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The opening lines of this Lucksmiths song are "Is it April yet? / I forget sometimes how slowly summer passes", which I couldn't make sense of for a second, but then I remembered: because they're Australian! So cool to experience exotic cultures through their literary traditions :)

#the song is about jealously missing someone who's spending time in america #so foregrounding the southern hemisphere like that is actually thematically resonant. poetry!#nohopelistenio #uninteresting #the lucksmiths

4/3/25.

When I mentioned Mark Monnone yesterday, it made me remember that his project, Monnone Alone (Melbourne, Australia), has a new LP coming out. Aside from being a great person and the mastermind of Lost & Lonesome Recording Co., Mark is an outstanding pop musician in his own right. Micah and I saw it firsthand when Monnone Alone opened for The Zebras years ago in Sacramento. Additionally, he was a founding member of The Lucksmiths. Special guest appearances on the new album include Steph Hughes (Dick Diver) and Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor).

"Dry Doubt" has a definite Pavement-sounding guitar and feel. But Mark's voice and melodies are all his own. "Ways To Wear My Hair" was originally released back in 2023 on a lathe-cut from Royal Mint (Finland).

Bands like The Slow Summits and Chime School ply a similar sound to Monnone Alone. Meritorio Records and Repeating Cloud will be releasing "Here Comes the Afternoon" in early May 2025.

i have no wish to be reminded of just how awkward i can be

#twee pop #indie pop #the lucksmiths #Spotify

... but you stole that line and you probably stole that shirt, as well

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I never get tired of this band. Was lucky to see them live many times. Miss 'em.

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#song of the day 2019 #the lucksmiths #indie #well i'm certainly enjoying the international artists this summer

Good-Bye Bad Times-Phil Oakey, Giorgio Moroder

Like To Get You Know You Well-Howard Jones

Secret Separation-The Fixx

We Close Our Eyes-Oingo Boingo

If You Could Know-Shannon and the Clams

Apple Pie Bed-Lawrence Arabia

Emotion in Motion-Ric Ocasek

5 O’Clock World-The Vogues

Rich Kids-The Drums

Rollerskate-Call and Response

Red Rubber Ball-The Cyrcle

Can’t Seem to Make You Mine-The Seeds

I Left a Woman Waiting-Leonard Cohen

The Year of Driving Languorously-The Lucksmiths

Whistle Down the Wind-Nick Heyward

At First Sight-The Stems

Common at Noon-The Real Kids

Summer Sun-Baby Shakes

The Caterpillar-The Cure

Sun In My Mouth-Bjork

Souvenir-OMD

Downtown-The B-52s

#summer playlist #The Cure #oingo boingo #the drums #shannon and the clams #the lucksmiths #Bjork #the stems #the fix

3/10/23.

Lost and Lonesome Recording Co. (Mark Monnone's label) just announced a 7" from longtime producer and "middle-aged has-been", Gareth Parton (Melbourne, Australia). "Molecule/Soft World" is being released by his band Hot Copper which has members from The Lucksmiths and The Zebras to name a few.

Oddly, this is his musical debut, but he's had a long and lustrous career as a producer for bands like The Beta Band (check out Steve Mason's new release on Domino) and The Go! Team to name a few.

While sounding like an amalgamation of the bands who populate Hot Coppers, the 2nd song, "Soft World" recalls Belle and Sebastian ("If You're Feeling Sinister era).

Apparently, there is a full-length due in May 2023.

#Hot Coppers #Gareth Parton #Melbourne #Australia #Mark Monnone #Lost and Lonesome Recording Co.#The Lucksmiths #The Zebras #The Beta Band #The Go! Team #Steve Mason #Belle and Sebastian #Bandcamp

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