Are you tired of listening to the same pop songs on replay? Are you looking for some music that ventures outside of your comfort zone? If so, I have some recommendations for you. I personally am a big fan of indie/alternative music and have spent many hours skimming through Spotify and YouTube trying to find my next favorite group or song. I’ve created a little hodge-podge playlist of some of my favorites ranging from uplifting to angsty to lacksidasical, so keep reading and enjoy some of my favorite tunes.
1. Pinegrove- “Old Friends”
“Walking outside labyrinthian over cracks along under the trees
I know this town grounded in a compass
Cardinal landed in the dogwood”
2. Varsity- “So Sad, So Sad”
“I rely upon the sham
To help me explain why I will never be the same
Trying to be a perfect circle
Weak just like I take my drinks
A crumb upon my plate leads to a week of crying streaks”
3. Islands- “No Milk, No Sugar”
“Would it be the cream, If only a machine could make us dream again?”
4. Mellow Fellow – “Best Friend”
“3 million ways
To let you down
And I don’t even know
Where to start”
5. No Vacation- “Yam Yam”
“Staring at a distance, this warmth is hard to find
Sitting in the silence, I gave my best; I tried”
6. Tennis- “Modern Woman”
“Kate, I’m so afraid you hate me
I think I might have made it true
There’s no need to implicate me
You were never one for proof”
7. Whitney – “Polly”
“Anytime I feel my week is nearly over
I lay awake in all kinds of darkness, Polly”
8. HUNNY- “July”
You leave the pain in your eyes for me to find”
9. Bad Suns- “Daft Pretty Boys”
“She’s a sunrise dressed like dusk
Going out, she’s getting into something
He’s a moth drawn to a flame”
10. BØRNS- “Clouds”
“I forget all my dreams
I forget everyone’s name I meet
I forget about time and space
But I can’t stop thinking ’bout your face”
11. Don Broco- “You Wanna Know”
“Called me up one day
Said you didn’t mind
Just called to find out
What you thought already”
12. Boy Pablo – “Ur Phone”
“But I’ve never had the courage
To ask you to be with me
But trust me, I’m gonna step up my game”
13. Mac Demarco- “Ode to Viceroy”
“Early in the morning
Just trying to let the sun in
And open up my eyes”
14. Johnny Goth – “Feels Like We’re Dying”
“It feels like we are slowly dying
all the time
because we are”
15. Soko – “Sweet Sounds of Ignorance”
“I lost all my trust
I don’t welcome strangers anymore
And all I ever heard was the
Sweet sound of ignorance”
16. Her’s – “Marcel”
“Wanna ride your wave again
Don’t tell me I can just pretend I love you, but there’s still a taste
Don’t know if you’ll always be amazed”
17. Frankie Cosmos – “Fool”
“Once I was happy
I found it intriguing
Then you got to me
Left me bleeding”
18. Hobo Johnson- “Peach Scones”
“Oh, you got a man? Are you in love? If so, what type?
Is it just platonic, strictly just as friends
Or the type that ties you two together ’til tomorrow’s end?”
19. Alvvays – “Archie, Marry Me”
“You’ve expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony
You’ve student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony”
20. Summer Salt- “Driving to Hawaii”
“Maybe if we get there
Things will be much easier
And life won’t be nothing anymore”
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