Tracks Of The Week

This week, I've been listening to a lot of Cherry Ghost. I posted one of their tracks last week, but after digging into them have I found that they have a number of very good tunes including 'Kissing Strangers', 'Only A Mother' and my personal favourite '4am'. I won't be featuring them this week though, as I included them last week and don't want to be repetitive, but that's just a heads up on Cherry Ghost.

Also a quick thank you to the people who gave me recommendations this week. They're much appreciated whether they are featured on the blog or not. *tips hat*


1. Real Estate - Beach Combers

The first track up this week is a recommendation by @ConorWalshy. The band were the actual recommendation, but once I looked into them this was the track that I enjoyed most. They feel like a band that's going to grow on me more over time as well. The guitar on this track seems to me to have elements of The Kinks, and you could even say The Beach Boys, and fits in perfectly with the nonchalant sounding vocals to create a song that I could easily listen to on a loop without realising it had ever had an ending.
I'd also like to point you towards 'Beach Fossils - Youth' which almost made it onto the list too. Another excellent track and I highly recommend you check out.




2. Aidy - Prettyish

When I mention a particular subject, or item, on Twitter and get reply with a link attached, I often simply discard it as spam. However when @AidyMusic nudged me towards his music, I felt obliged to a least check it out. I was pleasantly surprised to find a few tracks that I immediately liked. One of them being Prettyish. The use of a Xylophone really adds to this song, and with lyrics that, whilst simplistic, capture the emotion that the artist seems to be aiming for.




3. Darker My Love - Backseat

Next up a band that I must get round to digging into after finding this little track a while back. The song contains moments of blues, country and folk and all adds up to quite a catchy tune, which is odd, as I rarely find tracks that I find myself singing to after listening, usually down due indeterminate vocals or just simply lack of musical rhythm.




4. Jens Lekman - Sky Phenomenom

This track is my favourite on this list. Its simple composition is what I enjoy most. I dislike it when bands sometimes try to be to complicated or experimental and use instruments and sounds that add nothing to a piece. In this instance however, a piano is all that is needed, and anything more would ruin the mood of song. One of the other things that makes this track such a tremendous track is the images that you create from the lyrics.

"It's like someone's spilled a beer, over the atmosphere."

This line on the face of it would seem quite a jokey nonsensical line, something that Morrissey would have chosen to throw away from one of his novelty album tracks. However the sense of crushing disappointment you get from actually 'spilling a beer' compliments the emotion that I get from listening to the music.

"I would not be excepted, 'cause I can't dance the funky chicken."

Another line that would look out of place in most tracks but adds to this song immensely. Jens Lekman isn't mainstream and the line, whilst he may not have meant it, for me points towards not being accepted in popular culture or/and society.




5. Simon and Garfunkel - April Comes She Will

Simon and Garfunkel are often cast off by many, and not taken seriously. However they have a very good back catalogue of music, and this excellent ditty is one of them. At only 1:51 minutes long they manage to create a piece lyrically and musically that many couldn't create in ten.




Thanks very much for reading and listening. Yet again if you have any recommendations, or if you enjoyed any specific track, please do let me know.