This week has been a bit of a throwback in terms of music. This was mainly due to the fantastic cover of Head Over Heels by She’s in Parties. They have put their lovely ethereal touch on the song, with synths over the original piano. I really love the touch of the lead singers voice - it feels much less talk-y than the original and the song feels overall more smooth.
This song caused me to remember a cover of Careless Whisper by Chicago band Brigitte Calls Me Baby. The band themselves feel really nostalgic of the 80s vibes and I cannot recommend their self written songs. I originally discovered them on YouTube through a recording of one of their shows in Minneapolis and it is just incredible (see: here). The singer has such a smooth voice and one that really fits the retro theme of their music.
Before we get to the song of the week, I figured I would mention a song that I have been loving (albeit one that doesn’t really fit the theme that seems to have sort of shown up). This is Photo Day, the first song in Keg’s debut album. This came quite a surprise to me, but it was more than welcome and I have thoroughly enjoyed all the songs on this album. I think this song stood out to me so much because of the quiet, almost solemn, trumpet which slowly builds up with guitars joining in slowly up and up until you are left with a sort of fuzzy sound. This breaks through to Keg’s signature cacophony of loud trumpet, guitar and spoken word lyrics. As usual with Keg the lyrics are part of some strange story (see: Kids, Michael Phelps), but I think this song has a nice mix of their classic sound and some more optimistic, light sound, particularly with more soft trumpet mixed into the more heavy.
Recently I saw that the lead singer of Soda Blonde, Faye, sang with David Bowie’s band in an orchestra type set up and one of the songs she sang was “Five Years”, the smallest snippet of this reminded me of just how great and album this came from. I cannot fault a single song in the nearly 40 minutes playtime and why should I? The album is considered a classic and it really has stood the test of time. From “Starman” to “Ziggy Stardust” and “Moonage Daydream” the songs just hit every time. For this week I chose the song that reminded me of the album “Five Years”. I really love the storytelling over the whole album and this song sets the scene so well. Earth has used up all of its resources and will be destroyed in five years (feels somewhat relevant eh?). It’s quite a melancholy song, but it’s dramatic and actually quite beautiful in of itself.
The track of the week:
See my friend Sof’s song of the week here!