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Album of the Week: AURORA – The Gods We Can Touch

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We’ve loved the singles, and the album lives up to expectations. Scandi pop with a delightful dance beat, this album is more ‘fun’ than previous efforts with a great sounds and melodies. An interesting underlying theme is of mythology as a metaphor for personal issues. “Cure For Me” is a particularly delightful song about taking pride in who you are.

Album of the Week: The Lumineers – BRIGHTSIDE

The Lumineers are back with another great record, one where in the words of AllMusic they let their “raw creative spark” shine. Recorded quickly in a couple of sessions the songs still contain the great melodies they’re known for while also still possessing some rough edges.

2021 Top 60 Songs

Another year over, and time to remember some of our favourite songs from the previous year, in no particular order. These are just personal favourites – we certainly don’t claim to be arbiters of taste, and to be honest confining our selection to 60 was really challenging. Great to see though that musical creativity is alive and well – we’ll keep playing a selection of new quality melodic music this year as well as our favourite classics. Have a great 2022!

Album of the Week: Valerie June – The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers

This exquisite album from March 2021 sees the Memphis singer-songwriter in fine form. An album of love and loss, her “organic moonshine roots music” as she calls it is both simple and meaningful, accomplished and slightly experimenting in this her fifth full length album.

Album of the Week: Ladyhawke – Time Flies

This is Kiwi Ladyhawke’s fifth full length album by our reckoning, and displays phenomenal growth in her craft over the years (five) since Wild Things in 2016. Melodic, electronic tinged pop with an ’80s aesthetic – if that’s your thing then you’ll love this collection. We’re really looking forward to enjoying this ‘well-crafted pop’ (as AllMusic put it) this week.

Album of the Week: Adele – 30

Six years on Adele is back with a breathtaking and personally expressive album. Informed largely by her divorce in 2019 it finds her both tender and in soulful ‘belting it out’ mode. AllMusic put it well:

Meeting titanic expectations, this linear journey of the heart is Adele’s most cohesive statement to date, pairing her inimitable voice with a dozen engrossing vignettes, reminding us that all we can do is keep trying.
Neil Z. Yeung, AllMusic

Album of the Week: The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore

The Philadelphia band have returned with a beautiful album, filled with clean rock sounds. Guitars and synths are accompanied by Adam Granduciel’s voice, much more front and centre than their previous efforts. Enjoy this “rich absorbing work” (The Observer) this week.

Album of the Week: Ed Sheeran – =

It would have been perverse to ignore the new Ed Sheeran album. The man is obviously a master of popular music. Most of the reviews seem to have been 3/5 although its not clear how the album falls short – the main criticism is that he is ploughing familiar ground. There are sonic differences though, and the melodic and topical variety in this album mean it certainly isn’t a replay of previous efforts. It is just a collection of melodic, well performed pop – I’m not sure what more you could want! Not a dud in the pack – the highlight? Hard to choose but “Overpass Graffiti” is pretty special.

Album of the Week: Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under

This is a superlative album. We’ve been enjoying the title track for a few months – I still can’t help turning up the volume when it comes on. Sam Fender has demonstrated that a well performed rock album filled with melodic songs and well crafted lyrics can capture the popular imagination – hence its number 1 slot on the UK charts. It combines delicate social commentary and authentic personal reflection. On his recent co-host of Elton John’s Rocket Hour he said that some therapy and lockdown had accentuated his self-reflection and this comes across in the music. A very talented man with a five star album.

Radio Garden

We think the garden is a delightful place to spend time (either your own or a public one) and what better accompaniment than the unique 24/7 music blend offered by yours truly, New Zealand Net Radio! We recently came across the delightful website and app “Radio Garden” although it sounds like its been around for some time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Garden

Check it out – and of course listen to “New Zealand Net Radio” 🙂

http://radio.garden/listen/new-zealand-net-radio/2hIpYroX