New Mix: Sufjan Stevens, Phish's Page McConnell, Squirrel Flower, More

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🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new songs of the week including an ambient track from Sufjan Stevens, solo work from Phish's Page McConnell, Squirrell Flower and more.

1. Charlotte Jacobs: "Where You Want Me To," from The Shape of Wandering EP
2. Damien Jurado: "Tom," from The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania
3. Squirrel Flower: "Hurt A Fly," from Planet (i)
4. Jess Locke: "Tell Me I'm Okay," from Don't Ask Yourself Why
5. Mabe Fratti: "Hacia el Vacío," from Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos
6. Sufjan Stevens: "Meditation V," from Convocations
7. Page McConnell: "Radio Silence," from Maybe We're The Visitors

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0:00.0	Whether you're looking to discover a new series to binge, find your next great
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0:19.2	from NPR. For NPR music you're connected to all songs considered I'm Bob Boylin.
0:24.9	For me the thrill of listening to new music is discovering something that feels
0:30.2	fresh and different. Something expressive. A song that's an adventure. Charlotte
0:35.8	Jacobs music hit me that way. The song is called Where You Want Me To. It's from an
0:40.8	EP that just came out titled The Shape of Wandering. Charlotte is from Belgium
0:45.9	but now based in Brooklyn and here she is to give us more insight into the song.
0:50.4	I wrote the song Where You Want Me To back in my home country, Belgium. Around the
0:57.8	time I was going to leave to start a new life and I was thinking about what
1:04.2	belonging really means to me and what home really means to me. And I guess
1:11.5	the lyrics are a collage of words that I used because they sound nice instead of
1:19.3	what they actually mean. We recorded the song in Brooklyn to get her with
1:25.1	Subin Hensler and with drummer Ruff Verstessen and it's the first time I'm
1:31.3	actually using live drums on a record. I'm usually all into samples and
1:37.4	electronic stuff. It was a very liberating experience. The song is also accompanied
1:45.5	by a video that was directed by James Ross or Barry and we shot this video in
1:52.9	upstate New York in a forest and it features two incredible dancers, Holly Sass
1:59.6	and Joanna Kutze. And I think the video is the perfect visual representation of
2:08.8	the song.
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