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10 Greatest Songs of the Week: Miki Berenyi Trio, Good Seems to be, Dehd, Bitter Widows, and Extra
Plus Jay Som, Geese Ltd., Hinds, Bartees Unusual, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Different Notable New Tracks
Might 10, 2024
Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me determine what ought to make the listing. We severely thought of over 25 songs this week and narrowed it right down to a High 10.
Lately we introduced our new print situation, The ’90s Situation, that includes The Cardigans and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the covers. Purchase it from us straight right here.
Prior to now few weeks we posted interviews with Arab Strap, Sarah McLachlan, John Carpenter, Sunday (1994), Sam Evian, and others.
Within the final week we reviewed some albums.
That can assist you type by means of the multitude of contemporary songs launched within the final week, we have now picked the ten greatest the final seven days needed to provide, adopted by some honorable mentions. Take a look at the total listing beneath.
1. Miki Berenyi Trio: “Vertigo”
This week, Miki Berenyi Trio—led by the previous singer/guitarist with1990s shoegaze, dream pop, and Britpop sensations Lush—shared their debut single, “Vertigo,” by way of a music video. It comes forward of the group’s beforehand introduced U.S. tour dates.
After Lush, Berenyi was additionally within the band Piroshka and for the trio she is backed by two members of that band—Berenyi’s life accomplice KJ “Moose” McKillop (of ’90s shoegazers Moose) and guitarist Oliver Cherer. McKillop is sitting out the U.S. tour as a result of he doesn’t wish to fly because of each environmental issues and a concern of flying, so bassist Mick Conroy (Trendy English and previously of Piroshka) is standing in.
“‘Vertigo’ is about nervousness and the efforts to speak myself down from the precipice—the standard cheerful stuff,” says Berenyi of the brand new single in a press launch.
Of the recording the music, she provides: “It’s a problem to not have a drummer, and to make use of extra programming, however the essence of the music continues to be guitars and melody—because it all the time has been, notably in mine and Moose’s bands.”
French director Sébastien Faits-Divers made the “Vertigo” video, filming it within the Consortium Museum (Modern Artwork Heart) in Dijon, in one of many Isabella Ducrot exhibition rooms.
On their tour, Miki Berenyi Trio will probably be performing each Lush and Piroshka songs, in addition to some new Miki Berenyi Trio originals, together with “Verigo.”
In 2022, Berenyi launched her acclaimed memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success, and the trio was partially born out of the necessity to carry out at guide occasions. Fingers Crossed is now lastly accessible in America by way of Mango Publishing.
Berenyi does a joint interview with Australian dream pop artist Hatchie within the present situation of our print journal, The ’90s Situation, the place she discusses her memoir and Lush. Purchase a duplicate straight from us right here.
Pirohska, which additionally options former Elastica drummer Justin Welch, launched their second studio album, Love Drips and Gathers, in 2021 by way of Bella Union. Learn our interview with them about it right here.
Pirsoshka additionally contributed to our Covers of Covers album in honor our twentieth Anniversary, the place they lined Grandaddy’s “The Crystal Lake.”
Final yr, 4AD reissued Lush’s three full-length studio albums—Spooky (1992), Break up (1994), and Lovelife (1996)—on vinyl.
In April, Lush and 4AD additionally teamed up with The Criterion Channel to launch A Far From Residence Film, a brand new quick documentary movie on the band primarily based on Tremendous-8 footage filmed by bassist Philip King throughout their excursions from 1992 to 1996.
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee—which is Lol Tolhurst (previously of The Treatment), Budgie (previously of Siouxsie and the Banshees), and producer/musician Jacknife Lee—will help most dates. Their debut album collectively, Los Angeles, got here out final November by way of Play It Once more Sam. Learn our overview of the album.
Berenyi was one of many artists on the quilt of our twentieth Anniversary Situation.
Learn our 2015 interview with Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson of Lush on Lovelife and the ultimate days of the band.
Learn our 2015 interview with Lush on Break up.
Learn our 2016 interview with Lush on their reunion.
2. Good Seems to be: “Can You See Me Tonight?”
Austin, Texas four-piece Good Seems to be are releasing a brand new album, Lived Right here For a Whereas, on June 7 by way of Keeled Scales. This week they shared its third single, “Can You See Me Tonight?,” by way of a music video.
