Top 3 Songs Of The Week – 04/05/2019

  1. Kiss Me – Charlie Puth
  2. Lemon Boy – Cavetown
  3. ME! – Taylor Swift (ft. Brendon Urie)

There were a few YouTube covers of songs (e.g. ‘Rhiannon’ by Alice Kristiansen & Jessie Marie Villa, and also ‘Cherry Wine’ by Patricia Lalor) and other tracks like ‘Scrawny’ by the Wallows that just missed out this week; you can check em out nonetheless. The number 3 this week was recently released by Tay-Tay and, although I was doubtful at first, it’s pretty good for a pop song. The number 2, which just missed out last week, is another of Cavetown’s absolute BANGERS. It’s one of the songs that starts off quiet-ish and then builds up as it goes on – a perfect example of this is with a few Mumford and Sons tracks (like ‘Broken Crown’, ‘Dust Bowl Dance’ and ‘White Blank Page’… all of which had the title of being my favourite song – perhaps there’s a pattern). The number 1 I discovered ages ago but recently came across it again. This is a really sad song and, along with the 13 Reasons Why clips in the YouTube video (the video I use to listen to the song), it reaches a whole new level of emotion; if it was on iTunes I’d be playing it on my iPod non-stop.

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Top 3 Songs Of The Week – 27/04/2019

  1. Cool Blue – The Japanese House
  2. Anesthesia (Demo) – Alec Benjamin
  3. One Last Dance – Us The Duo

Although this is a late post for last week’s top 3, I’ve made sure I’ve kept all the tracks strictly to songs I heard up until Saturday the 27th… trust meh. This meant that I couldn’t include ‘Lemon Boy’ by Cavetown due to the fact I only just started to listen/like it on Saturday… but that probably means it’ll be on the next top 3 to be honest. Nevertheless, number 3 for this week was a song my brother played in the car (so I take none of the credit) and it builds a sad-ish story of a couple’s relationship – like Jamie Lawson’s ‘I wasn’t expecting that’ but with a duet. Also, the atmosphere of the song is kinda a mix between a John Lewis Christmas advert song and some sort of Pixar movie’s soundtrack; it’s really good. Number 2 for this week was released by Alec earlier in the week and sounds really nice even if it’s just a demo; to me it sounds slightly more ‘pop’-y than other songs of his. The number 1 needs no explanation as I’ve already made a ‘Song Analysis’ post for it – because it’s just that good!

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Song Analysis – Cool Blue (The Japanese House)

“And these days they grow so old, and I’ll never show”

This is one of the songs off of the ’13 Reasons Why’ (Season 1) Soundtrack Album. Most of the songs on that album are pretty good but there are a few that stand out… like this one. The song itself radiates such relaxing and fluent-like vibes; this fits well with the nostalgic themes going on in the music video – which features various different filming styles all mashed together into an oddly fitting video. I’d recommend if you’re needing chill tunes to maybe go in the background whilst revising or whatever ya needing to do.

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Top 3 Songs Of The Week – 20/04/2019

  1. Boys Will Be Bugs – Cavetown
  2. The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala
  3. In Blue – Declan Mckenna

There were a lot of songs to choose from this week with the likes of ‘Idle Town’ by Conan Gray and ‘Welcome To Wonderland’ by Anson Seabra just missing out. One of these songs could have made it into the number 3 spot if it wasn’t for Declan Mckenna releasing yet another banger the other day. This was a song made for the Moominvalley (film) soundtrack – at first this would seem weird as it doesn’t sound like the happiest of songs. The number 2 for this week was unlucky to miss out last week (due to the fact I only started to listen to it right after I posted last week’s top 3) but its gained its rightful place this time round because of it being so good – it feels like a half vintage and half modern song. I discovered the number one for this week through a YouTube recommendation of the acoustic version (featuring Chloe Moriondo – another good artist who you should check out). The acoustic version, I’d say, is equally as good as the official audio with slight differences… for example, the actual audio adds a voice-changing-thing to make Robbie’s (the artist’s) voice sound like a bug-child thing – which is really cool and adds to the atmosphere of the song.

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Album Analysis – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (Billie Eilish)

Top 3 Songs:
  1. ilomilo
  2. i love you
  3. my strange addiction

This is one the best albums ever (in my opinion). The top 3 songs are just the peaks of all the great songs included – with other great ‘peaks’ being ‘bad guy’, ‘xanny’ and, to be honest, every other song on this album. Technically, this is Billie’s ‘first’ album although there was another album entitled ‘dont smile at me’ (not available in physical CD format) that came before this one. When comparing the two, I found this recent one to be more polished and professional – but, of course, I am taking nothing away from the previous album which is also really good (and similarly is on my list of favourite albums). I predict I will carry on listening to songs off of this album repeatedly for many months to come and I am very much looking forward to listening and enjoying future Billie Eilish songs.

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Song Analysis – Green (Cavetown)

“I was so disappointed, I guess I got to my head, and I was too young to understand it”

Not only is this one of the cutest little sad songs lyric-wise, but the music video for it is the part that sold it to me. The video tells a story of how a lime gave all his juice/love to a lemon who took and took but never gave any of his juice/love back to the lime. Eventually, the lime grew thin and frail… and couldn’t give the lemon any more of his juice – resulting in the lemon leaving in anger. The lime then finds a new friend (orange) who is willing to share their juice… all whilst this is happening, the lemon keeps checking up on the lime in jealousy and, perhaps, regret. The lemon starts to feel guilty and realises how badly he treated the lime… so to make up for it he poured a jug full of lemon juice to give to the lime… but before he could, a tortoise kills him. The lime is then shown beside a grave for the lemon… sad that he had lost a true friend (who deep down was a good friend). This is a really nice story for a really nice song.

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Artist Analysis – Conan Gray

Top 3 Songs:
  1. Crush Culture
  2. Idle Town
  3. Sweater Weather (Cover – The Neighbourhood)

Albums: Sunset Season (EP)

I found out about this singer through YouTube recommending ‘Crush Culture’ one day – which I found to be a very catchy song (and the music video for this is also really entertaining and interesting). The other two songs display Conan’s unique singing voice nicely, as well as being really good and chilled out tunes. If you’re considering listening to him, I’d also check out ‘Generation Why’ and a few of the other covers he has on his YouTube channel. You could also check out the EP, but there are only about 5 songs on there and so you’d probably find that listening to him via his YouTube channel is the best way… until he releases a full album.

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Top 3 Songs Of The Week – 13/04/2019

  1. I didn’t Know – Skinshape
  2. goodbye – Billie Eilish
  3. Up In Flames – Coldplay

All recently discovered songs with the exception of the Billie Eilish track found last week – only appreciated recently, as the lyrics are a combination of references from all the other songs in her newly released album ‘WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’ (which meant I could only properly understand it after I’d listened to all the other songs). Following the purchase of ‘Mylo Xyloto’, I took a liking to the Coldplay song for it’s storytelling and sad vibes. The number one for this week is a more chilled song recommended by ye olde YouTube which is very relaxing to listen to.

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