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Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, including a new supergroup, two songs from a new album that featured no advance singles, and tracks from artists across the globe (including Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and England). We’ve got 11 songs this week, since one artist has two different songs on the list.
My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). For this M
Gemma and Kiah review the latest releases from Gemma Danielle, Alex Izenberg, Charli XCX and Stand Atlantic.
Interview Midnight Sister's debut LP, 2017's Saturn Over Sunset, felt like some lost classic from the moment it came out. Matching the adrogynous vocals of Juliana Giraffe to the giddy, woody orchestrations of Ari Balouzian, the Los Angeles duo created a stirring sound that felt out-of-time, and out-of-place, in the digital era. It was a debut that was at once experimental and pop, slyly funny whilst heartbreakingly beautiful. The album was, lyrically, full of colourful characters and fictional narratives. And these songs were matched to a host of striking visuals, both still and in music-vi...