Some brand new songs and one that goes back nearly 50 years for this week’s playlist.
(Spotify embedding is cranky this morning, so here’s a link)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PrFQ6Y0xt5JJnHAB5wx1b?si=a478ce2e928544ab
“Peace Blossom Boogy” – Babe Rainbow
Not sure how/why it happened, but I just heard this five-year-old song about going to Venice for the first time. Spotify must be tracking my location. If you told me there was a song called “Peace Blossom Boogy” I would expect it to sound exactly like this.
“Palomino” – First Aid Kit
This starts out sounding like a Ryan Adams song. At least until the vocals kick in. Then it turns into your standard, gorgeous, FAK song.
“No Rule” – Manchester Orchestra
A leftover from Manchester Orchestra’s most recent album, 2021’s A Million Masks of Gold. I always hate to tell artists who, you know, have been kind of successful, how to run their careers. But I do not get why this did not make the final track list for that LP. It’s wonderful. There’s a similar leftover track in my final list for my favorite songs of the year. Had this been released a little earlier, it would have been a strong contender as well.
“Running with the Hurricane” – Camp Cope
Speaking of my favorites list, another song that was on the outside looking in.
“Fear of Art” – THUMPER
One more that would land somewhere in my top 30 if my list went that deep.
“Couldn’t Get It Right” – Climax Blues Band
I watched a movie this week that took place in the late ’70s and had a great soundtrack, including this jam. I have a ’70s playlist that I don’t listen to nearly often enough. When I checked to make sure this song was included, it was right there at track number one. Someone wanted me to share it with you this week. I was under the impression that Top of the Pops performances were always lip-synched, but this appears to have been a live performance. And pretty solid.