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Indie Music Madness: A Seven-Song Playlist of Mayday, May Day Music Gems | Philly Music Vocalizer

May Movers to Move You in May of 2022

By Ashley Hans: Philly Music VocalizerPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren McLean | Queen McLean Media

I'm sending out a Mayday to the universe.

That's because April showers bring May flowers. And May flowers bring… uh... your current Indie Music Madness hour playlist? That may be lame; I admit. But you want to know what's even more lame? The fact that this past April was the fastest month of my life. It's like I blinked and then it was gone. However, there's nothing like healing music for us contemplative creatures to throw out a Hail (or Heal?) Mary into the ether to actually sit down and enjoy our lives.

With that on our minds, want to know what's not lame? This mini seven-song playlist, that's what. Listen to it because it'll make you go, "Yeah-yuh! It's spring! And I love it!"

So on that note, here you go, my little pilgrims. Here are seven Mayflower songs to soothe your soul while putting put some pep into your spring step.

1. Sun Airway — "Put the Days Away"

If I used the word "epic," I'd call this song epic. But since I don't, I'll say Sun Airway's tremendous tune is glorious and self-indulgently melodramatic, while also macabre and kind of gruesomely glimmery at the same time. Definitely put in your earbuds. And enjoy.

2. Elizabeth & the Catapult — "Race You"

Whenever I hear this track, I get flashbacks of my childhood, running barefoot through the grassy meadow with a few of the neighborhood's best buddies. To the flower-filled field we'd frolic! This jubilant jammer from Elizabeth & the Catapult, a spiffer of a spring smasher, is nothing if not the Herculean healer.

3. King Charles — "Love Lust"

This subtle song is about sex; more specifically, it's about the contrast between love and lust. If that alone doesn't make you want to listen to this liplickingly tasteful King Charles tune, then the a cappella opening with its subsequent rhythmic folky groove certainly will.

(Download the liplickin' "Love Lust" for free from music blog Nicky Digital.)

4. Lovett — "The Fear"

It delights me when a song, not to mention love, and lust, builds and builds until exploding with undeniable unadulterated awesomeness. Throw in some handclapping, as well as a lively chorus to the mix (for songs, love, AND lust), and you get a treasure of a tingler. This one, from singer-songwriter Ben Lovett.

5. YesYou — "Half of It"

Brash confidence abounds with a fizzing, exploding piece of synthed out bliss. This succulent slice of sonic heaven comes from production duo Jono Kirkham and Gav Parr, whose percussion-heavy slow-dance anthem carries both the weightlessness and responsibility of a lazy hazy enervated vernal afternoon. It's the kind of day where not doing much is something much to do, where both sunrays and airwaves are golden, and space to breathe is priceless and paramount.

6. FMLYBND — "Electricity"

Another perfect synth-pop track. And by "perfect," I do indeed mean perfect. This stunner of sultriness comes crashing over you and fills you with awe-inspiring emotion. Kind of like life, electricity, and your springtime crush.

7. Jinja Safari — "Peter Pan"

With June right around the corner, and this spring playlist coming to a stop it only makes sense to transition this sundry of songs (and ourselves) into summer. Perhaps there's no better song — and video — for switching into the summer solstice than the playful "Peter Pan." This springtime slide into summer, with its sparkling sounds and rootsy rhythm, concludes our kaleidoscope of can-do canticles.

(if you're feeling experimental and want to take your seasonal slide even further, try the almost trappy and nearly trippy, as well as absolutely appropriately-named Fishing Sandy Pant summery smashup, for a summertime remix.)

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About the Creator

Ashley Hans: Philly Music Vocalizer

Indie music lovers pride themselves on having an eclectic taste in music; so do I. But there are two differences between the pretentious masses and me. One, my taste is better. Two, I'm not pretentious.

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