Written by Robert Pollard
Originally performed by Guided by Voices
Recorded by Matthew Beebe, 2025

With These Two Songs I'll Be Alright

Kiss Only the Important Ones (Guided by Voices cover)

Wrapped In Blue

Release

Reverie Neverending

The Tin Man

"From the stimulating intro on you’ll tap your feet, without even noticing it. This is the wake-up-call I want to hear when I can’t get out of my bed in the morning. You simply can’t resist this shot of adrenaline. This is what elevating pop is all about. Vitalizing, energizing, and galvanizing. In a normal world, this should be a global hit. Oh yeah, I feel quite euphoric and, trust me, you’ll have your heart beat as fast as mine after just one spin. Hopefully, we can all come out of the lockdown shadows pretty soon."
Turn Up The Volume

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Out of the Shadows

"Come Here" by Wy, to be released January 20th. From new album "Marriage", out May 7th via Rama Lama Records, pre-order at https://www.ramalama.se/store

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Wy - Come Here

"Brooklyn's Russian Baths released their debut album back in 2019. A year later, they've returned to album standout "Responder" for an entirely new "Night" version of the song. Where the original is a dark, driving rock song, the new take is haunted, twinkling like the midnight sky, with skittering drums, melancholy piano and an open road's worth of atmosphere." ~ BrooklynVegan

Striving to control others (emotions, desire, behaviors) corrupts. This seems like a chronic symptom of the worst in masculinity.

A responder talks back, but does it listen? Not equipped with the tools to be vulnerable, one voice denies reality, refuses to connect, exerts more control, idolizing restraint ("the way I held every face card") and admonishing its counterpart ("you way you scolded me"). With denial (to self and other), all's bound to collapse. Both know it will happen. Neither wants it.

I guess it's also an exploration of the big 80s breakup love ballads of the Patty Smyth featuring Don Henley variation, but the dark sexual politics of the heartbreak are more explicit. This is the night version.

I was listening to a lot of the xx and Sinead O'Connor when we wrote it and when re-recording it, I was listening to PJ Harvey almost exclusively. I wonder if this bleeds into the atmosphere.
credits
released February 5, 2021
Russian Baths are Jess Rees & Luke Koz

Keys ~ Jade Shames
Drums ~ Daniel Gallardo

Mixed by James Frazee

Russian Baths - "Responder (Night)"

Cosmopolis

The meaning behind this song is something I've chosen to remain a mystery. Being a music artist in 2021, we’re encouraged to share every little detail about our lives with our audience. While this has opened up many opportunities for artists to have unique and personal interactions with fans - something which we encourage and take full advantage of in Crystal Cities - there are some things that perhaps should be kept to ourselves in order to set boundaries and protect and respect the privacy of other people... In this instance, I want the context of this song to be left up to the listener’s own interpretation.

- Geoff

Hold Me Close Hold Me Tight

Jenny, How Were We to Know?

Jenny, How Were We To Know?

Keeps is an indie rock band from Nashville, TN formed in 2012.
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Since forming, Keeps released a full-length album titled Brief Spirit in 2016, and released their sophomore LP titled ‘Affectianado’ on December 4th, 2020.