Music of the month - October 2014

I'm sure you'll all be relieved not to see another single product review on here at least for the moment, I have really been enjoying doing them so often and I will keep on doing them however I still want to keep my Music of the month series going as my music taste is one of the few good qualities about me.

1. Warm foothills - Alt-J

I'm still in love with Alt-J's new album (as if I hadn't gone on about them long enough in my last Music of the Month post) but I just think Alt-J are great and I find their music so alternative and calming, I'm really hoping to go and see them in concert in January!!

2. Luv, hold me down - Drowners

This is more of a song that I've rediscovered. It's upbeat and it's fun, it's a nice combination. I really should get round to listening to more music by Drowners because they're really good!

3. Twelve feet deep - The Front Bottoms

The Front Bottoms are a new discovery for me this month, as usual I have discovered them through Tumblr. I'm honestly so thankful that I follow people on Tumblr with a similar music taste to me because I discover so much music on there. I love the whole album entitled Rose by them anyway so I could recommend that generally.

4. I'm an Actor - Phoenix

I really like Phoenix but I hadn't heard this song before and it sounds quite different from the other songs I like by them, it's a lot slower but I like it. I feel I should also give a mention to If it's not with you from the same album which is called Alphabetical.

5. Mesmerise - Temples

I am really surprised I didn't get into Temples earlier as I had seen lots of them on my dashboard, I did give them a go ages ago but I didn't really get into them. Then someone I know recommended them to me and I gave them another go because they told me Shelter Song sounds like a song by The Beatles (which it does, the introductory riff in that song is uncannily like George Harrison) so went on to listen to their Sun Structures album and I have fallen for them. This song doesn't sound massively Beatle-esque but I still very much like it.

I also feel like I should give an honourable mention to the High School Musical soundtrack, I've been listening to it whenever I do homework or revise and I have to say it really does brighten up my mood. I'm also just a massive loser who still isn't over High School Musical.

What songs have you been loving this month?

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Music of the month - July 2014

Hello there readers, it is the end of July and time for another music of the month post because I prioritise finding new songs to socialising with others.

1. West Coast - Lana Del Rey

Lana's new album is so so so so good, I absolutely loved Born to Die and I didn't expect Ultraviolence to be as good but it was but it was different. I feel like I overplayed Born to Die, so it's nice to have something equally good but different. This was the first song I heard from the album before listening to the whole album in one go (which I have done several times now), so this song stands out to me on the album.

2. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen

I reckon this became a favourite ever since watching Donnie Darko for the first time in my last Philosophy lesson, I actually wanted to watch the film for ages and it's one of my Philosophy teacher's favourite films so he decided to educate us in the world of film and so we watched it. I've watched it again since then - it was that good. 

3. My Judge and my Jury - The Diamonds

This song may seem a little out of place but I've always had a varied music taste. At the moment I've been listening to a lot of 50s/60s music because I am a massive Beatlemaniac but when it comes to other 50s/60s music I'm quite the amateur, so I ventured onto grooveshark and looked into songs of this era, I have been literally singing this song non-stop since hearing it. If I for some strange but lucky reason don't end up forever alone and I get married, this is definitely a song for the wedding playlist!!

4. Lisztomania - Phoenix 

When I first heard this song, I genuinely thought it was The 1975 from the intro, I already liked other songs by Phoenix and this is no exception. They're just very upbeat and fun to listen to.

5. Citizen Erased - Muse

I blame Dan and Phil for my recent listenings to Muse, I liked a few Muse songs before but as I'm off school and all I'm doing really is watching Dan and Phil videos over and over and over again, I've heard them mention Muse quite a few times so I took the liberty to listen to the Origins of Symmetry album (which is both Dan and Phil's favourite album allegedly) and I think this was Dan's favourite song.

Thanks for reading this post on my favourite songs of July, stay classy readers and I'll see you soon.