A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 2 Jan 2022 to 8 Jan 2022.

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1. Chismiten – Mdou Moctar
2. Old Friend – Nils Frahm
3. 747 – Ludwig Goransson
4. 24 Hour Charleston – Jonny Greenwood
5. Preachin’ Blues – Son House
6. efforts – fox capture plan
7. Wake Me Up – Foals
8. Don’t Forget Love – Neil Young
9. Welcome Back – Neil Young
10. Bamont – Febueder
11. Invisible – Baby Combat
12. Talk – Worst Party Ever
13. Passion Fruit Tea – Retirement Party
14. Meet Me In Montauk – Retirement Party
15. Take Your Vitamins – Retirement Party
16. Grand Am – Retirement Party
17. Ollie North – Donovan Wolfington

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2022-01

Notes

What I Listened To will persist in 2022.

It felt a bit strange putting this one together. On the one hand, it felt like a continuation of the previous year, and on the other, it felt like an opportunity to reset.

I suppose the first sounds my ears perked up to were from Mdou Moctar. It felt like a good way to start the year, and I thought the week would continue with us exploring more Saharan-styled blues.

But then a new pang emerged, and I started listening to movie soundtracks from more recent times.

Then I started referring to Spotify’s Release Radar to see what had apparently been in my orbit, and that’s where we get fox capture plan, Foals, and Neil Young. I am almost convinced that Foals arranges their music to be like dance music bangers.

And then I came across Invisible by Baby Combat, and that really made an impact on me. Like I had almost missed the energy and melodies of a well-written power pop song. From there, Retirement Party came on, and I found that I really love what that band is doing, and then that sort of put me on a path to exploring more of that indie-punk style, as well as starting to journey into the midwest emo development. But maybe more on that next week.

I felt rather dreary writing this post because I just had my booster shot yesterday.