“Much Ado About Nothing” – Waxahatchee
A leftover track from her most recent album that got a proper single release this week. In a very Pearl Jam-way, this as good as most of the tracks that made Tigers Blood. I nominate Ms. Crutchfield to be our queen.
“What About The Children” – Gary Clark Jr. with Stevie Wonder
Not a bad pull for a guest by Mr. Clark, huh?
“Slugger” – SASAMI
We have a fantastic new entry in the Crying In The Club Bop hall of fame.
“Grocery Store” – Enumclaw
A very difficult song to search for, as the engines want to tell you about grocery stores in Enumclaw, WA. Maybe it is hard to find info on this song because it has a very 1995 vibe, from before the days when Yahoo, Alta Vista, and eventually Google would change our lives.
“1995” – Starflyer 59
Speaking of 1995, why not segue straight into a song that doesn’t just sound like that year, but is named for it?
“Brakes” – Onsloow
OK, one more. The lead singer of this band sounds a lot like Juliana Hatfield, who was kind of a big deal in 1995 or so.
“Penny Lover” – Lionel Richie
I had another song picked out for this week that I like a lot more than this one. I realized this morning that other song does not have a video. And there is a ton of great trivia behind it. So I’m going to tuck it away for a future RFTS post and shift to this, the final single from Richie’s massive Can’t Slow Down album. Over 13 months or so, Richie released five singles from the album, all of which landed in the top 10, two of which topped the chart. This one peaked at #8. Not my favorite song, nor one of my favorite artists. But as Lionel was a huge part of the legend of ’84, he deserves some run here. It cracked the Top 40 this week at #38 in just its second week in the Hot 100.