Track Listing from the Session
"Everything Means Nothing To Me" by Elliott Smith (Damon F.)
"Burn Card" by The Barr Brothers (Danny G.)
"Real Thing" by Middle Kids (Damon F.)
"Love Me Tenderly" by The Felice Brothers (Danny G.)
"A Hero's Death" by Fontaines D.C. (Damon F.)
"Broken Heart" by Dr. Dog (Danny G.)
"Autumn's Child" by Devendra Banhart (Damon F.)
"You Could Be President" by Theo Katzman (Danny G.)
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Damon F.
Danny G.
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“Everything Means Nothing To Me” would be the first song I’d play to introduce someone to Elliott Smith because it demonstrates his ability to present absolute beauty with his music and voice while expressing total sadness with his lyrics. He was a tortured soul and a musical genius.
Middle Kids are an excellent female fronted indie rock band from Australia. They are well regarded and do have a decent following…i just think they should have a bigger one!
Musically, they are polished, catchy, clear and upbeat all while their lyrics speak to personal doubt and insecurities- particularly as it relates to ‘growing up’. I could listen to lead singer, Hannah Joy’s, voice all day. “Real Thing” is off their 2019 EP New Songs For Old Problems.
‘It’s the job of the young to collect doubts, afraid of our parents, and preparing to freak them out.’
‘Don’t get stuck in the past, say your favorite things at mass, tell your mother that you love her, and go out of your way for others. Sit beneath a light that suits ya. And look forward to a brighter future. Life ain’t always empty’
…from “A Hero’s Death” by Irish Post Punk band Fontaines D.C. Insightful poetry sang through a thick Irish accent and over steadily driving music. ‘Life ain’t always empty, life ain’t always empty, life ain’t always empty…
With his distinctly beautiful and expressive voice, lyrics that can go from wise to just plain nonsensical, and his masterful fingerpicking guitar work, I was big into alternative/psychedelic folk artist, Devendra Banhart, in the early 2000s. “Autumn’s Child” is the last song on my favorite album of his, Rejoicing in the Hands’. It is sparse, slow paced, and peaceful. It sounds like comfort to me and it served that purpose for me on many a night.
‘Run, river run. Sun, shine, sun, sing child, sing. Sing your song. Autumn’s child, come raise your head. Autumn’s child, sweet young thing.’