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Rate each song on a scale of one to five (five being best). Scores are intended only to give artists feedback on their work. This is not a competition. You may vote only once. Featured on this edition: Morning Spy: "Slow Flood"Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand: "Driftage"Mike and Amy Finders Band: "Tomorrow'd Be a Good Day"Eric Hurst: "Lottey Ticket"Marta Gomez: "Que No Falta Un Sueno"Casey Meehan: "Amateur Drunks"Zulal: "Es Kisher"Pontiak: "Conversion On the Deathbed"
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"I'm not quite sure what inspired the song but I remember I was simultaneously trying to write a catchy distorted guitar line, read Augustine, and avoid sentimentality. The song was finished when we added the 'Ba Ba Ba's' largely due to my obsession with Destroyer's 'This Night'. So the magic formula was a cocktail of Roman Catholicism, Dan Bejar, and the Big Muff distortion pedal." -- Jon Rooney (Morning Spy)
Morning Spy
CD: Subsequent LightSong: "Slow Flood"Label: Self-producedListen to "Slow Flood"
"'Driftage' is the title track of Andrew and Noah's new recording. It's a groovy, laid-back tune in 6/8, performed here as a string arrangement. Andrew and Noah, ages 16 and 14 respectively, have strong roots in traditional Irish, Scandinavian and Appalachian music, but on this piece they incorporate a lot of jazz and even some classical influences." -- Andrew and Noah VanNordstrand
Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand
CD: DriftageSong: "Driftage"Label: Great Bear RecordsListen to "Driftage"
"I made up this song as a testament to my own procrastination. It’s a wonder I ever even finished it." -- Mike Finders (Mike and Amy Finders Band)
Mike and Amy Finders Band
CD: Where You AreSong: "Tomorrow'd Be a Good Day"Label: Neighborly RecordsListen to "Tomorrow'd Be a Good Day"
"I know i am not the only one who has reluctantly ended a relationship, only to realize later what a great decision had been made. The song is a bit sarcastic, suggesting that the day she said 'no' was a lucky day for me. Perhaps i should have bought a lottery ticket, or gone to the casino. Of course, hindsight is where the best ideas are born." -- Eric Hurst
Eric Hurst
CD: Goodbye, Welcome, ThankyouSong: "Lottey Ticket"Label: Self-producedListen to "Lottey Ticket"
"(To Franco) Please don't let me forget all these things that make me happy. Don't let me forget this moment, this melody, this place. But if I do forget, I ask you to be there and hug me... I am sure, then, I will remember." -- Marta Gómez
Marta Gomez
CD: Solo Es VivirSong: "Que No Falta Un Sueno"Label: Bigsur RecordsListen to "Que No Falta Un Sueno"
"This song is about an inexplicable longing that some choose to satisfy with vice." -- Casey Meehan
Casey Meehan
CD: VioletSong: "Amateur Drunks"Label: Tense FormsListen to "Amateur Drunks"
"'Es Kisher' is an Armenian folk song set on a fantastical autumn night, during which a man dreams of sewing a cape for his love. He will make the face from the sun, the lining from the moon and the buttons from the very stars in the sky. 'Es Kisher' imparts the lovely notion that when one has love, all the riches of the world are rendered useless. We fell in love with the melody of this folk tune and arranged an a cappella version inspired by that particular sense of magic that abounds on autumn nights, when the heavens seem close enough to touch." -- Zulal
Zulal
CD: ZulalSong: "Es Kisher"Label: Self-producedListen to "Es Kisher"
"This song is about someone dying." -- Pontiak
Pontiak
CD: PontiakSong: "Conversion On the Deathbed"Label: Fireproof RecordsListen to "Conversion On the Deathbed"
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