Welcome back to another Tuesday of new music y’all. On top of what seems to be a very busy week for great female-fronted releases, I’ve got a special treat for you in the form of a short video of me as a very gay six-year-old. I went through a big suspenders phase for a few years.
Time for some music!
The top spot this week goes to these Swedish sisters who stole many American hearts a few years ago after a video of them covering Fleet Foxes “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” appeared on YouTube. In a weird way, I would almost classify their music as folk-pop Americana, even though they are Swedish. While I wouldn’t classify their music as being particularly happy, their harmonies are very much like comfort food to the soul. Bring this album with you on a long road trip and while you’re at it, pick up their earlier releases. Stream the album in its entirety over at NPR.
In the past few months there have been a few albums released whose vocal quality I can only describe as beautifully distant. I’m not sure if this is a production effect or if this is actually my ears trying to get used to less-processed vocals, but I love it. Laura’s music reminds me very much of Radiation City, whose debut album was, for me, love at first listen.
Honorable mentions: Graffiti6, Gotye, Foxy Shazam, White Denim, Wiley, Nada Surf, Lamb of God, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Seal, Torgny, Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians, Justice, Zomes, moe., Lazerbreak and Kelli Pickler.
That’s it for this week, but remember to come back here tomorrow for your Weekly Women to Listen to suggestions. You can also follow me on Facebook and drop me a note to suggest an artist you want me to check out. Stay awesome.
