At the beginning of the year, I switched from Spotify to Apple Music. Part of the reason was in protest of them running ICE ads, and the other was that my dad had gotten Apple Music and decided to put us all on the family plan to save money. I transferred my entire Liked Songs playlist, and one thing I realized is that Spotify was definitely using some kind of algorithm when shuffling. Shuffling the playlist on Apple Music, I was getting a lot of songs that I hadn’t heard in ages. So here, during my commute from home to physical therapy, I am going to tell you every song that comes up when I shuffle my song library.
Lovely - Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards
Hell yeah good start. I’m a big piano rock guy and I also love horn lines so this song rules. If you’re into Ben Folds or Jack’s Mannequin I recommend Johnny Manchild as a kind of rougher, edgier equivalent. Though this is one of their more chill songs. Good track!
Moscow - Autoheart
Ohhhhh that’s the stuff. I love this era of early to mid 2010s pop rock. Is this pop rock? Indie rock? Is it rock? I don’t know, genres are made up. This song is still super cute. Probably heard this one on a lot of 8tracks playlists. Literally let’s get a dog an Irish Red Setter it’s all we need to get better!!!!
Call Me Joe - Jukebox the Ghost
There they are, my favorite band! Showed up pretty early! This song might be secretly a genderqueer anthem whether they wanted it to be or not. Call Me Joe is one of those JTG singles that I love but never ended up on album. Stay the Night is another one, I love the song. And Keys in the Car! That one never even got a studio recording!
Pink Light - MUNA
Alright switching up the vibe, time for sad girl bops! This is probably still my favorite MUNA album. I think Pink Light has one of my favorite pre-chorus to chorus transitions of their songs, and they’re pretty damn good at those. This whole album is so gorgeous I should relisten to it. I think they have a new song out, I will put it on when I am done with this.
Holliday - The Weekend Run Club
I think this is one that showed up on my Spotify Discover playlist and I really liked it. No clue what else this band has done, I should look sometime. This song is fun, very jaunty. Besides the MUNA song everything I’ve gotten has had very similar vibes. I promise my taste isn’t boring.
Chinese Satellite - Phoebe Bridgers
This freaking album made female indie artists so boring for a hot second. And look, the album is excellent! This is a great song! The strings are so good and it all builds really well. But my god, the era of Phoebe Bridgers knockoffs being pushed as the next big thing was so rough. Chinese Satellite is gorgeous though.
Bad Friend - Rina Sawayama
LET’S GOOOOOO. The vocal warping and harmony on the first chorus is so sick. What a good album. Reminds me that at Superpower Slam I saw a wrestler use XS by Rina as her entrance song which is such a good choice.
The Draw - Bastille
IT’S ME THE BASTILLE APOLOGIST. All This Bad Blood is one of my favorite albums ever. Specifically not Bad Blood on its own, the deluxe edition has a bunch of my favorite Bastille songs, and this is one of them. Another song with chorus harmonies that make me go yesssssss. And I’m sorry the outro goes hard as hell. There are so many good Bastille songs that no one has heard because Pompeii was their only big hit and it’s not even close to one of the best on that album.
Stop Making This Hurt - Bleachers
God damn it. I guess everyone hates Jack Antonoff now because he ruined Taylor Swift or something. Even though when she switched it up and went with Max Martin on the new album it was pretty boring and I will maintain that The Tortured Poets Department is a way better album. Anyways, Bleachers. Yeah this is still a bop. Listening on the subway and it sucks cause I want to be dancing a little bit. I’m tapping my foot at least.
Pretending - Orla Gartland
Even though I like Orla’s newest album more than the one this is from, this album is still solid. I call things solid so much now and I think it’s because of wrestling. This isn’t one of my favorite Orla songs but it’s good!
Better Place - Bermuda Search Party
This is a similar case to Holliday where it was a Spotify Discover find and I don’t know anything about the band. I’m a simple person, I hear a nice horn line, I hit save. I like this singer’s voice!
Pride - The Family Crest
Fuck yeah. I own this album on vinyl. The Family Crest is theater kid music in the best way possible. I found them when they opened for earlier entry Jukebox the Ghost. Speaking of really good voices! Dude from this band is one of my favorites. I have no idea why they haven’t popped off on TikTok among like, the dark academia crowd or something. Is that even a thing anymore?
From the Mouth of an Injured Head - Radical Face
You’re goddamn right. What a good song to end on. I relistened to the entire Family Tree album trilogy from Radical Face recently and I think it’s one of my favorite pieces of art ever. This is one of the songs that I think works on its own even if you don’t know the Lore. I would love to use it on a soundtrack one day.
That’s all of them! Nothing too embarassing. It’s funny, I have friends who say I have diverse music taste, but it’s really more that I just know a Lot of Bands. Looking at this list it’s extremely rock/folk/indie pop. I swear I have hip hop and country and R&B saved! They just didn’t show up. I have a ton of songs okay.
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