up a little bit stylistically from a
12:52lot of the tracks on his last breakout album.
12:56That was pretty one dimensional.
12:57But this just sounds like a weekend song.
13:00This is a weekend song, but like a very watered down version
13:03of one, like from the, you know, 50 Shades of Gray soundtrack
13:08era, I guess you could say.
13:10And we have the best tracks of the week.
13:12Bam, bam, boom, boom, boom, bam, boom, boom, bam.
13:14They are as follows.
13:16We have party of two who have, you know, essentially split
13:19off on their own.
13:20They were originally a trio by the name of group therapy.
13:23Now it's Jada Grace and swim doing their own thing together
13:26as party of two.
13:27They have a new EP out.
13:29Mad love is one track off of it.
13:30It's a really cool multi genre, multi phased hip hop and dance
13:36blend that is hype as hell.
13:37Great vocal samples, great performance, great energy
13:40throughout.
13:41And yeah, I'm really excited to hear what they're doing
13:44as a duo off of this new EP that they have out this track
13:48again.
13:49Mad love is off of it.
13:51And yeah, you know, sort of sounds like they're putting
13:53their best foot forward with this new collection, short
13:58winded, but still, you know, collection of material.
14:02So hell yeah.
14:03Here we go.
14:04Next, we have Muramasa, producer extraordinaire, electronic
14:09music legend.
14:09You could say in some respects, jump is the name of this
14:13new track and single, and it is hype as hell.
14:16You know, one of the best dance cuts I have heard this year
14:19so far.
14:20So kudos to that.
14:22We also have Lucy Dacus giving us another teaser to the
14:26forthcoming album.
14:27Forever is a feeling.
14:29Talk is the name of the song, and it's a heart wrenching
14:33ballad and story, honestly, about a relationship that is
14:36like really falling apart.
14:38Lucy, I would say, wondering about just kind of the state
14:42of things romantically in a way that is heartbreaking.
14:48You know, why is our best sex in hotels?
14:50Why are we fighting in their stairwells?
14:52It's a song is spilling tea.
14:55It's a dark track.
14:57It's dark track.
14:58So yeah, you know, very straightforward drumming on it,
15:01too, that I think really kind of sets the pace very nicely.
15:04Liking this one a lot.
15:05Liking this one a lot from Lucy.
15:06I think one of the better singles so far from this album
15:09cycle.
15:10All right.
15:10We have a Black Lips.
15:11Satan, I'm tired of you are really kind of cute, campy,
15:15weird country tune.
15:17Look here, Satan.
15:19I'm tired of you.
15:21You know, F Satan, I guess I'm with Black Lips on that one.
15:25And it's kind of a fun, silly song, but it's also saying
15:30something, too.
15:32But yeah, you know, band is staying a kooky and creative
15:35in that classic Black Lips sort of way.
15:38All right.
15:39We have Lil Nas X, who was really feeding fans this week
15:44in a big way with not one, not two, not three, not four,
15:48but five new singles, five singles, five tracks.
15:52And I would say three out of five of them were pretty
15:55great.
15:56And this one over here, Hotbox is my favorite of the five.
16:00Look, look up Lil Nas X on streaming right now.
16:03All the tracks are there.
16:04But again, Hotbox is the one I would really specifically
16:07point you guys to.
16:09It's a really great, almost like Pharrell Neptune style
16:13throwback.
16:14It's very clubby.
16:15It's very energetic, fantastic production, fantastic chorus.
16:20Lil Nas X vocally and rap wise is doing really well on the
16:23track, too.
16:24So yeah, really pleased with how this one came out and
16:27liking to see a wider variety of influences going into
16:31Montero's stuff, especially considering the past couple
16:34of singles just kind of being OK in my eyes.
16:36I really feel like these five tracks, even the lesser of
16:40the five, the ones that I thought were just OK, were
16:45surprising in terms of like, oh, I didn't know he'd try
16:48to pull off that style or that sound or whatever.
16:49So I really feel like he's trying to pull off something
16:54bold with this album cycle now.
16:55Really excited to see where this goes on the new record.
