Finish Ticket - When Night Becomes Day

Sorry people keep me humble
They stop me before I stumble
Cause what I have is far too good to leave it all behind, I could
I am just the average person
Trying to make a lifetime worth it
But I worry it'll bleed me dry
Always try to catch their eye

I go where I go
You may not like it, though
The world at my feet
If I could find it, though
But when night becomes day, oh
Yeah, when night becomes day
I'm the better man

I'm trying to track down and post any artists/songs that we have accidentally skipped that made an impact in 2016. San Francisco quartet Finish Ticket made it onto the Billboard Alternative Top 40 this year with "Color" which is a great song, but since you've likely heard it a hundred times and their other songs are just as good, I thought I should feature a different track on TMIS. "When Night Becomes Day" is the title track off their third EP and the first thing they released after being signed to Elektra. 

RIYL: WALLA, Junior Prom, Knox Hamilton, Catfish and the Bottlemen

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Scavenger Hunt - Lost

Where did we start
I can't remember at all
We used to fit together
Now we're falling apart
Like a song I used to know
Lost the lyrics long ago
There's no way to measure
How fast we will fall

You say
Nothings wrong well I'm all right and
I know dreams are darker in the night and
I say
Don't let it go, lets hold on tight but
You know
Only we can make it right

I saw the movie Arrival this past weekend (really good, I recommend it) and it put me in an introspective, but romantic, frame of mind. Which served to remind me of this song, specifically this remix, that I came across about a year ago via one of Keith's Vinyl Moon mixtape records. The opening sounds recall Close Encounters (clip below for fun) but the lyrics are a love story. 

RIYL: Chvrches, Chairlift, Poliça

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Amber Clouds - Need to Know

She doesn't want you
Someone else has occupied her mind
Stop trying
Wishing, wanting, it's not worth the time
She doesn't know, she doesn't know (x2)
Friends just doesn't do it

From the land of Santa Claus (Norway, so I may have that wrong but close enough) comes the latest dream pop band to be featured on TMIS: Amber Clouds. Their unsigned, debut EP was released just a month ago, but lucky for us someone at Sirius found them, and I happened to hear it during my commute. The self-title 4-song-plus-intro EP has a lovely, semi-sad story arc to it, perfect for an emo mood. 'Cause sometimes you need to rock (i.e. Keith's Sunday post), but sometimes you need to chill.

RIYL: Tame Impala, My Bloody Valentine, DIIV, School of Seven Bells

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Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales

It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
It doesn't have to be like this
Killer whales, killer whales

Will Toledo, the driving (heh) force behind Car Seat Headrest, came up with the name for his musical project when he discovered he preferred to record his vocals in his car than in his home studio. Fairly odd, sure, but whatever works. I saw Car Seat Headrest at SXSW and was impressed. Teens of Denial came out shortly after and it's been in fairly heavy rotation ever since. To get a taste of their live show, check this KEXP video.

RIYL: Modest Mouse, The Lonely Forest, Cloud Nothings

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Run River North - David Robinson

I do right by all I know
Images on the wall say the same
Spotlight or shadow
My life and my worth is my name

Take this farther
Makes me stronger
Make this harder
Makes me stronger
Feel the light inside me
Reaching beyond my failing
See the crowd surround me
Leave the ground, I feel higher

Run River North were one of the highlights of SXSW 2016 for me - even managed to see them twice! I was already hooked on "Run or Hide" via indie radio but had no clue about their unique instrumentation (two violinists) nor that they were a totally Korean-American (6 of them) band. Great live - the drummer alone is entertaining - I've continued to enjoy their sophomore album Drinking from a Salt Pond throughout the rest of this year. Perhaps overdue as a Most Important Song, here is the track that is named after my sweetheart, and (he swears it's just coincidentally) his favorite.

RIYL: Local Natives, Head and the Heart, Grizfolk, Ra Ra Riot

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