U2: Picture Of You (X+W)
If this sounds like a U2 track from the early 2000s, that's because it is. The boys from Dublin are marking the 20th anniversary of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by releasing a batch of previously unreleased songs from that album's recording sessions. The Edge says "I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot. ... Although at the time we left these songs to one side, with the benefit of hindsight we recognize that our initial instincts about them being contenders for the album were right, we were onto something."
We dip again into
Lonesome High, released last month, for this high-energy track that songwriter-vocalist Danielle McTaggart says "embraces the thought that even negative experiences can be where you get your strength, and your chance to succeed in life." "Got something to cut my teeth on," she sings. "I've sharpened up and I'll bite down."
This singer-songwriter - a native New Yorker previously based in Nashville and now part of the Austin, Texas scene - has been in our mix for a half-dozen years now. Her latest collection is
27teen, which includes previous singles like "Shortcut" and "Headlines" along with new tracks such as this one, which
Kindline Magazine calls "a seamless fusion of indie-pop and introspective songwriting. The lyric suggests a desire to desire to meet a soulmate, but having other priorities that come first: "You're all I want in the end / I just don't want to find you yet."
Nashville meets Los Angeles on
Sirens. The Feathers, based in Nashville, traveled to LA to record the new album with Shooter Jennings producing - and the result is country-rock with echoes of Laurel Canyon. Bassist/singer Joel King says this track "began as an instrumental soundcheck jam while on tour, and we knew we had to make it a finished song ... We loved the idea of an explosive harmony/chorus right up front in the song, then followed by fun musical idiosyncrasies throughout. Lyrically, it struggles with the duality of life. How can life be both beautiful and depressing at the same time?"
Unlike U2, Jarosz didn't wait 20 years to release extra tracks from
Polaroid Lovers, her seventh album. Eight and a half months after its release, she has issued a deluxe edition with two additional tracks - Wildflowers In The Sky and this song, co-written with Nashville-based Daniel Tashian. "We were overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and taking in the cool ocean breeze," she said in a post. "The way the sunlight was sparkling on the water led us to imagine a place where you never have to be cold or worried or lonesome and you can let go of all your darkness and fears.
(Photo: Jarosz at the Ryman Auditorium, by Erika Goldring via Facebook)
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