i spent a week + 2 days in england and finally got it through my thick skull that they are, in fact, superior in every way to us americans - but mostly when it comes to rock and roll. i’d say 98% (? don’t quote me on that) of my favorite bands are from the UK, so i figured it was about time we all admit it: the brits just do it better. additions from sam fender’s debut album (aka probably the whole thing), out september 13th, forthcoming!
also, mother is arguably the greatest opening track for anything ever (please listen to future dust in full) so please keep in mind that i hand curated this so that your ears would be blessed with 30+ seconds of beautiful kickdrum before the fact melter that is this song really kicks in.
1. mother by the amazons ↳ cheats try to judge me but I can see the sins that stain your smile friends say I gotta see reason but I’m crawling out of the city i’m tired of bowing to preachers all the time
2. oxygen by catfish & the bottlemen
↳ she says “oxygen’s overrated
i don’t even need to breathe”
she’s got a tank full of highs and a mind that never sleeps
3. teach me to fight by yonaka
↳ small town baby, got his knickers in a twist
doesn’t like the way that this curse leaves my lips
fuck what you think, i’m not trying to impress you
i’ll probably just upset you, you’re tryna’ be your best you
4. doom days by bastille
↳ so many questionable choices
we love the sound that our voice makes
man, this echo chamber’s getting loud
5. mixed signals by the night cafe ↳ it’s so much harder now it’s so much harder now you’re not mine, mine i didn’t think that i didn’t need you and now you’re not mine, mine
6. hypersonic missiles by sam fender ↳ the cities lie like tumors all across the world a cancer eating mankind, hitting it on blindside they say i’m a nihilist, ‘cause i can’t see any decent rhyme or reason for the life of you and me
7. fire that burns by circa waves
↳ you call me a liar
you call me so innocent
but you lit the fire
you lit the fire that burns
the fire that burns inside us
8. bad machine by boston manor
↳ you’re everywhere i go
you’re always watching me
get the hell out of my head
get the hell out of my head
9. black magic by the amazons
↳ you know it’s crazy, baby
how i still see you in my sleep
and i can’t shift the way you’re always on my mind, mind
10. that sound by sam fender
↳ every night i beg that sound
it’s the greatest revelation
it’s the only thing that keeps me grounded
11. babe, can i call? by the hunna
↳ she’s speaking to me but all i hear is you
a flash back to a time when you still thought i was cool
12. movies by circa waves
↳ dancing in my bedroom
to hounds of love, we were so fucked up
it was just like in the movies
13. ultraviolet by the amazons
↳ so come on closer
don’t you wanna
see inside my shell
14. she said by sundara karma
↳ it started off with her hair
‘cause every night has gotta start somewhere
another badly combed frown
'cause mirrors always seem to bring her down
15. ightf by the hunna
↳ i can still taste you
fuck, i just hate you
wish i could erase you
now there’s only one thing i can do
16. moving to new york by the wombats
↳ i put one foot forward and ended up 30 yards back
am i losing touch or am i just completely off the track
and i don’t know why i want to voice this out loud
it’s therapeutic somehow
17. give by you me at six
↳ i’ve been wasting all this time
trying to keep you off my mind, yeah
you off my mind, but no more
18. in my mind by the amazons
↳ it’s not a question of what’s wrong
it’s not a question, girl i know i led you on
when i’m afraid to be alone
when indecision comes to call, i know we’re done
19. i o u by you me at six
↳ oh i want to hear your story
whilst i work through your inventory
your one-liners leave a shiner
you’re not sober, and i’m not either
20. mantra by bring me the horizon
↳ imagine you’re stood on a beach
water gently lapping at your feet
but now you’re sinking, what were you thinking?
that’s all the time we have this week
21. it’s not living (if it’s not with you) by the 1975
↳ and all i do is sit and think about you
if i knew what you’d do
collapse my veins wearing beautiful shoes
it’s not living if it’s not with you
22. you can’t rely by counterfeit
↳ why can’t you relax?
i’m staring at your faded photographs.
and asking why I’ve wasted all this time
on nothing but an empty fucking lie
23. straight to my head by you me at six
↳ i wanna be, wanna be where you are
i wanna feel, wanna feel twenty-one
going straight to my head like you used to
wouldn’t change anything that we’ve been through
24. send them off! by bastille ↳ desdemona, won’t you liberate me? when i’m haunted by your ancient history close these green eyes and watch over as I sleep through my darkest of dreams