It’s a small miracle, I’ve nearly caught up with the singles round ups, not quite the end of May yet and here is the first part of the round up for May, with more to come of course…
wojtek the bear are producing some of the best songs of their career just now in my humble opinion, from the response track to Kylie’s Got a Crush On Us, the tongue in cheek kylie’s put a curse on us, through the self deprecating french blue to this, the third single to come from album, i don’t think you want to be here.… Read the rest
The first part of the singles round up for the last month of 2024 before I consider the best of the year…
Midland Railway – Bedroom Analysis
A wonderfully uplifting song which feels like the writer has crawled into my head, with lyrics about anxiety and overanalysis of your thoughts…musically post punk maelstrom, driving squally guitars, and to my ears times when it almost hints at Pogues/Dropkick Murphys Celtic punk territory, a great start to this months round up.
From their excellent 2024 self titled album, the more observant among you will note this song has previously appeared in a Singles Round Up, but it didn’t have a video until now…
Sloan Brothers – Breathing Distress Blues (DOA PDA)
Purveyors of one of 2022’s albums of the year, Sloan Simpson recently released one of the must inspiring songs of this months round up in the form of Breathing Distress Blues, the uplifting nature of the song even more surprising as the song was written on the back of a serious medical emergency, as Sloan says in his own words “tells of a songwriter with minutes to live deciding to spend that time writing a love song.”… Read the rest
