Meskerem Mees - Joe
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Meskerem Mees - "Joe" from the 2021 album Julius on Mayway Records.
Belgium-based singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees first appeared on the scene in 2020 with her debut single, “Joe.” A sweet and simple guitar ballad, Mees’ soft, clear voice takes center stage and pulls listeners in with her saccharine coos, making it an easy choice for Song of the Day.
“Joe” went on to become a massive commercial and critical success in Belgium and its neighboring countries and set Mees up to release her debut album Julius in November 2021. At only 22 years old, the 13 songs that make up Julius show an artist fully formed in her timeless delivery of catchy, well-crafted folk-pop gems. With just her voice, an acoustic guitar, and the cello of her sister-in-arms Febe Lazou, the sparse songs carry so much more weight than their simplicity belies.
Meskerem Mees played the Netherlands-based non-profit showcase for European artists Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) this past weekend, where they were also awarded with the Grand Jury MME Award for the Music Moves Europe Awards.
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| 0:00.0 | There was a mind not long ago, he was nice, but kinda slow as how his long name was shown. |
| 0:16.0 | I was young, he was sweet and my heart would skip a beat, every time that we were with me. |
| 0:26.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 0:35.0 | Time flies when you're out in the sun, boy. |
| 0:39.0 | Major till your head lights. |
| 0:46.0 | There was no place he hadn't been, no face he hadn't seen, all I done was turn 90. |
| 0:57.0 | He took me driving through the night and I remember it just right, told me you loved me, come on in light. |
| 1:07.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 1:15.0 | Time flies when you're out in the sun, boy. |
| 1:19.0 | Major till your head lights. |
| 1:37.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 1:43.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 1:50.0 | Time flies when you're out in the sun, boy. |
| 1:54.0 | Major till your head lights. |
| 1:59.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 2:07.0 | Time flies when you're out in the sun, boy. |
| 2:14.0 | Major till your head lights on, the road is dark, he don't know where you're coming from. |
| 2:23.0 | When this day is done, the light in your eyes will have left and gone, so before the day is done, |
| 2:35.0 | your head lights, your head lights, your head lights better be on. |
| 3:05.0 | You |
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