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single track, wildcardWildcard (week 4):
Wildcard (week 4):
Altered By Mom – Dive In
I consider myself a huge Altered By Mom fan. 2020 was an extraordinarily prolific year for the Canadian duo; they released one song every week, resulting in a massive, truly great album, aptly titled 52 Songs. Two hours and 30 minutes very well spent.
Unsurprisingly, Gina Kennedy and Devon Lougheed eased down after fulfilling that project. They participated in a Christmas single at the end of 2021 and were completely off the musical radar last year. Now, thankfully, they’re back! Diving head first into the new year, Altered By Mom just released a beautiful new single.
Dive In is a classic power pop song, with a hooky psychedelic sound which the duo describe as ‘St. Vincent and Lenny Kravitz racing Lamborghinis’. Lyrically, it’s a call to action to chase after the things that scare you the most. A relatable tune that clocks in just under the 3 minute mark.
Altered By Mom’s comeback single Dive In is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week.
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In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
single trackAltered By Mom – You Can Do What You Want With My Heart, Babe
Altered By Mom – You Can Do What You Want With My Heart, Babe
Even the artists I like best (as in: ever), have their weak moments. And they’re not to blame, for they’re only humans, aren’t they? It’s hardly possible to record only great tunes. That being said, it looks like Altered By Mom are trying to prove the opposite.
Since the beginning of this year, the Canadian duo are releasing one song every week. To be honest, I only recently learned of – and started following – their initiative, and it’s quite impressing. Three out of the four songs they put out in the last 28 days are absolute aces (and the fourth one isn’t bad at all).
You Can Do What You Want With My Heart, Babe is Devon Lougheed and Gina Kennedy’s most recent release (at the time of writing, that is). It’s written with Lawrence Nichols of fellow Toronto band Lowest Of The Low and features a modulation by the book near the end. Wonderful stuff… again!
Judging from the quality of their recent output, with 52 songs to choose from by the end of the year, it must be possible to compile the bestest ‘Best Of’ ever. Perhaps even two.
Recommended as well:
Better On The Page
Walking With The Enemy
Hear That Sound
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
single trackAltered By Mom – Better On The Page
Altered By Mom – Better On The Page
Setting yourself a task to release a new song every week for a whole year, doesn’t leave much room to dwell on each individual track. Not even when it’s such a great tune as last weeks Carte Blanche Music Wildcard: Altered By Mom’s Walking With The Enemy. But as predicted: the band already moved on.
This week, the Canadian duo share new song Better On The Page. And guess what? It isn’t some kind of filler, but another top track. An up-tempo song with staccato beats. The verses feature alternating vocals of Devon Lougheed and Gina Kennedy, whose voices blend beautifully in the choruses.
A project very much worth following, and you’ll end up with a great (and comprehensive) collection of songs by the end of the year.
Recommended as well:
Altered By Mom – Walking With The Enemy
Altered By Mom – Hear That Sound
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
single track, wildcardWildcard (week 32):
Wildcard (week 32):
Altered By Mom – Walking With The Enemy
As you may have noticed, Australia and Canada are currently two of my favourite sources of exciting new music. Altered By Mom are from Toronto.
The project started as an excuse for producer/songwriter Devon Lougheed to play with some of his favourite musicians from all across Canada. But it really took shape with the permanent addition of Gina Kennedy (bass/vocals) and Jamie Williamson (drums). Well, not really permanently actually, for in 2020, Altered By Mom are a duo consisting of Lougheed and Kennedy. In general, they play all instruments themselves.
Long before Corona kicked in, the band set a goal for themselves: they would release a song a week this year. That’s 52 songs. In other words: quite a lot! Still, they manage to maintain a high standard, combining a knack for infectious melodies and classic song-writing with a quirky sense of humour and a tongue-in-cheek post-grunge aesthetic. They describe themselves as ‘like Sloan had a baby with Barenaked Ladies… and then that baby stole your cigarettes’.
Walking With The Enemy is the pair’s latest single. Or, by the time you read this, they’ll probably have released a follow-up already. But Walking With The Enemy is a song worth servicing to radio stations and playlist curators. It’s an above par track which starts with an ‘80s, Neue Deutsche Welle kind of synth, before the drum kicks in. What follows is a tune so catchy, it deserves to be a hit (whatever that may mean these days).
As I like to put my money where my mouth is, Walking With The Enemy by Altered By Mom is this week’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcard!
Recommended as well:
Altered By Mom – Hear That Sound
In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
single trackAltered By Mom – Hear That Sound
Altered By Mom – Hear That Sound
Altered By Mom started as an excuse for producer/songwriter Devon Lougheed to play with some of his favourite musicians from all across Canada, but really took shape with the permanent addition of Gina Kennedy (bass/vocals) and Jamie Williamson (drums).
