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An ongoing monthly mix of linked-to-Soundcloud submissions that I approved on Submithub for a share over on HI54.BLOG (https://hi54.blog/content/what-should-i-expect-when-i-get-a-song-approved-by-you-on-submithub). Songs are added throughout the month and then I do the whole thing over again with the next month's Submithub approvals that have a Soundcloud link as one of their audio sources (although I currently have my submission queue closed until further notice: hi54.blog/submit)

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Jeremy
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SubmitCloud - February 2022

🖤 - 6

catmother fka osquinn / p4rkr - I Didnt Want That Many Friends In The First Place (prod. Durao) Lyrics:

[Intro]
Durao

[Verse]
Bitch you oppin', flodgin', posted on my watch list
Say that you invincible, okay nigga, watch this
One phone call, and his brains we'll get to moppin'
Sorry I'm so hyped up, I'm just dumb obsessed with violence
Anxiety, I'm runnin' out of options
Cut 'em out my life, just like a photo, I just crop 'em
If they start to bother me, I cut 'em off or stop them
Why am I so ignorant? Why am I so toxic?
I don't want that many friends in the first place
Most people I wouldn't depend on the worst day
Circle small because I do not like drama
Got a problem? Then go cry to your momma
Anti-social, anti-fun 'cause I'm a reject
Life's a bitch and I'm a prick, I need to re-check
Do my best every day and I get nothing
Yeah I'm selfish, always in this bitch for somethin'
I still walk around at night lookin' for a fight
Ask me if I wanna fight, I don't know, I might
Rugrats stay still, creepin' really tight
Switchblade off rip, make 'em lose an eye
Will I come? Will I go? I don't know though
Darkroom, bright lights, like it's Hoco
Tryna snatch my shit, huh, that's a no-no
Bitch, fuck you, next up lil' hoe

osquinn / p4rkr - I Didnt Want That Many Friends In The First Place (prod. Durao)

Live version of Diving Line off the album "With You For Ever"

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All music written and performed by Stray Fossa
Produced by William Evans
Artwork by Chyrum Lambert, from "Swimmer" (2015)

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Diving Line (Live From Our Attic)

"Hi Life" by Kindsight, released February 23 2022.
From debut LP "Swedish Punk", out March 25. Pre-order - https://ramalama.se/swedishpunk

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“Ohio, I’ll Be Fine” is a beautiful example of the emotional potency Kramies has become known for. Taken from the highly anticipated forthcoming self-titled Kramies EP, “Ohio, I’ll Be Fine” taps into Kramies’ past, the lyrics unflinchingly facing his personal demons. 

Produced by and featuring Jerry Becker of Train, as well as Jim Bogios of Counting Crows, “Ohio, I’ll Be Fine” combines the artistry of these three creative minds into a wonderfully detailed, emotionally resonant song. Clocking in at a concise three minutes, the song’s animated video casts a warm, nostalgic light on the song’s lyrical imagery, lifting your spirits while tugging on your heartstrings.

As a natural next step in a long and storied artistic career, “Ohio, I’ll be Fine” stands among Kramies’ best work to date, showcasing his knack for bringing together the personal and the universal into addictive, accessible folk-pop.

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Ohio I'll Be Fine

Kramies - Ohio, I'll Be Fine

Co-Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Ian Jones with Nate Grimm in Nashville, TN.
Mastered by Joey Oaxaca at Studio 22, Los Angeles, CA.
Cover photo by CJ Harvey, Nashville, TN.

HahaHome

HaHaHome

New Year

"Waves, endlessly crashing, rolling and breaking. The bittersweet spray of the past and present, splashing and stinging, as beads of shame, joy, confusion and bewilderment trickle down your cerebral cortex."

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All music and lyrics by Strange Souvenirs.

Performed by Strange Souvenirs (vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar), Tim Hook (electric guitar) and Gidon Carmel (drums & percussion).

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Cameron James Laing 
at The Famous Gold Watch Studios Berlin, 2021.

Lyrics: Matthias Juhnke
Cover Art: Matthias Juhnke

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BEACHES

Beaches, parties and sun
Drinking, fucking and fun
Anything I missed on my list? 
I can’t think of one

Got a sunburn to prove I was here
Off your rocker for seven days near 
Trip advisor says no more than four
‘Cause you might disappear 

Swallowed by the sea
Swallowed by the sea 
Mojitos, mimosas, long island ice tea 
Falling in k-holes you just couldn’t see 
Wearing shades indoors
You’re kidding me?  

And now the tide comes rolling in 
Washing away everything 
‘Till nothing’s left but the songs we sing  

So teach me some new chords to strum 
Two thousand twenty one 
I need a new tune to hum 
‘Cause the old one has left me so numb  

I can’t feel a thing 
I can’t push this swing 
I’m out of step and closing down , down, down, down
I wanna pack my things and leave this town
And leave this town
And leave this town
And leave this town 
And leave this town

Lyrics: Matthias Juhnke

Beaches

Silly Me

Always is the title track from Forest Ray's forthcoming 2022 album. It blends 12 string acoustic guitars, Rhodes piano and soaring slide guitars. It was self produced entirely analog, on a 24 track machine in Forest Ray's Seattle home-studio. 

Recorded by Robby Porovich and Peter Sumic
Mastered by Erik Takuichi Wallace

Forest Ray - Always

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Grocer is a band that demands context and attention: listen to just one song or wander away mid-set to smoke a cigarette, and you’ll completely miss what they’re about. Featuring three distinct vocalists/lyricists, Grocer is a band that grooves, but never quite settles; a group that loves a good melody, yet remains moments away from chaos. Recently described as “if The Pixies wrote a musical”, their on-stage chemistry is undeniable whether ripping through an Audiotree session or playing in their home city of Philadelphia.

Their forthcoming sophomore album, Numbers Game, is full of these tricks, nods, and winks as the band rearranges the puzzle pieces of 90s-influenced rock and dissonant pop into something utterly their own. Originally imagined as a four song EP, Numbers Game came about in two quick bursts: The first when the quartet isolated themselves in rural Georgia in January 2021 to focus on writing and escaping the pandemic, and the second immediately following an overwhelming six-week national tour the summer of that year.

Frequently, the songs find Grocer attempting to escape the turmoil of the outside world by turning inward, only to find struggles existing just as intensely within themselves: scattered throughout are allusions to technology dependencies, social complacencies, and overall realizations that they may not be the angels they presumed they were. Recorded quickly in hopes of mirroring the unhinged nature of Grocer’s live performances, Numbers Game is a cathartic, immersive dive into a band that refuses to stop searching. 

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Let’s circle back to all that force from before
By now, I had assumed I’d be accomplishing more
No luck, as of yet I’m bunk
Every bet I stuck with boiled down to junk

Let’s give a name to what I’m worrying on
Look out or inward every infrastructure is gone
Some rush, whitened in the front
Hoofin it by touch
Pick a way and run

I don’t hear my name, so I shout it out
All proof of this ends in the ground

Summing things up
Aware of the door
I know you’re leaving soon lady I done this before
Be gone, shutter up the shop
These undercover lost causes are floating to the top

Done gazing in no longer lingering on
Why this entire planet must envision me wrong
Some rush, white and in the front
Poking just for fun
Pick away and run

I don’t see my face, so I’ll point it out
All proof of this ends in the ground

PURCHASE 🐀

Grocer - Pick A Way

Deep Dark Sleep

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