Music Discoveries

Had a Cytube party with friends for the first time in a while and a friend queued this, "Moon Girl" by Ha Vay. I was totally in love with this song within the first few seconds, enchanted by the music video and my friend also told me the song reminded her of me!! Ha Vay has such a bewitching, otherwordly style and I can't wait to see what music she releases in the future! Her voice is so dreamy and gorgeous.

The weather was cool and grey yesterday, the perfect weather for some darker music. I got a video recommended to me for Molchat Doma lovers. The playlist was great, but I found myself playing the last two songs over again, and finally the final one, "Durdu Dunya" by She Past Away, a Turkish darkwave band. This is what I'm in the mood for!! I'm going to tear into the rest of their discography now.

"Oddloop" by Frederic pops up all the time on drives with Bear and I love it but didn't catch the name until a couple of weeks ago. It's so catchy! I like that the name is a play on the Japanese word to dance (odoru/踊る) and the girls in the MV were really captivating. Definitely a song that makes me want to dance too! I'll have to check out the rest of their music.

A new single by Peggy Gou!! I absolutely adore her music and am a big fan of her other singles, "Itgehane", "Starry Night", and "I Go". Catchy and energetic as ever, this new song doesn't disappoint. I don't know if I'll be replaying it as long as I did for Itgehane or I Go, but "(It Goes Like) Nanana" is an earworm for sure.

A friend put on "GALisMIND" during a watch party by softboiledegg (半熟卵っち) and I couldn't help but love it, both the song and the energy of the girls in the video. She then put on "Bad Gals" which was even better!! I love the ridiculous and catchy lyrics... Barbie... Bad gal. I'm going to be singing this for the next week and definitely annoy Bear (he did not appreciate them like I do sadly).

"Defunk" by Billyrrom popped up on Bear's Spotify playlist while we were having a drive. I thought "I love this, they remind me of Scoobie Do!". I really love Japanese Funk. Their discography isn't wide yet, as they were only formed in 2020 but every single song they've released is wonderful. I listened to all of them several times before settling on my favorite, "Narrator". I can't wait to see you release more music, Billyrrom!

What a surprise!! A new EP by Aural Vampire, WANI, which I just found out about this morning. I excitedly put it on, and I liked all of the songs except for the one the EP is named after unfortunately. Still a great EP! I particularly liked "Cardigan Angel" and "KUMO NO ITO", the first and last songs of the EP respectively. Love it!

Why do I keep discovering new music while mopping specifically? "Trust" by Hot Flash Heat Wave came on and I stopped to like the song as usual and not even 5 minutes later, I heard "Sky So Blue" on the same recommended playlist for me. It was amazing! Two songs I love from the same artist in a row had me intrigued, so I checked out their discography and realized I had heard their hits "Gutter Girl" and "Glo Ride" before. I just finished listening to their album Neapolitan in full and while I do like surf rock, it was good but didn't stand out as much to me as the other songs I listened to (my favorite out of the album was "Dirty Dreamer (XXX)" by the way). I'm currently listening to their 2017 album Soaked and it's really good so far! I'm looking forward to combing through the rest of discography, but "Sky So Blue" is the song I can't get enough of.

"Солнце" by Peremotka played automatically on Spotify after I had been on a new wave kick while doing my morning cleaning at work. It was so good I had to stop mopping and make sure I saved the song to my liked list. Just now I got to listen to the album the song was from, Улица Мира. It was fantastic! I think the sound is a little lighter than Molchat Doma, but if you like them, you'll love this as well.

A few nights ago a friend played the song "Bésame Mucho" during a listening party by Lisa Ono. I was immediately enamored with her gentle voice and the bossa nova style of the melody. The next day I decided to listen to the whole album the song was from, Romance Latino Vol.3 ~Cuba Caliente Y Su Ritmo Sabroso~ What a wonderful discovery! I still like "Bésame Mucho" the most but I highly recommend the album overall.