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Blossoms – It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter
Blossoms – It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter
Blossoms are a prolific band. Not only did they release three studio albums since their 2016 debut, this year they also put out a dozen covers they recorded in isolation. They bundled these tracks as an album, with a second disc of recent live recordings. Also, they released a new documentary this week. Back To Stockport will look back at the band’s homecoming show at Stockport County FC’s Edgeley Park in June 2019.
And now, they’ve come up with not one, but two festive tracks. A good old double A-side, so to speak. Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose) is on the A-side, but I like AA-side It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter best. A short and upbeat self-produced ditty, including chimes, shalala’s and a children’s choir. Both songs are on streaming platforms already, before coming out on a limited edition, 7” vinyl single on December 11.
Recommended as well:
Blossoms – Cool Like You
Blossoms – There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)
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Blossoms – Cool Like You
Blossoms – Cool Like You
Last week, Blossoms – of Charlemagne fame – released their ‘difficult’ second album Cool Like You. But ‘difficult’ has more to do with the recording process (when there was some friction in the band) than with the result. On the contrary: the album sounds very easy and smooth.
Over a year ago, the band told British music publication NME their new album would sound like ‘New Order meets Kylie Minogue’. But there are more ’80s influences to be heard, like Blondie, Prince and Cyndi Lauper. At the same time, hints of The Killers and Tame Impala can be spotted as well.
One of my favourites is the album’s title track. That’s probably the one that fits the description ‘New Order meets Kylie Minogue’ best.
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Blossoms – There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)
Blossoms – There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)
At the end of 2015, Blossoms, from Manchester, scored the 1600th Wildcard in my Carte Blanche radio show of the day with their single Charlemagne. Subsequently, the band, who claim to be influenced by Arctic Monkeys, ABBA and The Doors, ended fourth in BBC’s Sound Of 2016.
Following up on their eponymous debut album, second record Cool Like You will come out this week. Their new single There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) was the first song frontman Tom Ogden wrote for the longplayer. The synthesizer is present more prominently than ever and the track has a high sing-along level. Clearly, the band is ready for the festival season!
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 35)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Nessa Barrett – Bad Girls Never Die
pop - Blossoms feat. Declan McKenna – Additional Driver
indie | pop - Chase & Status feat. Debbie – Gone Too Far dance | electronic | pop
- Cut The Wire – Short Circuit indie | rock {AI}
- Paris Jackson – Happiest Day Of My Life pop | rock
- Joa – Worst Behavior
indie | pop - Isolde Lasoen – Echo En Toi
chanson | indie | pop - Maria Mena – Just Hold Me [Live] live | pop
- The Wild Things – Shock Tectonic indie | rock
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 17)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Beach Bunny feat. Aly & AJ – Clueless indie | pop
- Blossoms – Joke About Divorce indie | pop
- Graham Coxon – Billy Says indie | pop | rock
- Daphnie – 28
indie | rock - Duran Duran & Nile Rodgers – Free To Love indie | pop
- Egoism – Summer Again, Sung To The End indie | rock
- Icona Pop – Dance To This
dance | electronic | indie - Lights – Right Through You
electronic | indie | pop - Miki Núñez – Un Altre Cop
latin | pop | ska - The Waterboys – Too Close To Heaven [Soul Version] indie | rock | soul
- Suki Waterhouse – Tiny Raisin pop
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Wildcard (week 39):
Wildcard (week 39):
Chapell – When Sally Left
Alan Chapell is an expert in privacy for digital media. But more importantly for this blog, he’s an upcoming singer and songwriter to watch. His music has been streamed over 1,5 million times and counting. Influenced by the ‘80s and ‘90s, he prides himself on using small stories as a vehicle to paint broader messages about life. Storytelling drives both Chapell’s writing and his live show – drawing comparisons to Jonathan Richman and Elvis Costello.
Chapell’s live performances are gaining notoriety by the minute. He’s been invited to play with Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lisa Loeb, Bighead Todd, Iron Butterfly and A Flock Of Seagulls, to name but a few.
A prolific artist, When Sally Left is Chapell’s 11th new track of this year so far. It’s a catchy tune about a girl who married at a young age to an older man. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t have a happy ending.
Is it a true story? We’ll probably never know. On Instagram, Chapell writes: “As a songwriter, I get to take certain liberties with the truth. Sometimes I make up an entire lyrical narrative as if from whole cloth. In many songs, I change details in order to the protect the innocent – and to help make sure I don’t get a punch in the nose from someone who’s unhappy with how I’ve depicted them. (: And sometimes, the story is entirely autobiographical – in that it all took place within the orbit of my social circle. (…) It’s kind of fun to keep everyone guessing….”
