ON REPEAT: Little Simz, Pulp, Nourished By Time, Itoa, Gelli Haha, Silver Gore, Debby Friday, Acopia, Water From Your Eyes
BABY, BABY...BABY, BABY...BABY BABY!!!
Here’s another selection of songs that I have on repeat this week. I do have them all collected here in a handy playlist on Spotify, WHICH I DO NOT SUPPORT.
Nourished By Time “BABY BABY”
Nourished By Time was one of my big faves last year, and I admittedly slept a bit on this record (maybe I overdid it), but this track was a highlight. I like the part where he goes “BABY, BABY...BABY, BABY...BABY BABY!!!”
Also I said this in the last one about the Smerz music videos but I just like a good iPhone video.
This is shot at the American Dream mall in the Meadowlands, which used to be called…Xanadu. This was announced in like 1996, and was supposed to open in like 2004…and then it took another 20 years to actually open. That’s a very long time. This means I used to drive by it as a kid when it was just a vacant eyesore on the side of the highway. I could have really used it when I had a license and had nowhere to go so I just visited malls a lot. And by the time it had finally opened, I lived in Los Angeles. Honestly fuck that. I don’t even like malls, really. I went to one the other night and got so mad except when I got tteokbokki on a stick. But I didn’t like everything else. So in a sense I actually hate this video. Someday…I will visit you, American Dream mall, and I will partake in your indoor water slides and artificial ski hill.
Itoa “Oh No (feat. Nakamura Minami)”
Itoa is a producer from London, tapping rapper Nakamura Minami for lyrics on this track.
Gelli Haha “Funny Music”
Gelli Haha and her crew puts on such a fun live show you should try to see her live. I just learned the other ones are named Sisi Haha, Juju Haha, and Judi Haha. Idk I like when they have fun names.
Silver Gore “All The Good Men”
Silver Gore is the London-based duo Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn and a monster called the dragon dog, which might be a Dark Crystal reference? I don’t know I never liked that movie.
Little Simz “Don’t Leave Too Soon”
Little Simz is a national treasure. She’s from the UK, so she’s theirs but I hope they do everything to protect her.
I’ve been through it the last few months so I’m feeling this one. She’s talking about the feeling of dissociating and detatching from reality when things get hard. I believe the psilocybin community calls this “ego death” which is something that comes quite naturally to me, so I’ve never needed to partake!
Debby Friday “Alberta”
Debby calls this a “shoegaze dancehall” track.
Whenever I see someone squeeze out a tear on camera, I think, “so what, I could do that.” I could cry right now! Nice song tho
Acopia “Talk About It”
Another fun one from Acopia from Melbourne. Acopia is a word “used to describe a state of being old, frail, and unable to cope with living” which makes sense why I’m digging it rn! Rock IT, man! [air strums]
Bar Italia “Fundraiser”
Hey it’s the guy from Peep Show! This is Bar Italia sounding the most they ever have like an mid-2000s band I would have loved in high school that’s ripping off XTC.
Water From Your Eyes “Knights in Armor”
Spotify wrapped, WHICH I DO NOT SUPPORT, is so fun even though it’s just a pretty version of the last.fm account I still have active. For the second year in a row, Water From Your Eyes was at the top of my most listened to list, alongside Bar Italia, Erika de Casier and Smerz. Actually, it was Doechii at #1 but that must have all been in like January because that really feels like last year. Also Pulp was high on the list…
Pulp “Spike Island”
Got to see them at the Bowl this year. Jarvis is very cool to see in person even though I was very far away from him.
Also props to a creative way to use AI to say AI sucks and is nauseating. I do like when they’re all suddenly Asian for some reason.
THE GOLD STANDARD
Pulp “Babies”
One more classic postmodern Pulp video. How does one become a Jarvis Cocker I wonder? Nature? Nurture? What are the choices in life to wind up like this?