WILT_2024-47

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 17 Nov 2024 to 23 Nov 2024.

1. Rhododendrons (ALT Version) – Tony Njoku
2. Anhedonia – Mark McGuire
3. House Tears – Josiah Steinbrick
4. The Hum II – The Vernon Spring
5. Oblique – Akusmi
6. Love You Got – Kelly Lee Owens
7. Air – Kelly Lee Owens
8. What If You Didn’t Need A Reason – Moin, James K
9. Just A Western – Nilüfer Yanya
10. Lift You – Moin, Sophia Al-Maria
11. It’s Messy Coping – Moin

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2024-47

Notes

The week continues with an even more haunting version of Tony Njoku’s Rhododendrons off his 2024 EP, Encore. Here, the arrangement is less abstract, but reveals the fundamentals that Njoku adheres to by presenting an effortless yet panging performance of the composer longing for a sensation that once was.

The following explorations leads us down a road of compositions that flit between forms before ultimately landing on Akusmi’s Oblique II that seems to wrap up the journey with a scene of quiet contemplation that takes its time unpacking every knot and strand of feelings felt.

Next, we embark on Kelly Lee Owen’s new album, Dreamstate. The album features all the things one would love from Owens, intricate yet pulsing rhythms and beats that would sound equally good on the dance floor or an evening of solitude when the rest of the outside world gets too much.

And they all ultimately end with Moin and Nilüfer Yanya. One with almost non-guitar, and the other re-assembling what guitar-indie rock music should sound like.