When Sally Left by Chapell is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
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In the Wildcards 2024 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 30)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Mathilde Anne – Haunt You (When I’m Gone) indie | pop | rock
- Barry Can’t Swim – Kimbara disco | indie | pop | latin
- Blitz Vega – Lost Myself indie | pop | rock
- Blossoms – Perfect Me pop | rock
- Certain Animals – Never-Ever
indie | pop | rock - Desperate Electric – Gimme funk | indie | pop
- Desperate Journalist – Afraid indie | pop | rock
- Greyskiin (f.k.a. Troi Irons) – Pretty In Pink indie | rock
- The Knocks feat. Yelle – All The Time/Tout Le Temps
electronic | indie | pop - Grace Lightman – Permanent Vacation indie | pop
- Bobbi Lu – Tall Now electronic | indie | pop
- Lower Loveday – Bandwagon indie | pop | rock
- Emily Ricks – Call It Falling indie | pop | rock
- Shaka Ponk – Resign 2024 indie | rock
- Tally Spear – Self Confessions indie | rock
- Yuke – Touch indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Wildcard (week 17):
Wildcard (week 17):
Rachel Chinouriri – It Is What It Is
Rachel Chinouriri is about to release her debut album What A Devastating Turn Of Events. The follow-up to her debut mini album Four° In Winter hardly comes unnoticed, though. So far, the hotly tipped London-based singer-songwriter preceded it with three promotional tracks. Ehm, correction, single #4, It Is What It Is, just came out. It’s the last single to be released before the long-player hits on 3 May.
It Is What It Is is based on a thumping bass line, some infectious whistling and Chinouriri’s cheeky, chatty speak-singing à la Kate Nash and Lily Allen. The song channels Rachel’s frustrations about being messed around by a potential partner, featuring voice notes from friends reminding her to know her worth. It was co-written by Leroy Clampitt, who also co-produced it with Rich Turvey (Blossoms, The Courteeners, The Coral). All in all, It Is What It Is sounds like the final stage of her major break-through.
“Well, I was definitely in a petty mood,” Chinouriri says of the new single. “It’s interesting because humans are full of flaws and I have the privilege of going through therapy, which has massively helped me with my self development journey. However there are those moments where you want to be so petty because someone’s done you wrong. (…) It’s a big F U to them as I’ve discovered how much I deserve. I just feel annoyed I never got to say what I wanted and that’s fine… I have this song instead :-)”
It Is What It Is: Rachel Chinouriri holds the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This implies that it will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.
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In the Wildcards 2024 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 41)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Anomalys – This Place
indie | pop | rock - Blossoms feat. Findlay – To Do List (After The Breakup) indie | pop
- Dear Matilda – Anymore indie | rock
- Jacoténe – Don’t Let Him Say Goodbye [Demo] pop | r&b | soul
- Jemzel – Nomadic
indie | pop - Jet City Sports Club – My Everything indie | pop
- Lazy Sunsets – I Wish You Stayed indie | rock
- Los Leo – This Love electronic | funk | indie | pop
- Loreen – Is It Love pop
- Lucy Daydream – Drippy indie | pop | rock
- Matt Simons – Easy pop
- The Vaccines – Sometimes, I Swear indie | rock
- Sterre Weldring – Both Lost indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Wildcard (week 15):
Wildcard (week 15):
Oscar Lang – A Song About Me
First emerging in 2017, London-based Oscar Lang has produced numerous EP’s and two full-length albums already. All of them of the same high quality. By the sound of his new single, the talented multi-instrumentalist has no intentions of lowering his standards.
A Song About Me is a classic pop tune in more ways than one. It’s timeless and drenched in beautifully arranged strings. All in all an ambitious piece of art. Lyrically, it’s a song about lost love.
Lang says about the track: “A Song About Me is a break-up song that is honest and open but self-aware. I wanted to write in a similar world to You’re So Vain by Carly Simon or Love Song by Sara Bareilles. A break-up song for all the people that have had their hearts broken, it’s got bit of bite but at the end of the day means well. I took influence for the sound from classic songwriters like Billy Joel, Paul McCartney and mixed them with a bit of ‘90s Britpop a la The Verve and Oasis.”
A Song About Me was produced by Rich Turvey (The Coral, Blossoms). It’s the first track to be taken from Lang’s forthcoming album Look Now, which is scheduled for release on 21 July.
This week, A Song About Me by Oscar Lang is the Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. That means it’ll be featured prominently at the top of the blog for a full seven days.
Recommended as well:
21st Century Hobby
Get Out
Apple Juice
Follow Oscar Lang on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify
In the Wildcards 2023 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
