The Weekly Mix, Vol. 721 - Surprise

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Straight from the home of Cheryl Waters, this edition of The Weekly Mix brings songs to keep you company in times of isolation, whether you're dancing the anxiety away or finding time to reflect. What comes as no surprise is the eclectic array of featured artists, including Phoebe Bridgers, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Kevin Krauter and DRAMA.

1. Boy Scouts - Get Well Soon
2. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
3. STRFKR - Never the Same
4. Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
5. Sampa the Great - OMG
6. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Phenom
7. Hamilton Leithauser - Here They Come
8. Kevin Krauter - Surprise
9. RVG - Perfect Day
10. Allah-Las - Holding Pattern
11. Hazel English - Off My Mind
12. Gordi - Sandwiches
13. Porridge Radio - Sweet
14. Sorry - Starstruck
15. Chemtrails - Frightful in the Sunlight
16. Capsula - Red Moon Falls
17. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Cars in Space
18. DRAMA - Hold On

Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-2pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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0:00.0	Welcome to KexP's The Weekly Mix. I'm Cheryl Waters. I host a midday show on KexP at 90.3 FM in Seattle and streaming worldwide at KexP.org. I'm producing from my home right now versus the studio as the coronavirus quarantine continues. My recording surroundings look a little different than usual, but what hasn't changed
0:22.1	is the outstanding quality of musicians and artists around the world. I'm looking forward to
0:27.3	sharing my current favorite songs with you this week. There are tunes that keep me uplifted and
0:31.8	sometimes dancing through our new shared anxiety, also songs that help me internally reflect,
0:37.4	and I hope you'll enjoy this week's
0:39.3	curated mix and find something that you too can share with your friends and loved ones, whether they're
0:44.5	nearby or feel farther away than ever before. I want you to know that you are not alone,
0:50.3	and one of the ways that we can connect is through music. This first song comes from Oakland band Boy Scouts.
0:56.7	It's a project of singer-songwriter Taylor Vic.
0:59.6	Her third album Free Company is her fullest sounding recording to date,
1:03.9	featuring trembling vocals and poignant lyrics of heartache and loss.
1:07.9	Here's the song Get Well Soon.
1:10.1	It's Boy Scouts on K-EXPs, The Weekly Mix. I hope you do I brought no balloons Cause they just died to Get well Soon I phrase you know I could hope to ruin by failing to succeed
2:04.6	You
2:07.6	I'm saying Goodest I do you Do you have fun too?
2:25.3	I hope you think of you
2:29.3	because we all want you to
2:36.0	The Can you heal from what you don't see?
2:59.6	Yes, Rio, I bet you shook your hand in
3:08.3	A deal to unlearn how to feel
3:13.3	And can you still feel
3:22.3	Which you don't see as truthful or real but you see me as truthful and real baby it was the real deal
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