Parcels - Overnight

The minute I was thinking
to hold you back.
The moment I was wishing,
it's overnight.

TGIF! The latest track from Aussie retro-pop band, Parcels, is a perfect cut to get the weekend going and/or your dance party started. If you're into groovy, smooth and well-crafted dance music Parcels has what you're looking for. It's good stuff. Check out "Allaround" and "Older".

I'm writing this on Tuesday night (a TMIS secret, don't tell) from San Francisco, my favorite city, and I'm already thinking about the weekend. Kerri is coming and, fingers-crossed, we're going to do some much-loved shakin' and here's to hoping Parcels is on the playlist.

RIYL: Daft Punk, Oslo Parks, Vacationer, Mew

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Mutemath - Hit Parade

Here's a final straw to take a stride
In a right direction
I can hardly see the sky
Covering this lonely path
Nothing's built to last
I can almost say that I want you back
But I won't, no I won't, I won't
Sun, come on around

If I've got one criticism of Mutemath is that they can feel a bit too polished. Don't get me wrong, I like the sophistication and quality they put into their work, and that's clear on their latest release "Hit Parade" but I wish they were able to capture the energy of their live shows a bit better in their recordings. Speaking of live shows, I'm excited to catch them at this year's ACL festival.

RIYL: Minus The Bear, Civil Twilight, Colony House, Manchester Orchestra

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All We Are - Animal

How about something a little fun and funky for your Friday? Check out "Animal" the latest from Liverpool indie pop outfit All We Are. They've got a sort of Bee Gees meets Glass Animals thing going on and it's great. Their new album "Sunny Hills" is available 9th June 2017.

The video is pretty classic as well.

RIYL: Wild Beasts, Field Music, Glass Animals, Jagwar Ma

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Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I should have
Little things, I should have said and done
I just never took the time...

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that your mine
If I made you feel second best
Well I'm sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell, tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give to me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied
 

Already a cover when Elvis released it in 1972 to become one of his standout songs, then a gigantic hit for Willie Nelson in 1982, Wikipedia says there are over 300 released recordings of "Always On My Mind". My New Wave loving heart is absolutely sure there is no better cover of this lovelorn tune than this one by the Pet Shop Boys from 1987. It also happens to be the PSB's most-listened track on Spotify, although it's from their second-highest selling album, Introspective. (In 1993 the album Very overtook the top spot in PSB sales.) 

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The Sugarcubes - Birthday

She lives in this house over there, has her world outside it.
Grapples with the earth with her fingers and her mouth, she's five years old.
Thread worms on a string, keeps spiders in her pocket, collects fly-wings in
A jar scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line. she's got one friend
He lives next door, they listen to the weather, he knows how many freckles
she's got,
She scratches his beard. she's painting huge books, glues them together,
They saw a big raven; it glided down the sky, she touched it.
Today's a birthday, they're smoking cigars, he got a chain of flowers,
Sows a bird in her knickers, they're smoking cigars, lie in the bathtub, chain of flowers.

It's our birthday! That's right, it's been a year since we launched this ship and began our musical adventure together. And we're keeping it going y'all. It's been at times a bit of a challenge to keep up with the day-to-day grind, but mostly it's been a lot of fun and we've discovered and shared some really great music. 

To celebrate we went with one of my favorite songs from The Sugarcubes, "Birthday". Happy birthday to us!

RIYL: Bjork, Breeders, Cocteau Twins, Lush