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Bubbling Under! (Wk. Ending June 11, 2021)

I'm On

Did Me Wrong

Getaway

Following up on the success of his two recently released singles 'Al Bundy' and 'Thoughts' which were both added to huge Spotify editorial playlists such as New Music Friday, Our Generation and Peach - Local Boy returns with his sophomore EP Local Boy Helps Himself. 

The EP is the culmination of lessons learned along Local Boy's career thus far with tracks touching on bedroom pop, hip-hop and indie rock all filtered through the Irish producer's singular sonic sensibility. 

Delivering a message through his danceable and uplifting sound, several tracks on the EP center around a critique of the toxic positivity culture that can taint online self-help communities and make us feel guilty for our negative emotions. 

"I really wanted to get a cohesive message across with this body of work while still retaining the playful energy of my earlier releases," says Local Boy 

"Since the pandemic has began so many of us have turned to online self help outlets to try weather the storm we've found ourselves in, and so much of that content serves no purpose other than to uphold the neoliberal orthodoxy that our pain is a personal failing and not indicative of wider problems in society." 

"I'm a huge fan of the writing of the late Mark Fisher who tackled a lot of these issues in his literature and I wanted to wrap these ideas up in a danceable, bedroom-pop package."

Horizon

Lost In Love

LANE

Hungry Heart

Elle Vibre

Lilac

Year Of The Rat

Take It Off

sad songs about sad things

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soundcloud:tracks:998160982

Elle Vibre

Moutarde & Miel