Songs I was listening to in May

So oops.  It's been almost a month since my last post.  May was a pretty crazy busy time at work and I had to rather drown myself in statistics for a couple of weeks for a final exam.  But now it is summer, and I should have more time to be punctual.

To kick things off in an easy manner here are some of the songs I've been listening to in May.  It's been a lot of female singers and pop.

Tokyo Sunrise - LP

Um. What can I say.  I really really like this girl.  Here voice is so unique and her music is very refreshing.  I probably listened to this over and over and over again.

She just released a studio version of her most well-known song, Into the Wild, and it sounds pretty great (crank up the volume and get lost in it).  I also really like Wasted Love.


100 MPH (in 2nd Gear) - Gemma Ray

This song is so groovy and nostalgic and creepy and anthemic and sorrowful.

 Her full albums are a little much to listen to in one sitting, but they are still really fascinating.  I also really love Fist of a Flower.   The music videos are even darker and freakier!  I feel like she should be in Twin Peaks or something.

Breath of Life - Florence + the Machine

F+tM's latest, so DUH, I'm listening to it. a lot.

The choir in this is so perfect.  Ok, listening to this again, right now, three times.

Albatross - Judy Collins

My itunes recommended Judy Collins and I remembered that one of her CDs was floating around the house someplace.  I tracked it down and this sound really stuck out to me.  I don't know what this song is really about yet, but the lyrics (and the flutes!) are mesmerizing.

Seventeen - Marina and the Diamonds

Marina is coming out with a new album soon so I've been revisiting her last batch of songs.  I've had all her more popular songs for a while (I'm Not A Robot, Oh No!, Mowgli's Road . . . Hollywood--- except I don't really like that one), I thought I'd get to know the other songs. I've been really jamming to Seventeen.

And just because that video is a little silly, you must watch her video for I'm Not a Robot.  It's super cool and beautiful.  (P.S. she was doing the rhinestones on the face thing before Katy Perry)

Come Away to the Water - Maroon 5 (feat Rozzi Crane) for The Hunger Games

Someone said to me this week: "Adam Levine!  That guy is suddenly everywhere!" which is true.  But this song is has such . . . I dunno . . . essence.  It matches the movie really well, but is great as a just a song by itself too I think.  Adam Levine's voice is strangely suited to this song, which I think was originally written by Glen Hansard.