Top Songs of the Week (8th Oct)
It’s been a slow sad week in new music this week for me, so our top songs of this week reflect that. They’re all pretty good though, so everyone should enjoy themselves. Sometimes it’s good just to have a wee cry you know.
Yesterday I went to Disneyland and we saw the live performance of Frozen and it made me tear up. Sometimes you just gotta let it out.
Thomston - Float (Anden Remix)
It's sad, but maybe it doesn't seem that sad because the humming synths kinda make you feel like youre floating. Don't be fooled though cause the song is about a break up, like all good sad songs are.
"Should’ve never let her go / I knew she couldn’t float on her own"
Sarah Klang - Left Me On Fire
Also sad, potentially also about a break up (highly likely about a breakup), but this time from the opposite perspective of 'Float'.
"Oh I, yeah I... dream of you when I close my eyes / I, oh I... dream of you when I close my eyes
More just about being obsessed with somebody than a break up. Still sad though so it fits into this weeks theme. We all get like that. It's fine. Embrace it.
Very much reminiscent in sound of James Vincent McMorrow which is fantastic, because we haven't heard anything new from him in a while now, have we (kidding, he released an album this year but still)?
"I don't know why I hesitated, shoulda jumped in but I waited".
Grace Mitchell - Come Back For You
We feel bad because Grace Mitchel actually deserved a spot in this list a while ago but for some reason her song 'Cali God' got left out. I think I missed a few weeks. Anyway, I wanted to give her the love she deserves, so picked out on of her other newer tracks that goes along better with this weeks sad theme.
'Come Back For You' is another one of the classic sad track tropes, that some of my other favourites like 'Someone New' and 'White Lies' fall into. I can't love you right now, but I do love you but we need some time, but like one day we'll be together again.
Gives us all a bit of false hope that probably isn't healthy but it's nice to dream.
"It's not easy to see your face now / It's not easy to walk away / I'll say it a million times / I'll come back for you"
I've been in Cub Sport, since I saw them live at King Cross Hotel about seven years ago. Their sound has grown and matured as have they, and their latest album is a long somber affair. I could've picked a number of tracks to feature in this weeks list, but we're going with 'Good Guys Go' cause it helps describe and extra scenario in the sad songs category we haven't covered yet + it has this amazing kind of RnB bassline that makes me hope somebody will pick this up and cover it soon.
"Where do all the good guys go / There's only one I know"
That's it for this week, check back for more new tracks throughout the week and next week, and don't forget to follow our 'Top Songs' playlist on Spotify which you can find here https://open.spotify.com/user/1211852476/playlist/2Wq12gii3AoMAAGiR0CFyL
