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simplejack liked Craig Manning's post in the thread My Life In 35 Songs, Track 15: “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen.
One of my favorite things about this series has been hearing from people about how their experiences mirrored mine. This is one of my favorite instances of that. Such a fun song to perform!
Jul 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM -
simplejack replied to the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
Thank you so much for your service! I love an in-depth discourse when it comes to recommendations, I'll dive as soon as I can. First Alvvays record is a masterpiece. Never got into the Sundays as much as the only Sun Days album that came out 10 years ago.
Jul 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM -
simplejack liked trevorshmevor's post in the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
It’s hard to find something that fits squarely within the Momma/Bully/Blondeshell thing right now, especially if you’re looking for women vocalists only. If you’re cool with losing the rock/solid walls of guitars element, then I’d also recommend checking out the After EP that Zac mentioned. There is a fair amount of stuff like that around if you wind up liking it (including the first Wishy EP, which you may like more than their full length) If you can lose the light/upbeat elements to settle on female fronted throwback rock music with shoegaze elements, I would recommend the Palomino Blond and Present records from last year Also will throw out Jay Som’s last LP, Anak Ko. It may venture into some territory that you’re not looking for exactly, but there are for sure some 90s pop/rock leanings in there, as well as a dash of Pinback flavor, who I feel is a clear influence on Momma that helps them stand out
Jul 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM -
simplejack liked The Lucky Moose's post in the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
I’m not saying it is the same, but I like it for the same reasons? [MEDIA]
Jul 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM -
simplejack liked cj's post in the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
keep an eye out for the new bleary eyed record later this month, too.
Jul 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM -
simplejack replied to the thread My Life In 35 Songs, Track 15: “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen.
Thunder Road is one of my favourite songs of all time. There's no other song that exudes life and youth like this one. It's maybe the first song that taught me that you don't need a chorus to make the crowd sing along. It's also the first song I ever performed at my first end-of-year show of the local music school I was attending. [MEDIA] It was 2012 and it was my first introduction to the Boss. It was also the year of Wrecking Ball, the first Boss album I ever bought. It's one of those songs that, once you hear it, it stays with you, even when you're not that young anymore. Beautiful write-up, Craig. Always enjoy reading your stories.
Jul 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM -
simplejack liked iCarly Rae Jepsen's post in the thread Green Day - Saviors (January 19th, 2024).
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Jul 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM -
simplejack replied to the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
Yeah, but it didn't hit on first listen like Momma did. Guess I'm looking for something hazier / dreamier and poppier with only female vocals and walls of guitars. Slow Pulp's last effort is one of my most listened records of the past few years. Bully's Lucky for You stratch that itch too. Soccer Mommy's Color Theory is another good one but I don't go back to it that much.
Jul 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM -
simplejack replied to the thread Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky (April 4, 2025).
As the weather gets increasingly hotter, I'm falling deeper for this record. Are there any other albums / bands that have a similar mix of shoegaze and '00s pop rock?
Jul 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM -
simplejack liked Crisp X's post in the thread Album Moving Mountains - Pruning Of The Lower Limbs (June 27, 2025).
He co-produced Brendan Rivera’s albums, which I strongly recommend for fans of The Goo Goo Dolls influenced emo and folk. [MEDIA] [MEDIA] One of my absolute favorite discoveries through the Absolute 100 feature back in the day. He was also in the band Looking Glass Wars but I don’t remember if Greg worked on their stuff.
Jun 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM