~ new monthly playlist!! December 2020 ~

recently started up monthly playlists here... added to regularly, a mix of new tracks from my favourite artists and exciting new discoveries, mostly made via submissions to my music blog (www.coolmusicandthings.co.uk/) - a chance to share things that I enjoy but might not get round to writing a post about :)

for something a bit more heavily curated, check out the blog's main 2020 Spotify playlist which I update weekly: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3cUmjDhCtwBrilcJMCb4vq

acoustic/folk/chilled playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47kVuG60PJokywkb74tBob

girls allowed: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GNrMJ29veOfSwdybKq9pO

the CMAT office stereo: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07UM0wCfNhjcF3XeZMD30n?si=GjAAIouzRuirbNIDx8PK7g

enjoy!

cool music and things: December 2020

December 2020

INDIE/Dec 2020

Songs of December 2020

[Weekly Mix] 2020.12 (1)

2020 Highlights

Hard rocking

Time Will Tell

The Van Allen Belt
Let It Goddam Be

SIDE I
I. Peace Don't Stand A Chance
II. Lucky After Dark
III. Christine Variations

SIDE II
IV. Let It Goddam Be
V. You've Heard It All
VI. 143


Tamar Kamin: vocals
Benjamin Ferris: keyboard, guitar, background vocals
Scott Taylor: percussion, turntables
With Special Guests:
Bruno Spoerri: saxophone, synthophone, lyricon (I and III)
Kirk Salopek: guitar (I)
Hugo Minds: guitar (IV)
Frederic Choudin: guitar, bass (IV)
James King: alto saxophone (V)
Tom Altes: bass (V)
Chris Fazio: violin (III)
Cheyenne Swearingen: violin (I)
Trefor Goronwy: Appalachian dulcimer (IV)

All songs written and produced by Benjamin Ferris with exception to song II with lyrics written by Tamar Kamin.

Album cover artwork by Eric Alleman

Let It Goddam Be

Okay Decay

Your Way

Old Friends

Keep the Light Alive

Gabriel

Your Four Walls

Fit For Work

After Hours

You'll Know My Name

Skin

RELEASED VIA NICE SWAN RECORDS ON OCTOBER 9TH 2020

Sprints - Drones

"Demons" - MAWD
Release Date: October 23rd, 2020
Independent

Co-writers: Josiah Mazzaschi & Madeleine Mathews (MAWD)
Produced/Recorded: Josiah Mazzaschi at The Cave Studios
Mastered: Anthony Puglisi

Studio Band: Tommy Paradise (drums), Kyle Bailey (violin), Aidan Scrivens (lead guitar), Josiah Mazzaschi (Bass/Guitar/Backing Vox), Carlos Jimenez (trumpet), Robert Verdugo (Trombone), Madeleine Mathews (keys, guitar, vox, backing vox)

Demons

"Oh No" is the new single from Kate Davis' forthcoming Daniel Johnston cover album "Strange Boy"

Pre-Order Vinyl/Tapes here: https://katedavis.bandcamp.com/album/strange-boy
Pre-Save Album here: https://katedavis.ffm.to/strangeboy

Strange Boy

Kate Davis - Oh No

"the most emotional song we’ve ever written”, the song is a combination of bittersweet emotions and feelings"

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/zhxKKG6ejn4

Produced: Rees Broomfield and Recorded at SS2 Studios, Southend
Mixed by Andy Bradfield

Criminals

Swine Tax - Johnny (2020)

Written & performed by Swine Tax
Produced by Barry Hyde
Engineered & mixed by Jonny Burgess
Mastered by Jason Mitchell
Artwork by Oli Heffernan

Swine Tax - Johnny

Unravel

Port Rd

Port Rd (feat. Queen P)

Afraid of Love - Single

Afraid of Love

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You Knew It Was Me - EP

In Between Breaths

Then I Fell In Love

The Downtown Lights

The Downtown Lights (feat. Benjamin Gibbard & San Fermin)

How Many Times

Keeps Me Running

Check out the rest of the EPK here -www.tambourinemachine.com/epiloguesepk

Password is: epiloguesepk

Lyrics:
What a week it’s been.
Guess now my days all look like this;
Like I’m holding on to the kid I was,
And I’m slipping.
What were we hoping;
Is it that magic exists?
Is it that your love is more than rust?
I don’t know if it is. 

When I dreamed of it,
Was it one of Your promises?
Was it God or dust,
A tomb or a cross? 
Or something that I’ve missed.
What a year it’s been.
Must my life still look like this;
Like I’m holding on the grave I’ve dug.
Or are You still in it? 
Are You still in it?

Let’s go to Paris,
We can both quit acting,
And count the days until we can start.
Hopeless nomadic,
Broken but romantic.
I just want to be where You are. 

So let’s go to Paris,
We can both quit acting,
And count the days until we can start.
Hopeless nomadic,
Broken but romantic.
I just want to be where You are. 
So let’s run off to Paris,
We can both quit acting,
And count the days until we can start.
I’m a hopeless nomadic,
Broken but romantic.
I just want to be where You are.

The Gap

‘End Credits’ is a nihilistic yet optimistic track about slipping into the unknown of the afterlife. Musically joyous, lyrically dower this track perfectly sums up the highs and lows of realising our human condition as we hopelessly and defiantly trudge towards the end.

End Credits

Christmas, Hopefully

Berlin pt II

Favourite Patient

Cryogeyser - Too Much

Stream 'Night Time' : https://dookwaltjr.fanlink.to/nighttime

Much has been speculated as to what Dook Walt Jr. is, was, and is yet to be. Once thought to be but a single man, it has been revealed to us that the Dookster is in fact many in concordance. The souls of Jake Brown, Cooper Twit, John Hooker, and Jonathan Kaufmann were all subsumed into the synth-based sanctimony which manifests as Dook Walt Jr. and remain entwined to this day. This super-organism purveys it's signature brand of twinkling twilit synth pop with a knowing dash of absurdist abandon, like Depeche Mode if Depeche Mode had met a a christian college.

(つ◉益◉)つ Stream

Dook Walt Jr - Night Time

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When It Comes Around

Fire (Radio Edit)

Upcoming album "Moods & Dances 2021" out on January 29th, 2021. Preorder available via https://orcd.co/rvds.php

Time Will Tell

DD DARILLO