New songs for July 7th, 2025

 here they are:


"Best Guess" by Lucy Dacus:  This song may be a bit more synth-y than the indie-folk-rock we're used to from Lucy, but with her latest tune, "Best Guess," both the song and its video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a90_cjTF770) carry powerful messages! The song is, in essence, a love song, but by no means an ordinary one! The message of this one is more than just an "I love you." It's more an "I love you because..." and the reasons she lists are both emotional and physical! She leans heavy into vulnerability vibes here in the best ways! "Clasping your necklace, zipping your dress/Hands on your waist, kissing your neck/I love your body, I love your mind/They will change, so will mine" are the open lyrics. What powerful opening lyrics! As someone who values the beauty and aesthetic of the human body, it means a lot to me to hear a song like this one! With many of the people in the song's video dressed in tank tops (and a few even bare-chested - in an innovative move, one such person happens to be a woman with a flatter chest than one might expect), Lucy is clearly celebrating body freedom here! And she's not doing it for spectacle or seduction either. She's doing so simply because she wants to honor the physical grace the human body has to offer! I love when people validate the body as a vessel of art worth exploring instead of exploiting it. Lucy seems to know just how to do so!


"Sober" by Elbow:  Elbow are normally a band whose music would go more in line with a melancholy Britpop sound like maybe Radiohead or Coldplay. "Sober," in contrast, sounds almost like a Talking Heads song instrumentally! With Guy Garvey's world-weary vocals contrasting with sunny grooves, "Sober" makes for quite an interesting listen! Even the song's minimal verses contrasting with its more expansive length (almost 5 minutes) seems kind of Talking Heads-ish. David Byrne and co are not the first band I'd picture being an influence on Elbow, but it seems to have gone that way here! If you want something quirky from a band known for bittersweet songs, then this is your song!


"Witness" by The Wood Brothers:  This song seems like the kind of blues/folk/country/jazz fusion that could easily find a home on a show like Austin City Limits! The Wood Brothers are already known for being a roots-y band, but "Witness" is The Wood Brothers at their most roots-y! "Witness" is a fun, bouncy song filled with earthy Americana influence! The song also seems to have humorous lyrics, with the lead singer repeatedly listing everything he's not in the verses before revealing what he is in the chorus (a witness, as the song's title states). It's like a Blind Boys of Alabama song with Barenaked Ladies lyrics!


"You Won't Dig My Grave" by Josh Ritter:  Continuing (and ending) the roots-y picks for this week is Josh Ritter's latest song, "You Won't Dig My Grave," a song that fuses John Hiatt-style slide guitar riffing with Marc Cohn-esque pianos. Josh never states who the "you" is in the song, but whoever they might be, they were probably someone who wronged Josh Ritter. "You Won't Dig My Grave" allows Josh to absorb his mistreatment and throw it back in his nemesis' face! Though the way he does so is still done in a manner that's hushed and subtle, in true Josh Ritter fashion. 





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