Love the music of the 90s? Enjoy big guitars? Hate your job? Then this week’s Five Songs playlist has something for you.
1. Collective Soul, Mother’s Love
Here to Eternity (Fuzze-Flex Records)
RIYL: The 90s
It’s been 30 years since Collective Soul appeared with a sound that fit in perfectly with the mid-90s alt-rock aesthetic. This is the lead single from the band’s 12th album (it’s due May 17) which was—get this—recorded at Elvis Presley’s estate in Palm Springs. It’s a double album, too, stretching across 20 songs. They have a summer tour with Hootie on the Blowfish which includes just one Canadian date at the Budweiser Stage on September 7.
2. Smash Mouth, Ride On
Single (Vydia)
Recommended If You Like: More 90s
Another 30th-anniversary commemoration and the first Smash Mouth release since the death of former frontman Steve Harwell last September. The band wrote this as a sequel to a 2001 track entitled Pacific Coast Party and worked to channel everything from yacht rock (think Pablo Cruise), Daft Punk (you’ll hear that immediately), and Tame Impala. Need a new driving song? Here you go.
Listen on Spotify.
3. Michael Marcagi, Scared to Start
Single (Warner)
RIYL: Lumineers, Decemberists, Mumford & Sons
Marcagi is a one-time college golf star from Cincinnati and a graduate of a band called Heavy Hours. He has one EP so far (American Romance, released back in February) and a couple of singles. This track has already found a lot of love in Australia, Ireland, and a big chunk of Europe. He’s looking to replicate that success in North America.
4. Blue October, Everything We Lost in the Fire
Everything We Lost in the Fire (Up/Down Brando)
RIYL: Big guitars
Blue October is an example of an American band that has only managed modest success and airplay in Canada for whatever reason (yeah, it works both ways). This will be their second album of 2024 (the first part of the Spinning the Truth Around series is also on the schedule).
5. Letdown., Hate Myself
Single (Big Loud Rock)
RIYL: Do you hate your job?
This pop-punk track might find an audience with Human Resources people who have to deal with terminations. Letdown. (like fun., we’re supposed to include a period at the end of the name) is the work of Blake Coddington, who divides his time between Chicago and Nashville. If you’re hating yourself today, this might be the song you need.
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