Ahead of their new album Trapped In An MP3 (due later this year) the Toronto-based pop-rock band have a new single out. Hear That Sound showcases their knack for classic song-writing with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. And the way the male and female vocals are juxtaposed is just lovely. Boy, would this have been a radio hit when radio was still about smart and catchy pop songs!
The band says about the track: “Hear That Sound is about making someone else cry. It’s such a universal yet specific moment – because people cry all the time, but when it happens, nothing feels more deeply personal. In the audio world, we talk about crossfades where one bit of audio blends seamlessly into another, and sometimes relationships end and begin like that too. This song encompasses the sound of artefacts from a previous relationship fading out while a new one begins.”
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 19)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Altered By Mom – Waiting On A Sign That’s Already There
indie | pop | rock - Victoria Anthony – New Disaster indie | pop | rock
- Shayne Cook – Better Things
indie | pop - Ellur – Anywhere
indie | pop - Scott Helman – Back Together indie | pop
- HighSchool – Colt indie | pop | rock
- Jonas Brothers – Summer Jam
pop - jnr. – U Stay On My Mind indie | pop
- Kelsy Karter & The Heroines – Love Goes On
indie | pop | rock - Loi – News
indie | pop - Love You Later – Someday, Today Will Be Long Ago indie | pop
- Amanda Marshall – Dawgcatcher indie | pop | rock
- Nory-J – Future Days indie | pop | rock
- Nyne – Blood On The Dancefloor electronic | indie | pop
- Chloe Parché – Upside Down indie | pop
- Sofia Portanet – My Time indie | pop
- Queens Of The Stone Age – Emotion Sickness rock
- Rebecca & Fiona – Sing Hallelujah
dance | electronic | indie | pop - Rews – Not Your Soldier
indie | rock - Skies – Doors indie | pop | rock
- Sparks – Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is pop | rock
- Tenacious D – Video Games country | rock
- 26fix – Stone Killer indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 14)
It certainly was a Good Friday for great new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Altered By Mom – Everygirl indie | rock
- Pip Blom – Tiger
indie | pop | rock - Callisto – Surf Blood indie | rock
- Champs – Things I Don’t Know About indie | pop
- Ciel – Somebody
indie | rock - Chris Corey – Baby Steps indie | pop | rock
- The Covasettes – Duvet Thief indie | rock
- Dizzy – Open Wide indie | pop
- Lou Elliotte – Single pop
- Go-Jo – Mrs. Hollywood indie | pop
- Oscar Lang – A Song About Me indie | orchestral | pop | rock
- MisterWives – Out Of Your Mind indie | rock
- Yoyo Nagase – I Hate My Roommate indie | pop
- Jacob Reddy – Wear The Crown indie | rock
- Saibh Skelly – Superficial indie | pop
- Sophisticated Dingo – Radio On indie | rock
- Sorry Girls – Aftermath indie | pop
- Stay Lunar – Distance indie | pop | rock
- Stellie – Softly indie | pop
- Stone – Left Right Forward rock
- Ten Tonnes – Dancing, Alone indie | pop | rock
- Yuksek feat. Voyou & Láura – Hypra-Sensorial
indie | latin | pop | tropical
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 6)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Nell Mescal – Homesick (Wildcard this week)
- Altered By Mom – Dive In (Wildcard last week)
- Dead Anyway – Big Foot
- Paddy Echo – Butterfly Kissing
- Hannah Grae – I Never Say No
- Rori – Encore
- The Utopiates – Making History
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
werner's weekly
Werner’s Weekly (week 5)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your guide to the best new music, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Altered By Mom – Dive In (Wildcard this week)
- Luude & Issey Cross (feat. Moby) – Oh My (Wildcard last week)
- Bloodhype – On And On
- Boxteles – Harry And Bruce
- Clea – Easy To Forgive
- Fulminacci – Tutto Inutile
- Cailin Russo – Psycho Freak
Listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 3)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Alma – Hey Mom Hey Dad
pop - Altered By Mom – Dive in indie | pop | rock
- Ameerah – The Carnival pop | rock
- Champs – All The Wrong Places indie | pop
- Dizzy – Birthmark indie | pop
- Jasper Erkens – Burning Bridges indie | pop
- Veronica Fusaro – Weekend
indie | pop - Matilda Mann feat. spill tab – Borderline Insane
electronic | pop | rock - Alice Merton – Waste My Life indie | pop | rock
- New Divide – Delora indie | rock
- Orange Skyline – Hungry indie | pop | rock
- Sarpa Salpa – She Never Lies indie | pop | rock
- Natalie Shay – The Edge indie | pop
- Hannah Trigwell – Treat You Better electronic | indie | pop
- Carley Varley – Somehow I’m Alive indie | rock
- Wilmah – Crazy 4 Your Crazy indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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