Saturday, August 31, 2019

Canyon City and Wing Defence - Free Saturday (“FL&R”)

     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 Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) song each Saturday.

     Canyon City is the performance name of Paul Johnson, who is in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His voice is simultaneously quieting and stirring. Fittingly, his lyrics are thoughtful and inspiring.

     “Simple” by Canyon City

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

Lyrics of “Simple” by Canyon City
I wish everything was simple
I wish all I had to do
Is wonder all loves unsolved riddles
Believe in you
I wish everyone was happy
I wish all I had to say
When you're the only one left standing at the dance that
It'll be ok
I wish people prayed
For heaven here today
No one needs to wait
Know no fear or hate
I wish God would write me letters
And tell me all He meant to mean
Or introduce me to love's author
When my eyes don't see
And she could take me through the lessons
And I could trade some songs I wrote
And though most the days I'd say we're just guessing
It's enough to hold
I wish people's hope
Buried deep would grow
Underneath old roads
Break green leaves through stone
I wish everything was simple
I wish everyone would stay
But if it's all a long-drawn circle
You can go away
And I might see you in a smile
And I might hear you in a laugh
I might meet you in a while
Until then, it's a simple dream we had


     In an earlier post, we praised “Cuts” by Wing Defence and provided the lyrics. If interested, the post is at CLICK HERE. The song can be downloaded via the below tripleJ site: 
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/jukebox/play/track/8537431.
Merely “click” the download arrow.

Friday, August 30, 2019

“Easy” by VIVE – A Song Feature


     “Easy” is an intelligently conceived and skillfully executed sequence of muscle flexes, beginning and ending with an ear-catching display of vocal strength. The single from VIVE is packed with melodic diversity, despite being “only" two and a half minutes long.

      “Easy” begins with gentle piano and slightly muffled vocals. There is a guitar that enhances the texture, but it is easy to overlook. A more pristine guitar flexes at 0:25 with an impossible-to-ignore fitness. Impossible for 13 seconds, when power percussion transitions the song into a Rock showcase.

     VIVE is a Brooklyn-based trio. The members are David J Portalatin (guitar, vocals), Jon Lammering (drums), and David Mack (keys). They will release a debut album later this year. We assume it will include “Stay,” which we featured in 2018 (also included in this post). "Stay" received more than 10,000 streams in 2018 and was played in more than 20 countries and over 30 cities worldwide. The song was added to more than 100 user-generated playlists, with a combined follower account of over 30,000. We predict "Easy" will receive even more attention.

     “Easy” by VIVE – for digital options, visit https://ffm.to/viveband




     “Stay” by VIVE


Wednesday, August 28, 2019

“Peach Fuzz” by Caamp – A Song Feature


      “Peach Fuzz” is a ditty coupled to an upbeat instrumental (that includes a quiet "backing" chant). The combination of parts leads to another blogworthy single from Caamp. The ditty portion of “Peach Fuzz” is slightly more than two minutes long, as it professes love and describes the little things that bring joy. The instrumental portion begins with pounding percussion that is joined by guitar and then the backing vocals, until an unassuming banjo is introduced at the end of the song. It isn’t an overly complicated single; rather, it’s a song that is masterful in its simplicity.

     Caamp is preparing to tour in support of the album “By and By” (out now on Mom + Pop Music). For listening and buying options, go to http://smarturl.it/Caamp_ByandBy. Among the tour stops is the band’s third visit to San Francisco (Caamp was at SF’s Outside Lands Festival in 2019). The full tour schedule is included at the bottom of this post – below the lyrics of “Peach Fuzz.” Quoting content kindly sent to us by Dana +  Meg at Grandstand Media:
 Caamp kicks off a major US headlining tour on September 24th. After selling out their December 10th Brooklyn Steel show, they added a second night on December 11th. Fresh off a victorious performance at Outside Lands, they have also announced a new show at The Fillmore in San Francisco on October 21st. Other tour highlights include multi-night stints at Thalia Hall in Chicago, The Basement East in Nashville, Royale in Boston and Newport Music Hall in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio

     Caamp is Taylor Meier (lead vocals, guitar, drums), Evan Westfall (banjo, vocals, guitar, drums), and Matt Vinson (bass, guitar, vocals).

