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May 2023

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One More Step to Happiness

An indie playlist featuring the best Indie pop / rock tracks from May 2023. Full playlist at www.birp.fm // Updated monthly, so save your favorites!  Indie, Bedroom Pop, Lofi, Surf Rock, etc.

Indie Playlist • BIRP! May 2023

TITLE: Is There a Reason?
ARTIST NAME: James Wyatt Crosby
FORMAT: Single
RELEASE DATE: June 24, 2022
LABEL: Wavy Sun

“Is There a Reason?” is the latest offering from James Wyatt Crosby and the second release on his Wavy Sun Records. This dreamy summertime track features infectiously catchy guitar lines, warm analog synth undercurrents, bouncing bass & loads of sonic easter eggs that can be unearthed with repeated listening. “Is There a Reason?” is simultaneously uplifting and dark as themes of desire, nostalgia and regret are explored by the song’s dreamy narrator. A song that is literally years in the making, it is a perfectly crafted piece of bedroom pop.

“I started writing 'Is There a Reason?' in 2015 but somehow I didn’t finish it until recently. My newer songs feel like sad songs written by a sad guy whereas “Is There a Reason?” feels like a sad song written by a happy guy. It’s seven years old, but sometimes it’s nice to let a song ferment and develop and then revisit it with a new perspective later. This song has some really hooky parts and it’s one of my personal favourites from my unreleased catalog. It’s been fun to play it live and re-explore whoever I was when I wrote it back in 2015. To me it feels like a summer jam and I hope people love it as much as I do.” –James Wyatt Crosby

LYRICS

The devil’s got an appetite
For all the people playing nice
He wants to come and change your life
And all you gotta do is sign
Here

And all the time and all the while
There’s something underneath his smile
Now that you’ve told a million lies
I’ve got a question on my mind

Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back

I miss the summer night
I miss the summer night
I tell myself a lie
I tell myself a lie
I eat myself alive
I eat myself alive
I pissed out all my fire
It’s gonna be a while

Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back

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Is There a Reason?

James Wyatt Crosby - Is There a Reason?

Right Way Round

Balloons

Way, No Way

See You In The Dark

Spoiled

Heaven Is a Junkyard

Prizefighter

Wherever I Go

Run To The Moon

Rabadam Ching, Vol. 3

Get It On

Heatherhead

Eutropius (Give Me Lies)

Waking Moment

My Thunder

Jonny

I Want It All

Genesis

GENESIS

Alive

Deep End

Atlantis

High Tonight (Narrated by Elohim)

I wrote Sober about the conflicting emotions you experience when your relationship with someone is based on no attachment and no expectations. It's about the constant push and pull, where every word and action can have a double meaning. Lyrically the song is about how, when you’re feeling lost, you attach your worth to their interest in you and do whatever you cannot to lose it. Sometimes despite all the warning signs that are there, it's hard to resist the sense of self-protection and direction that comes from placing your sense of self in someone else’s interest in you: you know you need to let go but just don’t have the strength to. Ultimately, I like to think Sober is a very relatable song that captures the emotional conflict we experience when we find ourselves in a relationship with a inevitable expiration date.”

Sober

A Child's Question, August

The KVB on Audiotree Live

World On Fire

Cowprint

Releases April 28th 2023

℗ 2023 Apidae
© 2023 Apidae

Need to find a potent distraction 
Occupy my mind 
Drown me out 
Erase all doubt 
Never gonna leave your side
Never gonna leave your side

I need to incite a reaction 
Ease my restless mind 
Call my name 
Absolve my blame 
Never gonna leave your side

I only exist as your promise 
I can never be your design 
Drown me out 
Erase all doubt 
Never gonna leave your side

Calling out for you now 
Calling out for you now 
Calling out for you now 
Calling out for you now 

Keep away from the light 
Out of reach and sight 
Air and watertight 

Keep away from the light 
Out of reach and sight 
Air and watertight

Never Gonna Leave Your Side

From the album Nostalgia Killer, available June 9, 2023 on Western Vinyl.
Pre-order / listen https://lnk.to/nostalgia-killer

Lightning Dust - "Run"

The Last Remaining Light

Supermoon

supernatural thing

It Will Never Be The Same

Indianapolis

Everybody Just Wants To

Open My Door

8th & 84th

Listen / Stream

Coolhand Jax - 8th & 84th

King City

King City (Jennylee's Version)

When It's Gone

All Of A Sudden

Ends & Begins

100 Miles An Hour

Mixing: Sergey Khavro
Drums: Michael Rackaev
Artwork: syhmen (www.behance.net/syhmen)

Better Off Dead

Stream: https://thisneverhappened.ffm.to/breakjs

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Breaking Apart

Jerro & Shallou - Breaking Apart [Extended Mix]

Future Past Life

Deep Dream

New Dreams

Dive In

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Nightrider (feat. Freddie Gibbs) 

Song credits:

Mixed by Russell Elevado
Guitar and Vocals by Tom Misch
Drums by Yussef Dayes
Additional Vocals by Freddie Gibbs
Bass by Tom Driessler
Additional Guitar by Miles James
Strings by Tobie Tripp
Backing Vocals by Jordan Rakei

Taken from the album "What Kinda Music" which is out now on Beyond The Groove / Blue Note Records.

You can purchase or stream the album here:
http://whatkindamusic.com
http://whatkindamusicuk.lnk.to/whatkindamusicSo 

You can listen to "Nightrider" on all platforms here:
https://whatkindamusic.lnk.to/nightrider

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Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - Nightrider (feat. Freddie Gibbs)

Better Off Dead

Parks, Squares and Alleys