I wish I could fall apart
See how long it takes to get back whole again
Maybe you could break my heart
And I won’t care
Let's keep it going with the rocking Rebecca Ryskalczyk and Bethlehem Steel. "Alt Shells" is one of two awesome tracks available now ("Fig" being the other) from their upcoming album Party Naked Forever.
RIYL: Cayetana, Hammerbox, Bully, The Coathangers
I like digging holes and, hiding things inside them
When I grow old, I hope I won't forget to find them
Cause, I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
I build a home and wait for, someone to tear it down
Then pack it up in boxes, head for the next town
Cause, I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
Continuing the week with another rocking female groove, I present to you Canadian/German/British Alice Merton (if you haven't already heard her a dozen times on your alt station). A sudden darling on my local station, I keep hearing bits of this track when I'm flipping the dial and finally tracked down who/what it was this morning. Hitting the ground running with a solid label (Mom + Pop) behind her, her first EP (which this song is part of but which is not on Spotify) came out in July and won an award in Germany already.
RIYL: Florence + The Machine, Joseph, LP, Mitski
It's magical
Ahh, for sure
Illogical
No sense
Ambivalence
I don't know
If you're looking for a groovy week, "Dollhouse" from blue rockers The Pack a.d. makes for a great song to kick things off. The Pack a.d. is a female duo from Vancouver with a sound heavily influenced by bands like The White Stripes and Band of Skulls. Their new album also titled Dollhouse is out soon.
RIYL: The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Band of Skulls, Wolfmother, The Dead Weather
When I’m around you
I try to keep my distance
‘Cause what I want with you
Is none of your business
Bully rocks and Alicia Bognanno reminds me quite a bit of Carrie Akre, who is one of my favorite rock vocalists of all time. Their new album, Losing, comes out later this month and if "Kills to Be Resistant" is any indication, it's going to be a classic.
RIYL: Cayetana, Slothrust, Hammerbox, White Lung, Ume
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Metaphors made up of all the kids in candy stores
Look right at her and know they've fallen short
I want to smile, but I don't have the mind
Merry-go-rounding the corners of the pixie oaks
Upon a Ferris wheel with missing bolts
I want to try, but I don't have the spine
We've had Mutemath on TMIS a few times already, but they're one of my favorites and they're playing just down the street from me today, so, why not? Let's roll them out again. Their newest album, Play Dead, was released earlier this month and it's terrific. And not as polished as I originally thought it would be. :)
RIYL: Future or Forestry, Colony House, Minus The Bear, Midlake
