Sunday Summary

This week's listening obsessions

Hello music fans.

It’s Sunday, and I’m looking back over the last week at my musical fixations from the past seven days.

As someone who struggles with keeping to a consistent routine, I may have to rename these updates as “Sometime Summary”. But here we are, it’s the end of the weekend and I’ve mostly spent the last week outside of work finishing up an assignment and staying up late working on a side-project. I’ve also had a couple of new releases hit my doorstep this week as my bumper month of pre-orders kicked off. Here’s some of my musical highlights.

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Tracks

King Hannah - New York, Let’s Do Nothing

Got a little carried away with conversations about travelling earlier this week (almost booked tickets to Iceland on a whim), and mulled over a trip to New York. Somewhat coincidentally, this track by King Hannah popped up on one of my playlists. I’ve not spent a lot of time with this album (Big Swimmer, released last year), but there’s something so incredibly cool about the half-spoken vocals that makes me wangt to hear more.

Clark - Over Empty Streets

Usually when I’m coding I can listen to anything in the background, but when it comes to report righting (yawn), I need something without vocals. I’ve got a good few playlists to get me through those sort of assignments, and as a result was reminded of how excellent this Clark track is. It’s beautiful in its simplicity, if not altogether far too short.

Bloc Party - Blue Light

Oh how is Silent Alarm twenty years old? I seem to find myself asking that of a lot of albums this year. Blue Light played this morning as I was driving home. It was always one of my favourite songs from the record, and its understated exploration of intimacy still resonates with me.

Deftones - Cherry Waves

I’m never too far from queuing up Deftones, and earlier this week I reminded myself of just how much I love Cherry Waves. Ask me my favourite Deftones tracks and it might not be one I immediately remember, but every time I hear it I have to turn up the volume and lose myself in it.

Momma - I Want You (Fever)

Momma have a new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky, coming out in April and this is a sneak peak into some excellent indie bubble-grunge. If this track is anything to go by, it’ll be a frequent summer-driving album for me. Upbeat and catchy, you’ll be singing along by the end of the first playthrough.

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Albums

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Released on Friday, my vinyl copy arrived Saturday morning, and I streamed it on repeat a few times as I took a train to town and wandered around book shops and record stores. I’ll be posting my full review over on Instagram soon, so I won’t go into too much detail here, but it’s an excellent shift for Sharon Van Etten, while still staying true to what makes her great.

Senser - Senser Stacked Up XX

When I was sent a link to this album the name didn’t ring a bell, but there are definitely some tracks on there I’ve heard before, and it very much fit the ongoing 90s binge I’ve been on lately (this is the 20 year remastered version of the 1994 album). Made for the perfect soundtrack while I was haphazardly cooking one evening this week.

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The rest

I’ve been stacking my calendar with gigs recently - there seem to be a lot of great bands touring in the next few months. As far as I can currently remember, I’ve got bdrmm, Pigs x7, The Murder Capital, Fontaines D.C., Deftones… and there’s probably more. 6 Music also announced their festival lineup, so add Kae Tempest and Perfume Genius to the mix too. Tickets are on sale across multiple days. Let me know in the comments what you’ve got lined up in your gig calendar.

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That’s all for now, hope you have a great week!