The Weekly Mix, Vol. 750 - Something Real
The Runcast with John Richards
KEXP
4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The virtual world and its computer-generated algorithms can be tiring. Cheryl Waters offers us something real, a hand-picked selection of some of her favorite new releases from MorMor, Bartees Strange, Blimes and Gab, Naked Giants and more.
1. Kevin Morby - Campfire
2. Slow Pulp - Falling Apart
3. MorMor - Don’t Cry
4. Moses Hightower - Þetta Hjarta
5. Gabriel Teodros - The World Is a Hidmo
6. Sa-Roc - Something Real
7. Bartees Strange - Stone Meadows
8. Deep Sea Diver - Wishing
9. Antonioni - Malcomer
10. Lo Tom - Outta Here
11. Songhoy Blues - Badala
12. Sen Morimoto - Woof
13. Maxband - Cut It Loose
14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Automation
15. Blimes and Gab - Baptism
16. Naked Giants - Turns Blue
Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-1pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.
Check out Kevin Morby's recent KEXP session and interview with Cheryl Waters
Read about MorMor's "Don't Cry" on KEXP's Song of the Day feature
Read our recent interview with Sen Morimoto, where he gets into his waking dreams and superstitions
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to KexP's The Weekly Mix Podcast. I'm Cheryl Waters, and wow, 2020 has been simultaneously |
| 0:07.4 | the slowest and the longest year in recent history. During the weeks when I get out of bed, |
| 0:13.4 | uncertain what day it is and desperate to hold on to something comforting, music has been |
| 0:18.2 | there for me through and through. I'm thrilled to share this mix |
| 0:22.3 | with you of my current favorite tracks that are powering me through the end of this incredibly |
| 0:26.2 | tough year. I hope you find something to enjoy, a song that gives you hope or much-needed strength. |
| 0:33.1 | Up first is a gorgeous new track from Kevin Morby off his new record's Sundowner, |
| 0:37.8 | which aims to capture the breathtaking views of Midwestern twilight and sound. |
| 0:42.9 | You'll hear Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee lend her vocals to the heart of this single called Campfire. |
| 0:49.3 | It's K-E-X-P's The Weekly Mix. Enjoy. |
| 0:52.3 | Oh, my mind, oh, I guess that I've done my time now I've laid to wrist. |
| 1:04.6 | There's a campfire inside my soul. |
| 1:10.5 | And it billows |
| 1:16.6 | In the sky was a thousand years old |
| 1:25.6 | always kept time in my back pocket |
| 1:29.3 | No man, god damn came to take my soul |
| 1:37.3 | Shut the door, then lock it |
| 1:42.3 | In where have all my friends gone |
| 1:48.0 | In where did all my friends go? |
| 1:52.0 | In where did all my friends go? |
| 1:54.0 | In where have all my friends gone? |
| 2:00.0 | They billow |
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