When you read the youtube comments and learn that Pearls is a metaphor for grains of rice 😢!

11 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:

I’m sorry but people sending songs over 5/6 minutes long really test my patience.

Strap yourself in with this lot 🤣

01= Years & Years – Ties (fave)

02 = Fontaines D.C. - Sundowner

03 = iamamiwhoami - shadowshow

04 = Texas - Like Lovers (Holding On)

05 = Ultravox - Accent on Youth

06 = Depeche Mode - Photographic

07 = Bananarama - Bad For Me

08 = New Order - Love Vigilantes

09 = M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun

10 = Sade - Pearls

 

Voting somewhat early as on holiday from tomorrow, so kinda wanna get it out of the way

 

Ties is my clear fave here; fantastic song and like a lot of Communion could’ve easily been a single. The others vary from decent to just a bit boring… I enjoyed Like Lovers, Sundowner and shadowshow. I feel I need to listen to more Fontaines stuff, whilst I wasn’t overly keen on Jackie Down the Line I did have it in my head for a lot of last week.

 

Ultravox/ Depeche Mode are decent picks and Banarama wasn’t too bad either. New Order I didn’t mind, but got slightly repetitive after a while. The bottom 2 I just found a little boring after a while. The M83 track is epic, but at the 5 minute mark I was wishing there was a radio edit, I can see that song dividing opinion and being fairly marmite.   

 

 

 

Here’s the AM playlist with all the songs this week.

MISSING: Texas :(

Apple Music – Webplayer

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Playlist · 29 Titel

01 bananarama bad for me

02 depeche mode photographic

03 new order love vigilantes

04 m83 lower your eyelids to die with the sun

05 sade pearls

06 years & years ties

07 fontaines D.c. - sundowner

08 iamamiwhoami shadowshow

09 texas like lovers (holding on)

10 Ultravox accent on youth

01 Fontaines D.C. - Sundowner

02 M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun

03 iamamiwhoami - shadowshow

04 Sade - Pearls

05 Years & Years - Ties

06 Depeche Mode - Photographic

07 Ultravox - Accent on Youth

08 New Order - Love Vigilantes

09 Texas - Like Lovers (Holding On)

10 Bananarama - Bad For Me

that M83 song was a stunning discovery <3

this turned out to be quite an unexpected order for me this week, based on how much I enjoy some of these acts in general, but some mentors pleasantly surprised with really strong song choices.

1. Texas - Like Lovers (Holding On) (I'm familiar with most of their studio albums but I had no idea Texas had a song on a film soundtrack - this feels quite Corrs-esque in the verses with a hint of The Hush production but is suitably cinematic too, loving this one)

2. Sade - Pearls (what an absolutely beautiful and emotional song, I hope Sade stick around for a bit as I love what they bring to this group)

3. Years & Years - Ties (that first Y&Y album was so good, nearly anything could have worked and this is a great pick)

4. Ultravox - Accent on Youth (guessing this goes into another song on the album as it ends abruptly - I enjoyed it a lot up to its sudden halt so will check the next track on the album)

5. M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun (lovely soundscape and very atmospheric)

6. New Order - Love Vigilantes (good, driving production on this)

7. iamamiwhoami - shadowshow (sparkling production but didn't love it this time)

8. Bananarama - Bad For Me (sounds like Madonna's Holiday produced by SAW, not sure what to make of it!)

9. Depeche Mode - Photographic (drifted over me slightly)

10. Fontaines D.C. - Sundowner (this didn't do it for me unfortunately)