Another week, another weekly playlist.
No surprises that I didn’t manage to do anything else during the week. This time I actually even had a reason, because a bit too high rest heart rate gave my troubled mind some further concerns. I had an EKG to check the heart and blood tests to see that my levothyroxine medication is on a proper level. Everything was ok (other than the rest pulse), so I suppose can breathe a little easier. I still haven’t felt perfectly ok since Easter or something. Probably just has something to do with the hypothyroidism. Sort of a vicious cycle though, because I’m the worrying kind and such things tend to add stress and makes it hard to fall asleep. And not getting enough sleep isn’t exactly helping the situation. Well at least I can get some blog stuff done, because here I am writing this at 5 am because I wasn’t able to get some sleep. But enough with the personal mumbo jumbo and time to get on this week’s playlist.
The list is insanely long this week, because there was so much good stuff. New albums from Kelly Hunt, Jeremy Squires and Lucy Roleff were on the top of my list of albums to listen. Other beautiful new albums this week are from Josh Nolan, Blue Jeans, Sailors & Ships, Paper Wings and The National. Karly Driftwood and Rosie Harlow & The Tall Tale Boys came out earlier in the spring, but I missed these lovely records back then. Some gorgeous EPs too from Lydia Cole & Hailey Beavis, Kathryn Legendre, Nick Lowe, Briston Maroney and Elton John Cena.
The small Finnish section contains three awesome new singles from Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus, MeriTuuli and Samae Koskinen.
The singles made this ridiculously long this week. New Tyler Childers single was the news of the week, but for example the new ones from red steppes, Erin Durant, Shane Leonard, Merival, Joseph Robert Krauss, Matthew Ryan are equally magnificent. I could just as well namedrop them all, but you’ll find the full list below.
And as usual some big favorites from earlier weeks reappear with another song. I think I’m gonna keep that Matthew Milia album here at least five weeks, because I just love it to bits. That’s it for this week. Not sure how next week goes with other posts. At least I need to get my act together first and get some sleep. Love.
OCTA Weekly Playlist Episode #42
1. Kelly Hunt – Fingernail Moon (Even The Sparrow, Rare Bird Records, 2019)
2. Jeremy Squires – Orchid (Poem. 2019)
3. red steppes – Madera (single, Native Cat Records, 2019)
4. Lucy Roleff – Waiting For My Friend (Left Open in a Room, Lost and Lonesome, 2019)
5. Lydia Cole & Hailey Beavis – Talk To Me (Among Horses IV EP, Son Canciones, 2019)
6. Erin Durant – Islands (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
7. Shane Leonard – Strange Forms (single, Antifragile Music, 2019)
8. Merival – No Brakes (single, 2019)
9. Joseph Robert Krauss – Scrapbook Memory (single, 2019)
10. Tyler Childers – House Fire (single, Hickman Holler / RCA, 2019)
11. The Country Side of Harmonica Sam – My First Broken Heart (since The Last Broken Heart) (single, El Toro Records, 2019)
12. Karly Driftwood – Tennessee Trees (single, Too Mean To Die, 2019)
13. Kathryn Legendre – Sit Here & Cry (Making It Up EP, Shotgun House Records, 2019)
14. Caroline Spence – Sit Here and Love Me (Mint Condition, Rounder Records, 2019)
15. Matthew Ryan – On Our Death Day (The Need To Know Vinyl Sessions, 2019)
16. Josh Nolan – Angels With Dirty Faces (Kind Heart to Follow, Shaker Steps Records, 2019)
17. TW Walsh – Invincible Light (single, 2019)
18. Chris Staples – Holy Moly (single, Barsuk Records, 2019)
19. Janne Tapion Sisäinen Avaruus – Kaikki oli paremmin ennen (single, Lumpeela Julkaisut, 2019)
20. MeriTuuli – Minä odotan (single, 2019)
21. Samae Koskinen – Tää on se hetki (single, Johanna Kustannus, 2019)
22. Taylor Knox – One in a Billion (single, Cadence Music, 2019)
23. Blue Jeans – Friends & Lovers (single, Bobo Integral, 2019)
24. Nick Lowe – Love Starvation (Love Starvation / Trombone EP, Yep Roc, 2019)
25. Matthew Milia – Sometimes I Feel Like My Arm’s Falling Off (Alone At St. Hugo, Sitcom Universe, 2019)
26. Elton John Cena – Rat Poison (All Rats Go To Heaven, Lauren Records, 2019)
27. Briston Maroney – Small Talk (Indiana EP, Atlantic, 2019)
28. Kitty Kat Fan Club – You Got Me Modernized (single, Asian Man Records, 2019)
29. Sailors & Ships – Rooftop Sleeper (Sailors & Ships, Laser Brains, 2019)
30. Native Harrow – Something You Have (single, Loose Music, 2019)
31. Madeline Leman & The Desert Swells – Nobody’s Fool (single, 2019)
32. Joanna Sternberg – For You (single, Team Love, 2019)
33. Jacob Miller – Take Me Home (single, 2019)
34. Blue Wilson – Elsewhere (single, 2019)
35. Shannon Lay – Something Else On Your Mind (single, Sub Pop Records, 2019)
36. The National – Not In Kansas (I Am Easy To Find, 4AD, 2019)
37. Mega Bog – For The Old World (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2019)
38. Louie Short – Beautality (single, Choom City Records, 2019)
39. V.V.Lightbody – Baby, Honestly (single, Acrophase Records, 2019)
40. Bart – Today (Today, Tomorrow & The Next Day, Idee Fixe Records, 2019)
41. Christelle Bofale – Origami Dreams (single, Father/Daughter Records, 2019)
42. Mara Connor & Langhorne Slim – Someone New (single, Side Hustle Records, 2019)
43. Rosie Harlow & The Tall Tale Boys – Love Is Hard To Find (Family, 2019)
44. Paper Wings – Troubled Soul (Clementine, 2019)
45. Spirit Family Union – One Way Ticket (single, 2019)
46. Jake Paleschic – The Light (single, 2019)
47. Jenn Grant – Keep a Light On (single, Leovela, 2019)
48. Morgan Wade – The Night (single, 2019)
49. Kirby Brown – Justine (single, Soundly Music, 2019)
50. Catherine McLellan – Out of Time (single, 2019)
51. Jackson Emmer – Lost Highway (single, 2019)
52. Kassi Valazza – Mama (Dear Dead Days, 2019)
Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you
If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.