Spencer Griffin's New Music Mondays

Hey everyone! Can you believe it?! The last blog of the year is finally here!! Counting 'em down from bottom to top, here they are!! 20. "Love is the Way" - Thee Sacred Souls 19. "For Your Soul" - Josh Ritter 18. "Go Down River" - The Heavy Heavy 17. "Tropic Morning News" - The National 16. "Good Old Days" - The Revivalists 15. "Dial Drunk" - Noah Kahan 14. "Maestro (Tears Don't Lie)" - Wilder Woods 13. "Thinking About You" - Beck 12. "More Than a Love Song" - Black Pumas 11. "Kid" - The Revivalists 10. "Evicted" - Wilco 9. "Pepper" - Death Cab for Cutie 8. "Ghosts Again" - Depeche Mode 7. "Road to Joy" - Peter Gabriel 6. "Francesca" - Hozier 5. "Hungersite" - Goose 4. "Psychos" - Jenny Lewis 3. "Say Yes to Heaven" - Lana Del Rey 2. "All I Really Wanna Do" - Devon Gilfillian annnndddd....the...

 First new songs of the new year! Here they are: "Love is the Way" by Thee Sacred Souls: Our first song of 2023 sounds a bit more like something from 1973, or perhaps even further back than that, and there's a good reason for this. "Love is the Way," the debut song from Thee Sacred Souls, was produced by Gabriel Roth, the cofounder of Daptone Records. Said record company is most famous so far for producing the songs of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, a neo-soul group who rose to prominence roughly around the mid-2000's but whose sound was more reminiscent of performers like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Likewise, Thee Sacred Souls shows influence from people like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Spinners with their silky, smooth, and soulful breakthrough song, "Love is the Way," an earnest and powerful plea for love! "On the Radio" by Spoon: With "On the Radio," Spoon has now reached their fourth adult alt radio hit fr...