Song of the Month: ggwendolyn, Crisscross Way

I’ve decided the music of ggwendolyn is going to be the next obscure thing I recommend to everyone until it’s annoying. We’re still waiting on her first album, but she continues to trickle out individual songs.

There’s this offbeat quirkiness to all of her songs I just love. Everything she does feels like such a breath of fresh air. Even within her own catalogue, each song feels different from what’s come before, perhaps because she’s too new to have settled on a single sound yet.

Song of the Month: Metric, Moral Compass

Metric released their tenth album, Romanticize the Dive, this month. Unfortunately I found this another weak one, and after three in a row I’m forced to confront the possibility my long time favourite band has finally lost their edge.

The one song that’s really hooked me off Romanticize is Moral Compass. Something about the haunting synth notes reminds me of some of the better parts of Road 96’s soundtrack, a great association if ever there was one.