New songs for July 5th, 2023
Wanted to give myself some time off for 4th of July, so I waited 'till now, but better late than never, right? Here are this week's songs: "Dial Drunk" by Noah Kahan: I must confess, I was never that big of a Noah Kahan fan when I first heard about him. He seemed like someone who was trying to be like Mumford and Sons or Phillip Phillips but without the charm of either act. "Dial Drunk" has made me change my mind about Noah, as he has added a bit more gritty electric guitar instrumentation into his music for the song in addition to his usual banjo stuff. The song is a breakthrough for Noah, who has earned his first spots on both the Top 40 charts and the alternative charts as a result. It was probably thanks to the social media app TikTok that the song has gotten as much attention as it has lately. The song is about a man who, as the title implies, dials his girlfriend while he's drunk after being arrested for driving under the influence. The reason he c...