Choices of the Grasshopper September 2023

+ SEPTEMBER 2023 PART II

20th Century Boys

Ballpit

Stabbing Clouds

Good Time

LMN BB LMN

Drugs

Who Would You Be For Me

Afterlife

RUSHES

Lightweight

Back To The Water Below

There Goes My Cool

Saytr play are an indie-pop outfit known for their electric live shows, in iconic venues (gorilla, broadcast, ebgbs...) And the festival circuit (great escape, ynot, neighbourhood, 110above...) alike. 

Sharing influence with Circa Waves, the strokes, sundara karma and cage the elephant, and recieving playlisting from radio x, Spotify (New Music Friday, Hot New Bands, Indie List) Amazing Radio and bbc introducing, the band have racked up over a million streams on Spotify & a dedicated fanbase. 

Following their hiatus, Saytr Play came back this year with 'The Butterfly Stitches EP', amassing over 150,000 streams, Editorial support on Spotify's Fresh finds and New Music Friday, playlisting on XS Manchester and national radio coverage on Radio X. Off the back of this success, Saytr Play sold out their headline show at Manchester's Deaf Institute a month in advance. 

Saytr play release 'Brother' on 1st September and headline Manchester's Canvas on the 8th September.

Brother (YKTDY)
Is a very nostalgic song for me. Most songs touch on the subject of love, the only difference here is that I wanted to write a song about how much I love my mates. I wanted to share some of the story’s and memories we lived through in our younger years. Growing up in Moston (Manchester). The good times. The bad times. It’s celebrating he family we choose, in our case our brothers. Life is never plain sailing but I like to think that is about who you are with not where you are. In this industry iv met a lot of privileged people but I honestly wouldn’t change our upbringing for the world. I’m proud of where I’m from & I love my mates so I wrote a song about it. Enjoy.

Brother (YKTDY)

VERSE I
West End 
I’m on the ceilin’
I’m medicated with the finest buzz a kid could afford
Wide eyes
In walks a heathen
Is it just me, or did the room heat up a hundred degrees?

PRECHORUS I
Cause there you stood with a mind full of felonies  
Oh and now I’m burnin’
baby but I love all the heat 
West End
My fears are peakin’
And you could save me, but you’d rather have me down on the floor

CHORUS
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

VERSE II
I’m sideways
It’s complicated
I wasn’t lookin’, but the girl is kinda hard to ignore 
Soft eyes (soft eyes)
Cuts like a demon (like a demon)
She’d try to break me, but I’m already as broke as could be

PRECHORUS II
Cause there I stood in your room, feelin’ chemistry 
Oh and now I’m beggin’
Baby you’re so good at deceit 
West End (West End)
She says I’m tweakin’ (I think I’m tweakin’)
And you could save me, but you’d rather make me feel like a whore

CHORUS II
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

BRIDGE
Ooh-ooh-eee-ooh
Well I know, you know, that no one can resist ya
Ooh-ooh-eee-ooh
Well I know you know, that no one can can’t resist her
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
And I’m burnin’ slowly, baby’s gotten under the skin
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
If it’s a game we’re playing, baby how come I never win?

CHORUS 3
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
I need ya like a fever
Fever won’t you be good to me? 
Woah-ooh-wuh-uh-oh-oh-ohh
You’re sayin’ that you’re super 
But you’re no superhero to me

You Ain't No Superhero

In 1998, songwriting & production duo Emily Haines & Jimmy Shaw formed what would become Metric and left Toronto for NYC in search of like-minded artists. In 2001/2002, they were joined by drummer Joules Scott Key & bassist Joshua Winstead, and found themselves at the center of the city’s burgeoning alt-rock scene alongside bands like LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, TV On the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and more. Unlike their peers, Metric resisted major label offers, releasing albums that pushed boundaries on their own terms.

Metric’s relentless pursuit of timeless songwriting and fiercely independent ethos have cemented their place as one of the most essential and ahead-of-the-curve bands of the last two decades. By constantly upping themselves across nine unpredictable and adventurous studio albums, the trailblazing Toronto outfit founded by Emily Haines & Jimmy Shaw is proof that you can amass an untouchable catalog without signing to a major label or changing your lineup. Their latest LP, Formentera II, out October 13 via their label MMI & Thirty Tigers, is a testament to their singular purpose. It stands among their best and most genre-defying work and closes the 18-song cycle started by 2022’s critically acclaimed Formentera