The Weekend Replay
The Weekend Replay has returned with a bright and borderline beachy mix to help you celebrate today’s Spring Equinox. Check out this spectrum of sun-soaked tracks to start your week off right.
Hozier starts off this week’s releases with a gift to the world. Released on his birthday, this gift is a three-track EP, Eat Your Young, that hints at an expansive album that listeners can expect later this year. Yves Tumor’s Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) has also just been released, showcasing the artist’s impressive depth of talent in a retro-inspired synth haven album. Genevieve Artadi’s Forever Forever is the only thing that could possibly follow Yves Tumor while harnessing an utterly unique sound (and accompanied by insane drums on tracks like “Plate”).
While on a thread of throwback sounds, The Lemon Twigs’ newest single, “In My Head” could genuinely be mistaken for a mid-60s Beach Boys or Beatles track. Their sound is echoed with the latest from Hether, Covered In Hether. And Surf Friends channel Bob Dylan and Tom Petty with the vocals on their latest album, Sonic Waves, adding in catchy guitar riffs and bass lines you won’t stop thinking about for days. Speaking about catchy riffs, Aussie outfit Classic has put out their debut album, Did You Have Fun?, and “Mimi’s Delivery Service” from Good Kid keeps up the trend of funky guitars. Unknown Mortal Orchestra also maintains this groove with their album V, the appropriately named fifth album from the group.
The tone this week shifts, mellowing out a little with deathcrash’s Less, and a unique, nostalgic depth is added when M83 chimes in with thirteen songs, compiled on their album Fantasy. On the note of unique releases, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra’s new album JUNK or GEM was just released and it is, as the band name suggests, Japanese ska…it’s amazing, and I really haven’t heard anything that it can be compared to.
100 gecs return with 10,000 gecs, ten tracks that show the development of the duo. It’s not just the 2020 hyperpop that they came into the scene with, there are certain influences of heavier rock that are complimented by the electronic sound fans are familiar with. FIDLAR’s EP That’s Life is also available now. It’s a super angsty group of songs that lament certain aspects of life set to punchy drums and howling guitars.
Scene Queen is doing something very special with the audience she’s garnered over her career. The artist just released a new single, “18+”, which criticizes sexual abuse within the music industry, specifically the abuse that minors face (most notably in rock-adjacent genres).
Flyying Colours have also shared a new album, You Never Know, a dreamy shoegaze LP that hosts such a stunning sound. A Fistful of Peaches is the newest music from Black Honey. It’s such an impressive body of work that’s catchy and complex with beautiful tracks like “I’m a Man”. Death and Vanilla’s Flicker was also released this past week and shares a stunning psychedelic dream pop sound, and R.J.F. closes us out for the week with Going Strange an album listed as just one 47-minute-long track on Spotify. It’s pretty fun, but it’s certainly an interesting direction to go in.
Happy official start of spring. May your days be bright, warm, and lush and set to tune of the Weekend Replay. Keep up the springtime sounds next week too for even more new tunes, and don’t forget to follow the playlist on Spotify for weekly updates!
