Jodythinks · Songs to listen to

I think you should listen to Fred Again’s Me (Heavy) today

The thing about having a television at home now — I spend much more time lying down letting time pass by. Today I watched Fred Again’s Tiny Desk concert. I’ve heard several of this man’s songs since being introduced to his work in 2023 and regularly use it to get blood pumping when I need an energy boost. I realize now I listen to more of his fast, bass heavy tunes. So when I heard Me (Heavy) today, I had to just pause my running brain and listen to him sing.

Do you feel like talkin’?
I feel like bein’ open
I feel my thoughts run around each evening
But I’m glad I’m feelin’
I wanna run in there and steal you out
Unplug the wires and kiss your mouth
You don’t need another whiteboard evening
But I need you breathin’

You can listen to the song HERE or the whole tiny desk concert HERE

Jodythinks

I think you should listen to Angie McMahon’s Making it Through today

So maybe I’m leaning in to the quiet and my speakers are working overtime (so is my brain but that’s to be expected). As I keep learning though, the sad songs are the one that speak to me the most, and with lyrics like:

I froze like the whole world was ending
Exposed, holding my own panic, pretending
And I know now that we needed the ending
You were never gonna stay
Just making it through is okay

You can listen to this song HERE

I’ve made it through so far. -J

Jodythinks · Songs to listen to

I think you should listen to Sam Fischer’s This City today

I’ve been thinking about my relationship with my home in the past month. Seeing friends early in the month that said “I didn’t think you would be in the country now.” and getting the “Where in the world are you?” text made me take a good look at where I feel most home. And this song really hits that chord:

I’ve been seeing lonely people in crowded rooms
Covering their old heartbreaks with new tattoos
It’s all about smoke screens and cigarettes
Looking through low lights at silhouettes
But all I see is lonely people in crowded rooms

This city’s gonna break my heart
This city’s gonna love me then leave me alone

Working from home and mostly at night, and controlling my own noise a lot of the time has me overwhelmed when there are crowds, and Metro Manila being the second most dense city in the world, it happens a lot. But this city can be a little disconnected unless you make your own community. But it’s home.

Love/Life · Songs to listen to

I think you should listen to Mac Miller’s Manakins today

Maybe it’s the food poisoning and not being able to eat anything, but Mac Miller has been so helpful today. And also pretty sad. I was putting off listening to this release because I wanted to be in a lighter headspace, but Balloonerism is just so easy to fall into.

They tell you that you need to sleep, and suddenly you do
Scared you gonna wake up as someone who isn’t you
We’ve all been down that road before, poured alcohol on open sores
Nobody can hurt me if I go inside and close the door

Excuse while I close the door. -J

Jodythinks · Love/Life · Songs to listen to

I think you should listen to The Weepies’s Volunteer today

It’s been a quiet, tiring week, perfect for listening to The Weepies.

With lyrics like these:

The metal straps upon my knees made this sound when I fell
You heard those words from your peers, I was just your volunteer.

And these:

How your life cuts me, it cuts to my bone.
We pretend that it’s nothing, when we’re on our way home.
And I wish you’d abandon me here so I could be your volunteer.

It’s hard not to feel it all. Listen to The Weepies’s Volunteer here.