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A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 4 Aug 2024 to 10 Aug 2024.

1. Earthmover – Have A Nice Life
2. Ugly Brunette – Horse Jumper of Love
3. 96 – Valium Aggelein
4. DON’T TRY – HEALTH
5. The Unknowing – Jfarrari
6. Coldstar. – Gallant, boystrip
7. Boyhood – Birth Day
8. Everything Is Scary – German Error Message
9. Tunnel Lights (††† Crosses Remix) – Chelsea Wolfe, ††† (Crosses)
10. Levels – Chenayder
11. flower – Blue Smiley
12. Bunny – Eiafuawn
13. Russeting – Deadharrie
14. still around – Fousheé
15. No Excuses (feat. Ludwig Göransson) – Childish Gambino, Ludwig Göransson
16. Happiness – Starry Cat
17. Birds – Eiafuawn

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-32

Notes

I listening to this YouTube video by VHJ1dGhzYXllciBuLjk3NTIzMTA= that featured Earthmover by Have A Nice Life, Ugly Brunette by Horse Jumper of Love, and 96 by Valium Aggelein. I was slightly surprised that the video featured actual songs with structure, but it did remind me of the dark and lo-fi tones that always capture my attention.

As I was listening to YouTube or YouTube music, I was including the tracks that I liked to this week’s playlist, but by HEALTH’s DON’T TRY I was pretty much adding tracks from algorithmic recommendations. 

The darkwave and nowave inspirations continued in this vein and you’d get hooky bangers like Jfarrari’s The Unknowing or enchanting synth opuses like †††’s remix of Chelsea Wolfe’s Tunnel Lights. Similarly you’d also get lo-fi slacker pop in the style of Birth Day’s Boyhood or the grungy flower by Blue Smiley. 

But perhaps most surprising and interesting are tracks like Coldstar by Gallant and boys trip, still around by Fousheé and ‌No Excuses by Childish Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, all of which feature percussion or bass arrangements from the leftfield. Another interesting artist featured is Eiafuawn that seems to be both grunge, alt rock, and avant pop all at the same time. The guitar arrangements are definitely unique but not avant garde to the point that they become unrecognisable as songs.