16:59All right.
16:59We have Freddie Gibbs coming through the new track, almost
17:02like a freestyle type cut where he's dropping a couple
17:04of verses.
17:04We got a lot of shots.
17:06And even the title itself, Big Two, is almost like obviously
17:11a reference to the whole Big Three discussion and so on
17:14and so forth.
17:14So Freddie is going off lyrically, seemingly has a lot
17:19to say and is gearing up for a new album release as well.
17:22So Freddie Gibbs, Big Two.
17:24There we go.
17:25All right.
17:26We have a feeble little horse who is back.
17:29First single for a brand new album cycle.
17:31This is real.
17:33The band continues to confuse me in terms of what kind of
17:36band is this?
17:39Is it a lo-fi indie slacker rock noise pop thing?
17:43Or is it something from a totally different universe?
17:47All I'll say is that the songwriting is on point, even
17:50though it is all over the place and very linear and very
17:54nuts and very over the top.
17:57It's hella creative.
17:59And it's just like every odd shade of underground rock
18:03pulled together into a mysterious but delicious soup, a
18:06stew, a hearty stew.
18:09I'll leave it there.
18:10All right.
18:11We have Chaperone, The Giver, brand new single that she has
18:15been teasing, not only because obviously, given just how
18:19popular Chapel has been, anything musically that she's
18:21putting out is going to be highly discussed and in high
18:25demand, but also there has been a lot of discussion around
18:28her going country on this new track.
18:30And stylistically, she does that, but I wouldn't say she
18:32like, you know, is really going super rootsy, rustic, or
18:38anything like that on this one.
18:39It's very much like a Shania Twain brand of country, a very
18:43Shania Twain style of country.
18:45So you have, you know, those clear pop influences coming
18:47through instrumentally.
18:49Some campy bits on the back end, get the drop down, you
18:53know, later into the track.
18:57Very obviously a flirty song.
18:59It's a big sexual flex and, you know, quite catchy as well.
19:03You know, I think she pulled off the country sound well, if
19:05it is, you know, even if it is like more of a pop sort of
19:09blend.
19:09And yeah, you know, I don't think this is necessarily going
19:13to be like indicative of her doing all country album or
19:16anything like that.
19:17But, you know, as far as a new single goes, not disappointing
19:21at all from Miss Roan.
19:23All right, a couple more.
19:25We have Bon Iver, who I would love to shout out, who has
19:29another couple of singles out.
19:30One is, If I Only Could Wait, featuring Daniel Haim.
19:34And it's a bit of a powerful ballad with some very strange
19:38multi-textured production that's a little hectic, a little
19:42chaotic, but I feel like the smooth and very beautiful
19:46ballad at the core of it, which, you know, the vocals are
19:49really kind of carrying the water of for the most part, kind
19:53of keeps things steady and focused.
19:55It kind of brings some cohesion to the chaos.
19:58It's a very beautiful tune, very beautiful performance.
20:00And shout out to Billy Woods, who has a new album on the
20:04way.
20:04First teaser is from the record.
20:08What am I talking about?
20:09Features is what I want to say.
20:11Kenny Siegel, Misery is the title of the song.
20:14And interesting kind of narrative from Billy, because he
20:17mostly seems to be like describing some kind of connection
20:20or relationship he's made with somebody who has like, you
20:25know, sort of like a famous platform and is sort of like
20:30wondering how he kind of like, yeah, I guess like the
20:32difficulties on some level or struggles of like fitting into
20:35that.
20:35I mean, it could be metaphorical, symbolic on some level.
20:38You know, again, I've only given the track a few spins, but
20:41still very impressed with the kind of loose and layered
20:45horns on the track.
20:46Billy's writing and, you know, his lyrical focus per usual.
20:52Love seeing him tie in once again with Kenny Siegel, because
20:54they're always a great duo.
20:56And yeah, enjoying the track and looking forward to just like
21:00kind of unpeeling, peeling back more of those layers as I
21:04typically do the more I listen to Billy stuff.
21:07And of course, always, always, always excited for a new album
21:10from him.
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