In a press launch frontman Tyler Jordan says the music is about his relationship along with his mother and “the connection to why I write songs and carry out them, and the way it impacts my different relationships, turning darkness to mild within the course of.”
Riley Engemoen directed the music’s video and had this to say in a press launch: “My buddy Liz and I met Dan & Doris on the Damaged Spoke and have since been making a documentary on them referred to as Forcefield of Love. Dr. Dan is called ‘Austin’s coolest marriage and household therapist.’ Him and Doris are enamored with each other, all the time color-coordinated in a honeymoon state. They spend most evenings dancing by means of Austin’s honky tonks and jazz golf equipment—blissfully and unabashedly forming a quantum power area of Love—hypnotizing all of these of their orbit.”
Beforehand the band shared its first single, “If It’s Gone,” which was one in every of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Self-destructor,” by way of a music video. It was additionally one in every of our Songs of the Week.
Lived Right here For a Whereas is the band’s second album and the follow-up to 2022’s Bummer 12 months.
The album was influenced by an accident lead guitarist Jake Ames had simply after the band’s hometown document launch present for Bummer 12 months, when he was hit by a automotive exterior the venue and ended up within the hospital with a fractured cranium and tailbone, together with short-term reminiscence points.
“We had been within the hospital with him day by day,” says frontman Tyler Jordan in a press launch. “It wasn’t clear how unhealthy it was gonna be for Jake. We had no thought how this traumatic mind harm would have an effect on him till the swelling went down. We even questioned if we’d ever play music collectively once more.”
Fortunately Ames made a full restoration and joined by drummer Phil Dunne and bassist Robert Cherry, they got down to document Lived Right here For a Whereas at Texas’ Dandy Sounds with producer/engineer Dan Duszynski (of Loma and Cross Document). Harrison Anderson has since joined the band as their new bassist.
3. Dehd: “Canine Days”
Chicago trio Dehd launched a brand new album, Poetry, immediately by way of Fats Possum. Earlier this week they shared its fourth single, “Canine Days,” by way of a one-take video.
The band’s Jason Balla had this to say concerning the music in a press launch: “This music is a celebration for the messiness of life and the seek for companionship. It’s about opening your coronary heart and letting or not it’s pummeled. It’s taking dangers, receiving rejection, dealing out disappointment. It’s about being courageous and generally making unhealthy choices. It looks like everybody I do know is out right here greedy at love and sometimes, fucking it up, breaking hearts and having ours damaged alongside the way in which. It’s simply the foundations of the sport and I wished to make an anthem for individuals on the identical rollercoaster, simply attempting their greatest, dropping quick and loving onerous.”
Beforehand the band shared the album’s first single, “Temper Ring,” by way of a music video. It was one in every of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Gentle On.” The album’s third single was “Alien.”
Poetry is the follow-up to 2022’s Blue Skies (additionally on Fats Possum) and 2020’s Flower of Devotion (which was launched by Fireplace Discuss).
Dehd is Emily Kempf, Jason Balla, and Eric McGrady. After they completed touring Blue Skies, the band launched into some writing periods in distant places. “Consuming, sleeping, respiratory, residing—our solely objective was to write down,” says Kempf in a press launch.
Ziyad Asrar of Whitney co-produced the album alongside Balla, recording at Palisade Studios in Chicago. Charles Bukowski’s poem “The Laughing Coronary heart” impressed the album.
Learn our interview with Dehd on Flower of Devotion.
4. Bitter Widows: “Staring Into Heaven/Shining”
Bay Space trio Bitter Widows are releasing their debut album, Revival of a Buddy, on June 28 by way of Exploding In Sound. This week they shared its newest single, the over eight-minute lengthy “Staring Into Heaven/Shining,” by way of a music video. It’s the album’s closing observe.
The band’s Susanna Thomson had this to say concerning the music in a press launch: “After my mother handed in late June of 2021, I went on a visit in August of that yr in an try to put bodily distance between myself and the ache of what I had simply skilled. I used to be looking for aid wherever I assumed I might discover it; finally, that journey taught me that grief can’t be outrun. ‘Staring Into Heaven/Shining’ is a confessional music, written at a time after I was determined to achieve management over my life by means of concepts I had about grieving the ‘proper’ manner. As I attempted and didn’t reconcile emotions of remorse and unanswerable questions, it grew to become clearer to me that each one I can do is select to easily observe the expertise of grief. The lyrics are looking out, however come to their pure finish in a spot with out decision; it wasn’t till after ending the music that I noticed there might be hope in accepting that there are issues we can’t find out about demise.”
