i'm glad that we stayed here for awhile/that we were here for awhile

 A short one this week.

Album of the week

Idlewild - Idlewild

If I'd been in a different headspace, I might have talked about the frenetic pop-punk that Snõõper put out on Worldwide this week. But Idlewild, at this point, feel so familiar that this one hit me like a warm hug. I'm actually not much of a hugger, but it's finally fall and it felt good to bundle myself up in something.

Song of the week

Remember Sports - Across the Line

The emo-pop/punk thing this band does so well, paired with the lil' twang in Carmen Perry's voice is my kryptonite.

Classic of the week

The Constantines - Young Lions

I've loved this song for so long. There's so much meaning packed into it and so many moments from years gone by crammed into the 4-minutes for me. Pretty recently, it started to make me think of something different and it's just weird to think about how something that's been a certain way for so long can suddenly become something else entirely.

More heat

Suzie True - Every Dog

"We used to drink at house shows/just to feel like we weren't alone... chain smoking in the backyard/fingers barely touching/I look up at your face/and I wish that you would touch me."

The first verse of this one really made the nostalgia machine fire into overdrive for me.

Dorothy - 50s Song

A pretty little tune that's true to its name.

Jennifer Walton - Miss America

Thanks to the great music writer, Laura Snapes, for tweeting for the first time in almost a year to give props to her current song of the year, this devastating ballad about how Jennifer Walton found out about her dad's death while in an airport hotel room.

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