     “Peach Fuzz” by Caamp 




Lyrics of “Peach Fuzz” by Caamp
I was in the corner 
Drinking from the punch
Yeah you were in the kitchen 
Cuttin’ up a rug 

No need to complicate it 
I had fallen in love
With you, so underrated
Something fillin’ up my lungs

Every color of your love I’ve seen enough I want another 
Every color of your love I’ve seen enough I want another

Hey little mamma when you talk back
I see your eyes light up 
And I love that 
I’m just a peach fuzz boy I’m so alone 
No I don’t wanna miss you honey 
Come home

Knock knock you’re coming over
Couple times a week
Hanging on my shoulder
Shaking like a leaf

Every color of your love I’ve seen enough I want another 
Every color of your love I’ve seen enough I want another

Hey little mamma when you talk back
I see your eyes light up 
And I love that 
I’m just a peach fuzz boy I’m so alone 
No I don’t wanna miss you honey 
Come home

[Instrumental]
 
One, two, three, four!
Every color of your love I’ve seen enough I want another
[Repeating]

CAAMP ON TOUR 
(for ticket information - http://caamptheband.com/tour/):
9/21 - Bristol, TN - Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
9/24 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
9/26 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
9/27-29 - Roseland, VA - Devils Backbone Hoopla
10/6 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10/9 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
10/11 - Dallas, TX - Grenada Theatre
10/13 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
10/15 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
10/16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
10/18 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
10/19 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
10/21 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10/23 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10/24 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox
11/1 - Bozeman, MT - The Rialto
11/2 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma
11/4 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
11/5 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
11/8 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11/12 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
11/13- Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
11/15 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
11/16 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11/17 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11/19 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
11/20 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
11/22 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
11/23 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
11/24 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
12/3 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
12/5 - Montreal, QC - Le Fairmount
12/6 - Boston, MA - Royale
12/7 - Boston, MA - Royale
12/10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel SOLD OUT
12/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
12/13 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
12/14 - Washington D.C. - 9:30 Club
12/28 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
12/31 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

“Cuts” by Wing Defence – A Song Feature

     A view at a personal experience can be revealing and insightful even if the view is indirect and somewhat out of focused. That’s our take on the lyrics of “Cuts” by Australian duo Wing Defence. The song is a perspective on dating apps, but the lyrics (included in this post) are subject to the listener’s interpretation. That’s clear from the start, with a conversation-stopping question based on the fact that a dog, who licks cuts and eats cigarette butts, would be sad if its owner died.

     Wing Defence is Skye Lockwood and Paige Court in Adelaide, South Australia. According to the duo, “‘Cuts’ explores Skye’s experience with her two-week stint on the dating app Tinder, and emphatically includes the on-going experience of her friends who have also dabbled with the fickle and rather disappointing outcomes.”

     While the lyrics relate to Skye Lockwood, the video is more connected with Paige Court. The more than 100 animations were authored by Paige. She says, “Creating the clip was about challenging myself to do something I hadn’t done before and the idea of an animation video was cool. I like to draw for fun and to cope with external things so I combined all that to create the video.”

     “Cuts” by Wing Defence 






Lyrics of “Cuts” by Wing Defence
My dog licks my cuts
And eats my cigarette butts
She'd be sad if I die
Does that mean that you'd be sad too?
Would you be sad too?

I love my coupons
And the great deals on Groupon
Take you out on a date
Does that mean that you'd take me too?
Would you take me too?

So hey
Let's just let this go
Cause it's been too long
And it's gone too slow
Yeah it's fine
Let's just let this be
Cause I hurt you
You hurt me

My plants always die
No matter how hard I try
Gotta give 'em more love
Does that mean you could love me too?
Could you love me too?
Could you love me too, hey?

