Cults – “A Low”
Cults have released a vibrant, mesmerizing video for their latest single, "A Low" from the album Host.
Tag: pop
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Project Orange – “Sputnik Sweetheart”
Project Orange's "Sputnik Sweetheart" is a beautiful pop song that is simple and filled with longing.
https://apollolemmon.com/2020/07/13/project-orange-sputnik-sweetheart/
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White Town – “Move On Me”
White Town's new single is a delight, as tenacious an earworm as any he's produced.
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Ophiuchus
Winnie Richards' latest album, Ophiuchus, features beautiful, heartbreaking songs. "There is a Wall" reinterprets Leonard Cohen's "There is a War". The original songs are all just as engaging and there's so much to get lost in through this EP.
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Kiesza – You’re The Best
Kiesza has an uncanny ability to perform earworm dance songs. Her latest, "You're The Best", brings the 90s influences of her previous hits along and feels like the very best from that decade.
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Beabadoobee – I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus
Beabadoobee is creating wonderful pop songs that would have been at home on 90s music video channels. The new EP Space Cadet is brimming with vibrant earworms. "I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus" is a highlight from among those songs.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/10/16/beabadoobee-i-wish-i-was-stephen-malkmus/
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It Started With An April Shower
The Gentle Isolation seem to have a quiet online presence, but their one full release, It Started With An April Shower, is an absolutely wonderful pop EP. It's a collection of dreamy, beautiful songs.
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/10/02/it-started-with-an-april-shower/
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Fifi Rong – Upstream
Fifi Rong's "Upstream" is a fantastic showcase of her strengths as a vocalist and the video for the song matches the song in beauty. For a bit of a deeper dive, The Crown EP is a good way to start.
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Gardening, Not Architecture – Saboteur
Last night Sarah Saturday of Gardening, Not Architecture, sent out a preview of a new single, "Absence of Me", in a newsletter. It's great.
Hearing the single sent me off to listen to the other G,NA tracks I hadn't played in a long while. After seeing her perform in Halifax years ago, I've enjoyed checking in with her great pop so
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/04/23/gardening-not-architecture-saboteur/
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Eisley – “Save My Soul”
Eisley's "Save My Soul" is a song that keeps getting stuck in my head. I love hearing even the imperfect busking version the band recorded with globetrekpro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJqnRoYmmj0
https://youtu.be/Vl7mcEZ4Bf4?t=39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08qu9fY4_Ss