Hold Your Judgment - Free Friday/Saturday (“FL&R”)

     Free and Legal Downloads? Yes, at least temporarily. Bands often temporarily permit free downloads of their releases.  The end of an offer may be based on the expiration of a set period of time or on a limited number of downloads.  But at least for now, here are songs that qualify as Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) downloads.

     Finding songs that can be legally downloaded is easy. The difficult task is to find legally downloadable music that we recommend. Our plan is to post at least one FL&R song each Friday/Saturday.

     Each of today’s tracks is available via Triple J Unearthed, the outstanding Australian site. And each is a song that cannot be fully appreciated until the song reaches its completion.

     “I” by Royce:

  It would be a mistake to assume you fully appreciate this song before the 2:09 mark, when the long term crescendo begins. From that point, the song becomes increasingly powerful, then concludes in an emotional apology.

     Quoting her bio:

  I’m 15 and from Melbourne. I’ve been writing songs and singing for a few years now, and music is my go-to when I’m dealing with anything in my life.

  ‘I' will be released on 1 November but I'm putting it up early on Unearthed to see what you think. It's my most personal song yet and Frank Dixon and I had a great time putting it together - up the volume for the instrumental solo.

     “I” by Royce – To access the free download, go to the Triple J site and click the download arrow (triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/7579181).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamroyceofficial

Website: https://iamroyce.com/

     “Voices” by Middle Management:

  It would be a mistake to judge this song before the 2:37 mark, when guitars sequentially enter at higher frequencies. Initially, it’s a brief bass solo, which is then joined by a first 6-string guitar and shortly thereafter by a higher frequency 6-string guitar.

     Quoting the band’s description of the song:

  'Voices' immediately hurls you into a galvanizing hypnotic groove as the guitars strap you in for the ride. Neatly woven between an upbeat trance-like rhythmic melody the vocals explore that voice in your head that pushes, pulls, twists and turns you, a reflective look into personality, vulnerability and accepting change.

    Sam, William, Stefan, Josh

     “Voices” by Middle Management – To access the free download, go to the Triple J site and click the download arrow triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/7598221).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/middlemanagement1/

Bandcamp: https://middlemanagementmelbourne.bandcamp.com/

     “Sedona” by The Steele Syndicate:

  It would be a mistake to judge this song before the 2:40 mark, when “Sedona” begins to travel through a sequence of soundscapes characteristic of Sedona, Arizona.

     The 8 members of the Brisbane-based band are Steele McMahon, Mitchel Howard, Ambrose Mollenhauer, Jordan Brunoli, Will Baxter, Jamie Stevens, Henry Meehan, and Lachlan Glaves.

     “Sedona” by The Steele Syndicate – To access the free download, go to the Triple J site and click the download arrow (triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/7495846).

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesteelesyndicate/

Website: https://thesteelesyndicate.com/

     “Funky Trombone” by The Steele Syndicate - this is our favorite song by The Steele Syndicate – To access the free download, go to the Triple J site and click the download arrow (triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/6862486).