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Why you should listen to these bands, artists, and songs!

Ailish Murray Student Contributor, Merrimack College
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Why you should listen to these bands, artists, and songs!

If there is one thing I can talk about for hours on end, it’s music. It seems like the one thing I will never stop loving or get mad at. With senior year starting and an urge to discover more music, I’ve started to mix up my listening. I started to discover new music and even some oldies that I’ve completely forgotten about. I hope this article gives some people the inspiration to listen to these bands, artists, and songs.

Paramore: probably one of the most underrated bands in the industry right now. Hayley Williams’ voice, along with the writing of the songs, just combines and makes for the most emotional listen you could have to a song (recs: Decode and The Only Exception)

The Killers: Everybody knows Mr.Brightside, I mean, how can you not, but the Killers have so many underrated bangers that the world really needs to. From all the things I’ve done to humans, they give their audience a euphoric sensation when listening to them. So next time you wanna party and have a good blasting song in the car, give the Killers a chance!

The Sun will never settle by Kingfisher: Known for their popular song Killeagh, the Irish band is starting to make their climb up the charts, and this song has helped lead them to that. With such a nice Irish broad, it does hit a little home for me as I listen, but can be very soothing to those who aren’t used to hearing one.

I saw her for the first time by Dr. Dog: Now this song holds such a special place in my heart. With Nellie being another personal favorite song of mine, this comes in a close second with its slow and thoughtful lyrics describing a love at first sight. The band offers many other songs that give you a nice chill listening experience.

Free- Florence the Machine: this song just gives peak listening experience. But also let’s be honest, any song by Florence is just amazing. The song gives such a rush of emotions that can make you feel alive and euphoric. Just like many songs from her they are so underrated and her moment needs to come in the music industry.

Ashe: She has recently gained popularity with her new song “Stop the Wedding!”, but her discography goes so much deeper than that. I became a fan in 2022 with her becoming popular with the moral of the story but her other songs since then such as Another Man’s Jeans and Lasso the Moon, she has risen to probably one of my favorite artists.

The Book of Love (covered by Olivia Rodrigo): this song randomly came up on my sportify shuffle one day and instead of skipping I decided to give it a chance. The song has had me in chokehold ever since. I also listened to the original by The Magnetic Fields which being an older song it just makes the listening experience so much better.

It Takes a Woman\ (Cover) Sienna Spiro: This cover is actually something I just can’t put into words. It’s either Chris Stapleton’s lyrics or Sienna Spiro’s voice that makes this probably the perfect song. Such a great song to share with others too as I feel it can describe so many relationships, mother & daughters, partners, and most of all FRIENDSHIPS.

I’m Ailish, the Vice President of Merrimack's HC Chapter. I am a senior at Merrimack College. I am currently majoring in communications and media with a minor in psychology. I’m so excited to be continuing to promote her campus at Merrimack. Some things I enjoy is spending time with my friends, dogs (especially labs and golden retrievers), going to the beach and watching movies.