Beforehand the band shared the album’s first single, “Cherish.”
5. Jay Som: “If I Might”
The brand new A24 movie, I Noticed the TV Glow, was launched to pick out theaters final week and immediately the soundtrack was launched. It options new songs by Bartees Unusual, Jay Som, The Climate Station, Correct., Sloppy Jane that includes Phoebe Bridgers, Florist, Caroline Polachek, and extra. Stream the entire thing right here.
Jay Som’s “If I Might” was one in every of our favorites of the tracks not but launched as a single.
Beforehand we posted Polachek’s contribution to the soundtrack, “Starburned and Unkissed.” Alex G’s unique rating for the movie is popping out on Might 16.
Jane Schoenbrun directs I Noticed the TV Glow, which is the follow-up to their acclaimed 2021 movie, We’re All Going to the World’s Truthful. The horror movie stars Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine, with Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Fred Durst, Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan, and Danielle Deadwyler in supporting roles. Bridgers and Sloppy Jane additionally seem within the movie as themselves.
6. Geese Ltd.: “When You’re Exterior”
Toronto-based duo Geese Ltd. launched a brand new album, Hurt’s Means, in February by way of Carpark. This week they shared a brand new music, “When You’re Exterior,” that was recorded in the course of the Hurt’s Means periods however didn’t find yourself on the album. It options backing harmonies from Julia Steiner (of Ratboys) and Margaret McCarthy (of Moontype).
Geese Ltd. is Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis.
McGreevy had this to say concerning the single in a press launch: “This was one we wrote fairly early within the course of for Hurt’s Means, which was a interval when a whole lot of country-leaning concepts had been working their manner into our preparations. I’d demoed the harmonies within the refrain (badly), and after we had been engaged on backing vocals with Julia and Margaret they instantly understood what we had been attempting to do and actually elevated it. The music didn’t find yourself fairly becoming within the sequence for the album, however it does a pair issues we’ve by no means finished earlier than in a Geese music so I’m glad we’re discovering a approach to put it out. It’s about attempting to help somebody who’s making that troublesome to do. Unconditional love in a way. Or not less than love with restricted circumstances.”
Hurt’s Means is the follow-up to Trendy Fiction, which got here out in 2021 by way of Carpark and was one in every of our High 100 Albums of 2021.
McGreevy had this to say about the remainder of the tracks on the album in a earlier press launch: “They’re songs about struggling. About watching individuals I look after undergo, and attempting to determine be there for them. And concerning the pressure of residing on the earth when it feels prefer it’s able to collapse.”
Geese Ltd. beforehand shared the album’s first single “The Predominant Factor,” by way of a music video. “The Predominant Factor” was one in every of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Hollowed Out,” by way of a music video (it was additionally one in every of our Songs of the Week). The album’s third single, “Practice Stuffed with Gasoline,” was additionally one in every of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared the album’s fourth single, “Heavy Bag,” by way of a lyric video. It was additionally one in every of our Songs of the Week.
Dave Vettraino (Deeper, Lala Lala, Dehd) produced the album, which was recorded in Chicago.
Learn our The Finish interview with Tom McGreevy.
7. Hinds: “Growth Growth Again” (Feat. Beck)
This week, Madrid-based band Hinds introduced a brand new album, VIVA HINDS, and shared a brand new music from it, “Growth Growth Again,” which options Beck. Additionally they introduced some North American tour dates. VIVA HINDS additionally options Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten and is due out September 6 by way of Fortunate Quantity. Take a look at the album’s tracklist and canopy art work, in addition to the tour dates, right here.
VIVA HINDS options “Espresso,” a brand new music the band shared in February. VIVA HINDS is the band’s first album since turning into a duo once more. Hinds was based by co-vocalists and co-guitarists Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote in 2011, however for many of their profession they’ve been a four-piece. Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen left the band in 2022, returning them to a duo.
Pete Robertson (The Vaccines, beabadoobee) produced the album, which was blended by Caesar Edmunds (The Killers, Moist Leg) and engineered by Tom Roach. It was recorded in rural France.
