I may not be in Kansas anymore, but my house DID come dangerously close to being sucked up in a tornado this week. (Okay… not that close at all, really, but it felt like it…) Need some new tunes to distract you from the weird weather? Look no further than our weekly dose of charts and adds:
Top 5 Charts:
1.) Soccer Mommy – color theory
Soccer Mommy’s sophomore album somehow manages to be both brighter and darker than her debut, Clean. color theory is an exploration in growth, encapsulating the young artist’s rise to indie fame and the struggles that have arisen as a result.
2.) Kevin Krauter – Full Hand
On his sophomore album, Full Hand, Indiana musician Kevin Krauter tackles complicated emotional states and ideas through elliptical songwriting that is at once poetic and truthful. It’s an album that is a holistic look at a human life in progress–personal flaws mean everything until they suddenly don’t.
3.) Franc Moody – Dream in Colour
Franc Moody’s sound is contemporary funk, awash with electronic inspiration, human touches, and throbbing grooves and via the tight-knit warehouse rave scene of London to where they are today.
4.) Car Seat Headrest – “Can’t Cool Me Down” [Single]
In 2020, Car Seat Headrest is reinventing itself. This first single release from their upcoming album Making a Door Less Open (their first release in four years) marks a shift from their well-established sound within the realm of gritty rock to their new experimentation in electronic music.
5.) Ratboys – Printer’s Devil
Upheaval and change are themes spread throughout the songs on Printer’s Devil, the latest Ratboys LP. Singer-songwriter Julia Steiner embraces moments of uncertainty as a necessary part of growing.
Top 30 Charts
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soccer Mommy | color theory | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 2 | Kevin Krauter | Full Hand | Bayonet |
| 3 | Franc Moody | Dream in Colour | Juicebox |
| 4 | Car Seat Headrest | “Can’t Cool Me Down” [Single] | Matador/Beggars |
| 5 | Ratboys | Printer’s Devil | Topshelf |
| 6 | Down Time | Hurts Being Alive | Mutually Detrimental |
| 7 | Boy Romeo | Pure Soul | Self-released |
| 8 | Real Estate | The Main Thing | Domino |
| 9 | Sour Widows | Sour Widows | Self-released |
| 10 | Anna Burch | If You’re Dreaming | Polyvinyl |
| 11 | Swim Mountain | If [EP] | Monday |
| 12 | Sea Wolf | Through a Dark Wood | Dangerbird |
| 13 | Loose Buttons | Something Better | Moon Crawl |
| 14 | Deeper | Auto-pain | Fire Talk |
| 15 | Bonus | IIII | Muscle Beach |
| 16 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 17 | Spendtime Palace | Room With A View [EP] | Park the Van |
| 18 | U.S. Girls | Heavy Light | 4AD/Beggars Group |
| 19 | Night Hikes | Chalice | Normcore Vegan |
| 20 | Overcoats | The Fight | Loma Vista |
| 21 | Ada Lea | Woman, Here [EP] | Saddle Creek |
| 22 | The Seshen | Cyan | Tru Thoughts |
| 23 | Moaning | Uneasy Laughter | Sub Pop |
| 24 | Zoe Sky Jordan | Scenes from Infinity | Self-released |
| 25 | King Krule | Man Alive! | True Panther/Matador |
| 26 | addy | eclipse | Topshelf |
| 27 | M. Ward | Migration Stories | Anti- |
| 28 | Christine and the Queens | La Vita Nuova [EP] | Because/Capitol |
| 29 | Quality Living | Something Softly Caught Me | Sniffling Indie Kids |
| 30 | TOPS | I Feel Alive | Musique Tops/House Arrest |
Top 3 Adds:
1.) Zelma Stone – Dreamland [EP]
Recommended if you like: Big Thief, Alex G., Faye Webster
2.) Sweet Crude – Officiel//Artificiel
Recommended if you like: Arcade Fire, Ra Ra Riot, Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit
3.) Sophia St. Helen – None the Wiser
Recommended if you like: Mandolin Orange, Laura Marling, Lake Street Drive
Top 10 Adds
| Rank | Artist | Record | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zelma Stone | Dreamland [EP] | Self-released |
| 2 | Sweet Crude | Officiel//Artificiel | Verve Forecast |
| 3 | Sophia St. Helen | None the Wiser | Self-released |
| 4 | Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove/Blue Note/Caroline |
| 5 | Nick Leng | Lemons | Sota |
| 6 | Day Wave | Crush [EP] | Pias |
| 7 | Suntitle | Pure Forever [EP] | Know Hope |
| 8 | Sis | “Fingerpaint” [Single] | Native Cat |
| 9 | Faye Webster | “In a Good Way” [Single] | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 10 | Boy Scouts | “A World So Full of Love” [Single] | Anti- |