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New Mix: PUP, Kaina, Uwade, More

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR Music editor Marissa Lorusso share their favorite new music of the week, including the latest from PUP and the curious and beautiful sounds of Isik Kural.

Featured artists and tracks:

1. PUP: "Robot Writes A Love Song," from THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND
2. MAITA: "Loneliness," from I Just Want To Be Wild For You
3. KAINA: "Apple," from It Was a Home
4. Uwade: "Do You See The Light Around Me?" (Single)
5. Imarhan: "Achinkad," from Aboogi
6. Isik Kural: "paperhat," from in february

Transcript

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0:00.0

For MPR music, you're connected to all songs considered I'm Bob Boylin.

0:03.8

So today I'm gonna start out loud and then I'll end with some peaceful calm.

0:08.7

The loud comes from Pupp and the funny fun song about a computer being overwhelmed by human

0:15.6

emotion. It's called Robot writes a love song and here's Pupp's Stefan Babcock.

0:21.3

This is one of the first songs I ever wrote on piano. I don't really know how to play piano.

0:25.0

I'm pretty terrible at that instrument but I kind of just was messing around one day

0:29.7

and figured out a few chords and the songs just sort of fell out of me.

0:33.0

Thankfully I'm surrounded by three actually good musicians who are able to craft this into something

0:40.0

special. So I'm pretty proud of this song. I hope you like it and appreciate this support. Thanks.

1:10.7

For I backed up your memory before they came for you.

1:19.7

Monitor was blue but your data's all stored and when they come back with your new body

1:26.8

Body, I'll load you into a new machine

1:31.8

Again, bring it back to me

1:42.8

Now wake your motor die

1:46.8

So it I

1:50.8

It was slow to climb

1:53.8

Oh, the first time I saw you I could fast

1:58.8

It nearly put me in a car, I crashed

2:03.8

It was way too much, dead of a process

2:08.8

And I'm wearing a car, no short time for it

2:14.8

I'm gonna tell me, is there any room in here or not?

2:19.8

Or I, or a bit of dust?

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