New Music Friday

[singedsun]

New albums this week from Thou, Kongos & Architects. I've been spending a lot of time with this recent single from Emlyn called "right?", it's just really good. (And when I saw a lot of time, I mean, like a lot. I've started just about every day with it this week and go back to it multiple times throughout the day.)

If you love covers like I do, then you might like this cover of "Hallelujah" by Jordan Hart for the Mahogany Home Sessions. It's just a soft, sort of simple take on the song not trying to be Jeff Buckley or Leonard Cohen, just doing his own thing with it and I love his rich tone on the very last Hallelujah. Worth a listen.

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I'm very please to see absolutely brand new and original music from Halocene. They're so well known for their covers, but I LOVE their original stuff. And I think it's great they brought a metal vocalist like Violet Orlandi to be on this. It's good. Aesthetics in the video are good - but I guess maybe some content warnings for drugs, religious themes, broken mirrors and blood too I think.

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And third for this week, is this beautiful new song from Todrick Hall (can't wait for the next Todrick era). This is "Queen" which is also going to be huge content warning for religious imagery. Todrick's videos are always next level in terms of choreography and cinematography and this is definitely no different. I MEAN that golden ballerina costume??? Gorgeous.

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Honorable mentions:

• KONGOS - Flash Flood - Been awhile since I've seen anything but live stuff from KONGOS so this was a surprise to have pop up on my subscriptions
• Floor Jansen - Fire - I'm so happy to see Floor making original stuff again, I hope this means we get a solo album from her soon
• FINNEAS - Naked - And this isn't even to mention that Finneas was a HUGE part of the music in the Turning Red movie (which you should watch if you haven't). He's a writer/producer and one of the voices for the boy band in the movie
• Jake Wesley Rogers - Lavender Forever - TBH I like it, but I'm not quite sure what I think about yet. Sometimes Jake puts out a song I have to really live with for a little while so I'm sure I'll go back to this one a few times in the next week

Have you been listening to anything new this week? Something old that you're listening to again? Share it with us in the comments!

Comments

[tetralogy]

Very excited for Floor's solo album! "Fire" was lukewarm (lol) for me until the end when the instrumental came in full blast. Her voice is just so powerful, even when she's holding back, I think it throws me when there isn't a suitably epic track behind it.

[senmut]

Shaman's Harvest (who you introduced me to) apparently has something new that I plan to listen to after work.

[singedsun]

Yes! The new album is Rebelator! It's really good.

[senmut]

Agreed! Got to listen last night, played it twice!

[impala_chick]

Not going to lie, Hallelujah always reminds me of Shrek. That cover is VERY pretty though.

Queen! That's one of those songs that makes me get up and dance. Really gorgeous visuals, too.

[singedsun]

Todrick's visuals are always amazing. He's a stickler for good aesthetics and choreography and it shows.

[darklingsluck]

When I think of Hallelujah I'm always reminded of the very... odd sex seen from Watchmen. On the other hand, Aurelio Voltaire covered the song at some point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xi-cbhWPgA

He's also almost done with an album that's supposed to be an unofficial sequel to the David Bowie staring movie Labyrinth called The Black Labyrinth. It's going to be a double album and there's supposed to be a storybook to go along with it.

[queenhera]

Oh, YAY for new Todrick music! I only recently discovered his stuff. :D