Best New Songs Of The Week: May 22nd, 2022
At the 11th hour, I returned home from vacation having only recently remembered I had to write and publish the best tracks of the week. Here they are. Enjoy <3.
5. 2001 - Foals
While Foals have basically been in their dance-rock era for quite a while now they finally leaned heavily into the disco influence on this track and made their best single from this era. It's certainly not complicated and I wouldn't say it has much of the extravagant rush that you might expect from a good Foals track, but it's bouncy and charming in the way the good disco revival music has to be.
4. Funeral Solution - Thee Oh Sees
After not loving the last few Oh Sees records, this was a punch in the face that I was excited for. The band needs less than two minutes to absolutely pummel you with chugging riffs, short screamed vocal refrains and an absolutely filthy mix. This one is simple, it will crush you, you should let it.
3. Through The Fires - Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen delivering powerful ballads isn't news to anybody. But on her new single she plays it particularly reserved and still manages to deliver on the promise of rich emotion and beauty. This era of her career feels like a return to instrumental basics after expanding her sound on All Mirrors and this song is the furthest journey down that territory yet, but it employs the great songwriting and performance style we've come to expect.
2. Saturday Pt. 2 - Ty Segall
Two singles and two hits for Ty Segall off his new album as he once again proves his versatility as both an artist and a curator of talent. Moving from the bouncy acoustic rock instrumentation into a rousing brass section in the second half is by no means a surprise for Ty's catalog. Mainly it serves as further evidence that he continues to be an interesting voice in underground rock paving new paths with each direction he sets his sights on.
1. This Hell - Rina Sawayama
The combination of Rina Sawayama and Clarence Clarity just gives and gives and gives. This time around thematically Rina plays the personification of everyone who's even been told they're going to hell. But her imagination of the place is more like a party with all the coolest people you've ever met. This is played into heavily on the real highlight of the track, the instrumental and production. Clarence and company make another rousing fusion of pop and rock that evokes the 2000's both lyrically and instrumentally. It's just as uncompromising as everything Rina has done thus far as she continues to be a voice in pop music that can't be ignored.
