Ladies y Gents, it’s finally the end of the week! That means… I’ll wait for you to answer. I’ll give you a hint— What? Yes, I know you have time off work. That’s not what I was going on about. FRIDAY FOUR-PLAY! Yes, finally. We’re switching gears this week to encompass some sweet summer tunes that you can listen to, whatever the weather. Heat wave or otherwise.
In the coming month I’m proud to announce some guest playlist-makers. Next week we’ll have my dear friend, Jordan. He knows music young and old, known and obscure, good and kitsch. We’ve wandered the scape of music oftentimes together and come back with treasures to behold. After that we’ll have friends who I haven’t even asked yet! So it’ll be a surprise even to them!
We begin with a cover of Michael Jackson’s “I Want You Back” by Discovery as side project involving one of the driving forces behind Vampire Weekend. It’s a great cover making the song their own with a remixed end that gets me every time. RIP Michael Jackson, you talented, sometimes creepy man. Moving on to a song that was my introduction a couple years ago to Beach Fossils. “Daydream” gives away their propensity towards that sunny surf sound. Ideal for a summer’s day. Almost sounds like the vocals are altered by the heat waves. jj has an interesting sound that mashes a lot of sounds together that shouldn’t work but do all the same. “Things Will Never Be the Same Again” finds them mourning the future with a melancholy take on tropical music. Lastly we have a song I almost included on the “Forward Fare #2” playlist. It’s catchy with that hummed “Oooo” and it’s got that driving beat I dig. Enjoy the songs. Cheers.
Track list:
- I Want You Back – Discovery
- Daydream – Beach Fossils
- Things Will Never Be the Same Again – jj
- Madder Red – Yeasayer
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