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Beat’s Ultimate Post-Long Weekend Pick-me-up Playlist
Album of the Week
Please enjoy this eclectic, made-with-love playlist as crafted by your trusty Beat team. We promise that the thematic and sonic diversity offered here is sure to pick you right up from your post long-weekend blues. 1.
Shooting Stars – Bag Raiders
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UGH! – The 1975
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I Can’t Save You – Cub Sport
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Idea of Happiness – Van She
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Running – Nyxen
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Does This Last – Boo Seeka
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Oh Devil – Electric Guest
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For You – Northeast Party House
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Embrace - PNAU
Gum
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Electric Feel – MGMT
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Little L – Jamiroquai
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Chronic Sunsine – Cosmo Pyke
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Perfect People – Courtship.
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Instant Coffee - BUGS
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Motivation – Benjamin Booker
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Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
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Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
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My Happiness – Powderfinger
Between his seemingly neverending stream of original ideas and his tremendously refined sound, Jay Watson is by no means an underdog. Undoubtedly one of the most creative craftsmen of psychedelic music at the moment, Watson has once again proved his musical dexterity with his latest offering The Underdog under his solo project, GUM. Far from being a one-trick pony, GUM consistently solidifies the barrier between himself and his other projects, Tame Impala and Pond, ensuring he never relies on the success of those bands to further this one.
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Not only is The Underdog a terrifically inspired record sonically, but Watson also illustrates that the magic truly is in the detail by pairing the sonic elements with vivid imagery and emotive language in his lyrics. Busy but never overcrowded, the layered sounds and beats interlace to create cathartic rhythms across the album. Watson has employed a number of notable creative approaches across The Underdog, such as that of tracks like ‘S.I.A’ and ‘Trying My Best’ which build hypnotically repetitive loops – almost reminiscent of Daft Punk – to dig their claws into your brain and ensure you won’t soon stop replaying their lyrics in your head. Meanwhile, highlights ‘Serotonin’ and ‘Rehearsed In A Dream’ offer laidback ambience melded with cosmic synth soundscapes. ‘Rehearsed In A Dream’ forgoes the pop infused sound displayed across the rest of the album for a comparatively stripped back, subdued effort, concluding with a deliciously obscure breakdown. Laying somewhere between a dreamlike state and another universe, The Underdog is a soothing, swirling concoction of original and inspired psych-pop. Though together they form a cohesive body of work, the individual tracks explore a range of melodic approaches, ensuring they each work equally as well apart as they do together.
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