Just listened to James Morrison’s Greatest Hits. A singer-songwriter from UK. One of my fav artist, been following him since his first album. Some songs are a bit overproduced I think, like Too Late For Lullabies, This Boy; stripping its raw feeling from the songs. But I guess I can always listen to the original ones.
Anyone here also listen to James Morrison?
Also, share what are you listening to. I’m always searching for new music, artists, and acts to listen to.
I haven’t listened to James Morrison before but I really do enjoy music based out of Eastern Europe/the UK. It has a kind of refreshing quality to it that American music is lacking for me personally.
Emily Burns
Holly Humberstone
Ed Sheeran
Mimi Webb
I’ve been in a rut the last several months with music. There for a while, in 2021, there was a lot of really good releases but in 2022 it seems to have slowed down.
I’ve found a few good tracks lately, though:
Kody West - Green
The Satellite Station - Only Human & Shelter
Been listening to some older Our Lady Peace as well. Some other artists I’ve enjoyed are Austin Plaine (self-titled release) and anything by Gregory Alan Isakov.
Well for me, I found out few new artists that like this year - Sierra Eagleson, Luke Sital-Singh, Delilah Montagu. Try check out I Miss You (Blind 182 cover) by Sierra and her brother, feels like a totally new song.
There were some albums that I’ve enjoyed too these past few months like Muse’s Will of The People being the most recent one, Paolo Nutini’s Last Night in the Bittersweet (almost all tracks are excellent-very good), Harry Style’s As It Was and Maggie Rogers’ Surrender.
Bumping this thread - sharing my fav new artists find, Billie Marten and The Blue Stones.
Billie Marten - I feel like almost of her songs have this magical kind of wistful and beautiful feel to them. Feel nostalgic, like in a different place whenever I listen to her. Go try check her out. Fav tunes - Milk & Honey, Mice, Liquid Love, This is How We Move, Cursive.
The Blue Stones - Loving the sound, groove, rhythm this band brings. Fav tunes - One by One, Black Holes, Shakin’ Off The Rust.
Oh, and the new album by Tom Chaplin, Midpoint has been on my repeat playlist for few weeks now. Just a solid album overall.
Just listened to Bombay Bicycle Club albums. I remembered I first discovered them from @robert shoutout from the bsides forum. Woah, they are good. And know what, they just had a single with your fav new artist @shawn - Holly Humberstone. Called ‘Diving’. Love the song, infectious and just a feel good song. Like the acoustic rendition of it too.
Thanks for the heads up @snowfist! That was a beautiful song they did together. I’ll have to take a look at more of BBC’s discography.
Somehow missed this - Wowow, I’m so glad you like them!! They’re one of my favourite bands. Consistently impeccable quality to their songwriting, and a real range of sounds and genres. The lead singer Jack Steadman is the songwriter and composer, and he’s nothing short of a musical genius. His side project Mr Jukes is a bit mindblowing.
BBC’s album Flaws is an acoustic record that’s gorgeous, and my favourite album of theirs is their third, A Different Kind of Fix. Lights Out Words Gone is a sublime song:)
I’ve been into a band called TOLEDO this year. Some Øzwald vibes, but a different flavour. Really exquisite low-fi acoustic music:
Been listening to Bombay Bicycle Club latest album. Their greatest work thus far, I think. Very consistent tonally and found some absolute fav here like Turn The World On, Heaven, Tekken 2 and Diving. Thanks @robert for introducing this awesome band.
I now found enjoyment in Tom Chaplin (Keane’s vocalist) latest solo album. I never really like it at the first listen but I’ve gotta say it has grown on me. And now, I found myself not skipping any of the songs. It’s best for road trip listen I think, especially if you’re just driving at a slow pace, enjoying the view. My favs include All Fall Down, Rise and Fall, It’s Over, Midpoint, Cameo and Gravitational.
Been listening to a lot of different things lately.
John Moreland’s new surprise album, “Visitor” has a lot of great tracks with the classic JM sound. Gentle Violence is definitely one of my favorites on here.
Augustana’s new album, “Something Beautiful”, is a nice return to the earlier records. “The Distance” is by far my personal favorite of this record. The chorus has that “get up and go” road trip vibe. “Hear Your Name” is a close second. Very refreshing record overall.
Not necessarily new, Kelsea Ballerini (Rolling up the Welcome Mat) is a fantastic concept album based on her divorce. It’s a really interesting way of exploring the different stages and the inevitable moving on. Highly recommended! Very smooth record.
I’ve been listening to some Deathcab for Cutie (Kintsugi). Was never huge into them during their prime but it’s got a nostalgia-inducing sound.
I’ve recently discovered the band The Sundays from a friend of mine. They only have three albums and they stopped releasing music decades ago, but I love all of their music. The singer’s voice is mesmerizing.
I’ve also rediscovered the album A Modern Way to Stand by Pet Envy that Jason and Steve helped produce. A lot of interesting and catchy songs on this album.
I’ve additionally been listening to Jeff Buckley’s album Grace… he had such an incredible voice.
Discovered this artist when I looked for covers of Coldplay’s Sparks. Didn’t know he’s an actual artist with some really great songs under his discography.
This latest album from Kris Allen is on repeat. Favs include Indigo, Joaquin, Changing Together, Don’t Stop Dancing & Pole Vauler.
Chevelle and Shinedown
I’m on the other end of the Lifehouse fandom than most, I prefer Stanley Climbfall to most of their work, and everyone else seems to see that as a weak point.
What would be 2nd album that you liked the most? I imagine it’s NNF. To be fair, I don’t think that’s a weak point. Music are subjective after all.
I never understood the mainstream displeasure (?) with SCF. I think it’s one of the best albums I’ve ever heard. NNF changed everything for me. SCF was different but over the years, it’s more like NNF than any other album. I think working with Ron Aniello was the greatest thing they did. The production on SCF was a bit over done (Anchor is terribly compressed) but if you can get passed that (I can!), it’s such a wonderful record.
I remember a radio interview where Jason mentions something along the lines that he wouldn’t do a play on words again like “stand climb fall” > “Stanley Climbfall”. I thought it was a brilliant idea.
As far as things I’m listening to now… I would highly recommend checking out the band “Durry” from Minnesota. They released their debut album “Suburban Legend” last year and a new single in the Spring called Teenagers Forever. Austin and Taryn are brother/sister and Austin’s wife Ashley is playing bass for them.
Current favorite tracks in no particular order:
They have an 80’s vibe with a 90’s/early 00’s sound. I saw the video for Who’s Laughing Now on YouTube a couple of months back and have been hooked ever since.