morning babble / Friday 09-06-24
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Sometimes, it gets tidied up; other times, not so much.
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They’re back – Pumpkin Spice Oreos.
Oh . . . and so is Linkin Park
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(Morning Babble Intro)
Happy Weekend – is it Autumn yet? Not officially, but the more and more we get these pumpkin spice delicious delights, the more I feel the changing of the season.
(“Bleed it out” with Mike Shinoda)
That’s Mike Shinoda singing in Linkin Park.
(“Bleed it out” with Chester Bennington)
And singing there is Chester Bennington who we lost back in 2017.
So, if Linkin Park is back together, how are they are going to do this without Chester?
(“Jump Sit Stand March” clip)
That’s an AWOLNATION song called “Jump Sit Stand March” – who was the guest singer on that song? From Dead Sara, it was Emily Armstrong (further “Jump Sit Stand March” clip) I know I probably should have played a Dead Sara song, but I just really like that new release with her and AWOLNATION. Anyway – she being Emily Armstrong has officially joined Linkin Park. There’s also a new drummer – sorry Colin (that’s the drummer), but Armstrong being upfront with Shinoda – that’s definitely the bigger news from Linkin Park. (new song clip) That’s the new song – “The Emptiness Machine”. AND – I guess a whole new album called From Zero is already complete and arrives November 15th. So, they’re back – Linkin Park along with the Pumpkin Spice Oreos. Looky there – you got new music before the your new music.
(Countdown Video)
New Music Friday:
I put together a Spotify playlist of the songs that I talked about and thought about today for New Music Friday. Click here for that!
- First up from Weezer (cut of the “third practice” recording of “Undone – The Sweater Song”) that is so not new and what happened to that song? (another cut) Evidently that’s the “third practice” recording of the infamous Weezer song “Undone – The Sweater Song” – they got so much better at that tune (version we know) Weezer is celebrating their 30th anniversary of their self-titled debut album better known as “The Blue Album” (picture) Coming out on November 1st is a deluxe reissue of that album – 50 tracks with a ton of unreleased songs and as what we just witnessed one of the earliest known recordings of their sweater song (clip)
- Wikipedia lists at the top of the page in parenthesis for Amy Allen – (songwriter) and she still very much is. In fact, she helped pen for Sabrina Carpenter, her recent hit songs: “Taste”, “Please Please Please”, and “Espresso”. (“Espresso” clip) BUT – I believe that they are going to elevate that to singer/songwriter as her new album just dropped (“Darkside” clip) That’s “Darkside” which was actually the 2nd release off the album – it’s the one that I really connected with. Yeah “Darkside” (Vader clip) When I hear Amy Allen, I sort of group her into the Grace VanderWaal and Phoebe Bridgers. It’s just a wonderful, relaxing sound – today we have all 12 new songs and the one being highlighted on Spotify is “Reason to Forgive” (clip)
- Two bands – Judah & the Lion and blink-182 each came out with new albums recently. But – they still had some leftover from the recording sessions and have now released deluxe versions of the those very albums (“What A Time To Be Alive”) That’s “What A Time To Be Alive” – just 1 of 5 new tracks from the deluxe version of their fifth studio album: The Process – that’s from the Nashville duo – Judah & the Lion. As for blink (clip) Their deluxe album isn’t called simply labeled deluxe. Instead, they added Part 2 to the title of One More Time (clip) With this new album from Travis, Mark, and Tom, you get 8 new tracks. The one being pushed by Spotify for blink-182 appears to be the song “Take Me In” (clip)
- Several quick hits of new music: The Weeknd’s new album will be titled Hurry Up Tomorrow when’s it coming, he doesn’t know yet – that’s a good title. BUT – it will serve as the final installment of the Weeknd’s current musical trilogy, following 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM. // Lady Gaga plans to release her long-awaited seventh album at some point in February of 2025. BUT – we should a new song from it next month. As for the title of the album, it’s known amongst her fans and Gaga herself as LG7, // Let’s talk about an album that’s already out – in actuality, it came out last month aka one week ago. So, yes – I missed this one and it’s a big one to miss – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds released Wild God.
Thank you to Spotify, Rolling Stone, Apple Music, uDiscoverMusic, Pigeons & Planes, Pitchfork, Louder, Spill Magazine, Dan Deluca of the Philly Inquirer & I know there’s more.
Be sure to check out the playlist on Spotify. As I mentioned in the beginning, it’s a playlist of songs that I’ve talked about and thought about: so, you’ll see some new music there from Atlas Genius, Halsey, The Dare, and anything that I really messed up and missed – well, that’s why I’ll be doing Missed Music Monday on Monday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When you’re happy, you enjoy the music. When you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.” – by Chester Bennington