Modern Me - Run Away

Will you run away with me?
We could go anywhere
Run away with me
No way for them to find us
We need to get out, get out, of this picture of a city
'Cause the colors never change here
Only the people I keep looking at

Today's Most Important Song was chosen for it's chorus - because tonight Keith & I are boarding a plane to (finally) take us to Australia (together)! Modern Me's sound is reminiscent of so much that is great about indie music right now, yet it combines to be fairly unique, I think. For instance: the first few seconds of this track sound a bit like the opening to "Giant" but then the music goes in a direction much more like something The Neighborhood or The 1975 would do, and then the vocals are akin to Cold War Kids-meets-Warpaint (or, fine, maybe the male-female combo is more like Grouplove). Anyway, their first single ("Waters", released last fall) is finally getting the play it deserves (on their local San Diego radio station), so hopefully this second single means the full EP and a tour are coming soon. 

RIYL: Of Monsters and Men, Finish Ticket, Miniature Tigers, Lemuria

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Single Mothers - Half-Lit

Turns out these clouds were hanging on strings
So let's get high and cut them down
And watch them fall on everything
Listen, there's nothing that I can't do
I've tried and I just can't lose

My little brother had mentioned London, Ontario post-hardcore band Single Mothers to me a while back, but I'd forgotten to check them out. Luckily they showed up a couple weeks back on my Spotify Discover Weekly. That playlist is a bit hit or miss, but this time they've got me dead to rights. Single Mothers don't have a large catalog, but it's solid and, from what I can gather from various sources, they get together every once in awhile to rock. They sound like a band I'd like to see live. They're kind of like The Murder City Devils mixed with The Hold Steady. So, yeah. Good, smart, rocking stuff. Let's hope this line from their website is true: "Single Mothers broke up in 2009 and have been playing shows ever since."

RIYL: The Hold Steady, IDLES, The Murder City Devils

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Slowdive - Star Roving

This classic shoegaze band reunited to tour mostly European festivals a couple years back but who knew that it would lead to new music?! Just this single so far, but we'll gladly take it while they work on their first album in 22 years. For a slice of early-90s nostalgia, check out their video for "Shine". (Rrather reminds me of the vid for Blind Melon's "No Rain" which came out about a year later, hmm.) 

RIYL: Catherine Wheel, The Ocean Blue, DIIV, the xx

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The Staycations - The Enemy

I get home
You've got that look which says there's something more
So we talk
And once again you say there's nothing wrong

A happy discovery for me, this indie quintet from Cambridgeshire, England. They formed in "secondary school" (9th-11th grades in the U.S.), found their drummer in college, and have found enough success and encouragement now to warrant a gap year to concentrate on both performing and writing more music. They released an EP in 2014 and two singles last year. It's this song, "The Enemy", which brought them to my attention. 

RIYL: Bastille, Bad Suns, Atlas Genius

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White Reaper - Judy French

You know you crack my back, little lady, when you tease me like you do
It could be simple
You and me simple
If you say you like it, too

White Reaper are aiming high, as is evidenced by the title of their latest album, The World's Best American Band. I'll give it to them that their latest single "Judy French" is the type of American rock awesome you expect from given the title. I've just missed them a few times they've come through, might need to rectify that as soon as I can.

Bonus! The lyric video is a kick.

RIYL: The Cribs, The Exploding Hearts, JEFF The Brotherhood, Black Lips

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