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Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks, as I was on vacation last week. This week we’re doing things slightly differently, with just a main Top 12 list and some honorable mentions, without the longer list of songs also released in the last week.

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature, we ask musicians to take a self-portrait photo and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Braids.

We spoke with Braids singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston about the Montreal band’s new album Euphoric Recall.

Braids find tranquility on their new album.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston’s operatic vocals and a string ensemble help the Canadian trio evoke the rush of new love, though some experiments go awry.

June 3 2021 // Alex Viger-Collins // Magazine // Features Photo credit: Melissa Gamache As the classic thought experiment goes, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" With the COVID-19 pandemic laying waste to album releases and tours, artists had to start asking themselves a similar question; “If we release new music and no fans are around to hear it, did it really exist?” Smack dab in the middle of that metaphorical forest was Braids, unluc...

The Suitesixteen – Mine Would Be The Sun (Self-Released)+ Orville Peck – Show Pony (Columbia)+ Tough Age – Which Way Am I? (Mint)* Ora Cogan – Bells In The Ruins (Prism Tongue)+ Numbing – Make Yourself Hard To Kill (Self-Released)+ Non La – Not In Love (Kingfisher Bluez)* Freak Heat Waves – Zap The Planet (Telephone Explosion)+ redress – peacebird (Self-Released)+ U.S. Girls – Heavy Light (4AD)* New Fries – Is The Idea Of Us (Telephone Explosion)* Dog Day – Present (fundog...