“This isn’t a rational album, that is made with feelings, in no particular order,” Cosials says in a press launch. “We by no means sat right down to assume what we must always write about, we sat down to write down about what we had been going by means of. We didn’t select a ‘new look,’ we didn’t wanna faux to be mature, or seem as a extra subtle band. To me it’s cohesive, however it’s not a fairy story or a brainy narrative. It’s heart-driven.”
Of protecting the band going regardless of the line-up change and different challenges (the pandemic, no label), Cosials says: “We began the band as a result of we’re so protected and cozy with one another. Our relationship is unbreakable. This connection between us hasn’t modified because the very starting. We nonetheless end one another’s concepts, snort at one another’s jokes and rhyme one another’s traces. Sustaining that enthusiasm for music and for Hinds by means of the years could appear extraordinarily troublesome to seek out, however it’s one thing that solely can occur together with your highest buddy.”
Hinds’ final album, The Prettiest Curse, got here out in 2020. Learn our interview with the band about it.
8. Bartees Unusual: “Huge Glow”
One other beforehand unreleased music from the I Noticed the TV Glow soundtrack we favored was “Huge Glow” by Bartees Unusual.
Bartees Unusual launched a brand new album, Farm to Desk, in 2022 by way of 4AD. It was one in every of our High 100 Albums of 2022. Stream it right here and skim our overview of it right here.
Learn our interview with Unusual on Dwell Endlessly.
9. Bonny Gentle Horseman: “Previous Dutch”
Bonny Gentle Horseman are releasing a brand new double album, Hold Me on Your Thoughts/See You Free, on June 7 by way of Jagjaguwar. This week they shared its third single, “Previous Dutch,” by way of a lyric video.
Bonny Gentle Horseman is Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman. Kaufman produced the album, which was partially recorded at Levis (pronounced: “leh-viss”) Nook Home, which is a century-old pub in Ballydehob, County Cork in Eire. JT Bates (drums), Cameron Ralston (bass), and recording engineer Bella Blasko joined them in these periods. The album was completed Dreamland Recording Studios in Upstate New York, which is the place they accomplished their first two albums. These periods included Mike Lewis on bass and tenor saxophone and Annie Nero on upright bass and harmonies.
The band collectively had this to say about “Previous Dutch” in a press launch: “This music started as a backstage voice memo after we had been performing on the Previous Dutch Church in Kingston, NY, so iPhone named it for us. It got here collectively quick with the three of us simply finger-painting till there it was. It took just a few matches and begins earlier than we realized that it ought to be a duet and–importantly–a dialog. We recorded it reside at Levis’ and when the entire crowd began singing ‘yeah I acquired a feelin,’ all of us skilled a second of collective lift-off. Josh regarded over at Joe’s [bar owner] accomplice Caroline behind the bar, eyes extensive open, arms outstretched, singing alongside and deeply feeling it. We’d by no means had that type of second monitoring a music for a document earlier than, seeing and feeling the connection (past the musicians within the room) in real-time because it’s all going to tape. It appears like this recording has a few of that ‘real-life’ power to it.”
The album consists of “Once I Was Youthful,” a brand new music the band shared in February that was one in every of our Songs of the Week. When the album was introduced they shared its second single, “I Know You Know,” by way of their first ever music video.
Bonny Gentle Horseman’s final album, Rolling Golden Holy, got here out in 2022 by way of 37d03d.
Kaufman can be a member of Muzz (learn our interview with them).
10. Wand: “Smile”
This week, psych-rockers Wand introduced a brand new album, Vertigo, and shared its first single, “Smile,” by way of a music video. Vertigo is due out July 26 by way of Drag Metropolis.
Cory Hanson leads the band, which additionally options Evan Backer, Evan Burrows, and Robbie Cody. The album was shaped from 50 hours of reside improvisations. Vertigo follows 2019’s Laughing Matter.
Honorable Mentions:
These songs virtually made the High 10.
Amen Dunes: “Rugby Baby”
beabadoobee: “Take a Chunk”
The Bug Membership: “High quality Pints”
John Cale: “Shark-Shark”
Cola: “Albatross”
Efterklang: “Plant”
fantasy of a damaged coronary heart: “Ur Coronary heart Stops”
Kaeto: “HERO”
Martha Skye Murphy: “Decide Your self Up”
Correct.: “The 90s”
Quivers: “Apparition”
The Climate Station: “Moonlight”
Right here’s a helpful Spotify playlist that includes the High 10 so as, adopted by all of the honorable mentions:
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