(Let's just let this go
It's been too long
It's gone too slow
It's fine
Let's just let it be
'Cause I hurt you)
Yeah you hurt me
Yeah you hurt me

I know you why you want to stay
I know that I don’t feel the same
Now I'm feeling sober
Just wish that this was over
There's cuts and bruises all the way (There’s cuts and bruises all the way)
There's cuts and bruises all the way (Yeah you hurt me)
There's cuts and bruises all the way (Yeah you hurt me)
Now I'm feeling sober
Just wish that this was over
It's cuts and bruises all the way (There’s cuts and bruises all the way)
Yeah you hurt me
Yeah you hurt me
Yeah you hurt me

Monday, August 26, 2019

"Sing Along" by Sturgill Simpson - A Song Feature


     The man is talented. But we didn’t see an association between Sturgill Simpson and Indie Obsessive. Simpson has left his Indie days behind him and he is aligned with a genre that is outside our area of expertise. We are pleasantly surprised at our attachment to his single “Sing Along.” It is a Rocker, perhaps most along the lines of a fully energized Black Keys single.

     It gets better! The video is a post-apocalyptic animation with a Robin theme - a futuristic Robin Hood-like hero in a Batman and Robin-like vehicle. The video is a preview of an anime film that will be released via Netflix on September 27, 2019.

     "Sing Along" by Sturgill Simpson




Lyrics of "Sing Along" by Sturgill Simpson
Words can stab as deep as night
And cut like razor thorn
Bitter air and winds of spite
Like the cold of winter’s scorn

Leaves may fall on sleeping ground
But the wind sweeps them away
Like hurt lovers in the final round
What once was in now decay

I can't go on
Living alone
Now that you're gone

A single strand of spider's weave
Just dancing in the sun
Please don't turn around and leave
You are my only one

Compromise is made out of peace
But history is made out of violence
After the war of words has ceased
All that's left is the deafening silence

I can't go on
Living alone
Now that you're gone
You done me wrong
So, here's your song
Now sing along, baby

Hell, I know you know that you're killing me
But its’ worth it just to see you smile
Tell ‘em to carve my name in the barstool baby
You know I'm gonna be here awhile

A single strand of spider's weave
Just dancing in the sun
Please don't turn around and leave
You are my only one

I can't go on
Living alone
Now that you're gone
You done me wrong
So, here's your song
Now sing along

Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Regular and Andrew Marica - Free Saturday (“FL&R”)

     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 Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) song each Saturday.


     The Regular is an Indie Folk trio in Denver, Colorado. They are Oscar Aguilar, Spencer Adamson, and Loren Zukowski. It is Loren's cello that works so well with the piano in “What I Had.” The song is available on a name-your-price basis ("tips" appreciated). The band explains, “This song is for those who have made a huge life changing decision just to realize that what they had was not an easy sacrifice in the end.”


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

Lyrics of “What I Had” by The Regular
Nowadays the world seems to fall apart
through the fire in our eyes we burn it in
All my enemies I’m willing to set free
but all these memories are hanging over me
I wish I knew what I had
I wish I knew what I had

I wish I knew what I had
Because I miss my mom and my dad
and the friends I use to have oh all the times I cant forget

I wish I knew what I had
I wish I knew what I had
I wish I knew what I had
But what I had is gone

A guiding light once lived beneath my feet
Cast a shadow of the hell we hold within
I hide behind a joke
Well my heart it should’ve spoke
And I’m left without a place to begin

I wish I knew what I had
I wish I knew what I had
I wish I knew what I had
But what I had

I wish I knew what I had
(What I Had What I Had)
I wish I knew what I had
(What I Had What I Had)
I wish I knew what I had
But what I had is gone

     Staying in the Indie Folk genre, but now from Bucharest, Romania, “I Just Wanna Go” is a single by Andrew Marica.

     “I Just Wanna Go” by Andrew Marica


Lyrics of “I Just Wanna Go” by Andrew Marica
I just wanna go
Someplace far away
All covered in your perfume
Telling me to stay
It's telling me to stay

I just wanna go
Wanna go mmm
Yes I wanna go
I wanna go mmm
With you

If I ask you, will you tell me?
Would you trade love for any other therapy?
Is this allright for us?
Cause it's allright now for me
Is it allright my love?
I guess I'll leave now

Cause I just wanna go
Mmm
Guess I wanna go
I wanna go mmm
Run so far away from all the thing you do
Things you do to me
Guess I wanna go
I wanna go mmm
Find another place
Another you.