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Interspersed with birdsong, new age synth, and poetry recitations, a new EP from the English folk singer returns her songs to the elements that inspired them.
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My Sailor Boy â Shirley CollinsVia SoundCloud
Shirley Collinsâ new EP begins with the octogenarian folk singer reciting a short stanza of a poem, her only accompaniment a flock of birds and the gentle brush of a breeze. âOne morning in the month of May, when all the birds were singing,â she says, bending the rhythm of the words slightly upward, as though posing a question to the listener. âI saw a lovely lady stray across the fields at break of day and softly sang a roundelay.â Itâs a short, simple musing on the motivation to make art and the passage of timeâwhich is fitting because Collins has been singing a version of this song her entire life. The new track is called âAcross the Field,â but Collins has long known it as âJust as t
We’re taking a slightly different approach to our latest best songs roundup, taking stock of this week’s new drops on a Thursday and saving everything from tomorrow’s forthcoming album releases for the following week, once we’ve had some time to spend with them. Rest assured, though, that the past four days have been chock-full of worthwhile new material on their own, including must-hear new singles from Scandinavian rockers Iceage, Tennessee singer/songwriter Julien Baker (featuring her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus), and Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised rapper and singer Tkay Maidza. Enjoy our top 10 tracks of the moment below.