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Mixtape Rewind: New Music Mix May 2023
In this week's Mixtape Rewind, we revisit our new music mix from May of 2023.
Durand Jones immediately transports listeners to the golden era of soul with vocals that would sound right at home on classic Stax Records. Meanwhile, Foo Fighters return from tragedy with "Rescued," a song that not only references the loss of Taylor Hawkins but features Dave Grohl returning to the drums in a powerful musical statement.
Ww discover Kesha's transformation from pop princess to vocal powerhouse on the haunting "Eat the Acid" and celebrate Florence + the Machine's darkly hypnotic "Mermaids." Even established artists like Matchbox Twenty make a welcome return after a decade-long hiatus, proving their songwriting relevance hasn't diminished.
Greta Van Fleet continues their masterful 1970s rock recreation, while The Linda Lindas bring Gen Z energy to punk traditions. Megan Maroney incorporates Instagram references into country music that would otherwise feel timeless, creating a perfect snapshot of music's ongoing evolution.
The mix concludes with Joy Aladokun and Noah Cahan's deceptively upbeat "We're All Gonna Die," a song that uses mortality as a lens for gaining perspective—much like how this entire collection uses musical history as a foundation for creating something entirely new. Whether you're nostalgic for classic soul, 90s alternative, 70s rock, or early 2000s pop, this mix offers something familiar yet fresh that will become part of your regular rotation.
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1. Lord Have Mercy - Durand Jones
2. Rescued - Foo Fighters
3. Common Ground - Jack Harlow
4. Meeting The Master - Greta Van Fleet
5. Don’t Get Me Wrong - Matchbox Twenty
6. Mermaids - Florence + The Machine
7. Trees Grow HIgh - Teleman
8. Eat The Acid - Kesha
9. I’m Not Pretty - Megan Moroney
10. Too Many Things - The Linda Lindas
11. The Dumb Song - AJR
12. We’re All Gonna Die - Joy Oladokun & Noah Kahan
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welcome back to another super awesome mix. My name is matt said home, alongside my co-host and co-founder of super awesome mix, sammer ab Samer. How we doing this week.
Speaker 2:Doing real well. It's that time again for new music, and this one has a lot of really cool stuff I got very excited about, especially some of your picks. I was pretty happy with a lot of your picks, so good job.
Speaker 1:Thank you. Thank you, you know what? I was pretty happy with some of your picks, so good job right back at you, yeah oh well, thanks so much I feel like we're getting better at this, although I will say and I think our longtime listeners will will be attuned to this I feel like you know at least your first few picks, I mean, we're definitely would have been on like a bingo card for you, of just like, of course, you can include this on a new music mix, the second they have new music I mean, it's true.
Speaker 2:It's true, there were some pretty obvious picks on my side in that regard but but um, I would be, I. I just couldn't not include them, but we'll talk about it.
Speaker 1:That's fair. That's fair, um, all right, well, let's. Well, let's get into it yeah, let's start.
Speaker 2:So your first pick is um lord have mercy by durand jones yeah, I was not familiar with durand jones prior to this.
Speaker 1:Um he, this is his first solo album. He is normally part of a band called durand jones and the indications, which is a great band name just in and of itself. Right, I was like okay.
Speaker 1:I like that, um, but his whole album.
Speaker 1:I listened to this album and it's got such a cool like throwback soul feel to it.
Speaker 1:Right In season one we had the we had, you know, our friends from stacks records come on and we did a lot of soul music with that one and so if you like that genre, I mean this one is just right out of that, out of that world. So he's got such a great voice and all the music and instrumentation that goes along with it. I picked this song just because I think it's a good representation of kind of what he can do. You know, it's not really, despite its title, it's not really like a spiritual or religious song, but I mean some of the songs have a gospel feel to it as well. So I was just really excited about this album and I'm excited to go back and listen to some of his work with the Indications to see if that's just a through line and this is just the music they churn out, because I think it's going to be pretty awesome. So it's definitely one worth checking out if you've never heard of him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I had not heard him and this was one of the ones top of my list of singers I was really happy to be introduced to because I've been obsessed lately with, like new artists that sound like older music. You know older artists. I was recently on Jen's show what are you listening to? And we were talking about that as well as like the influence of how, you know, all these people grew up listening to music from the 60s and 70s and 80s and now we're kind of, like you know, musicians themselves and are reproducing some of the stuff that they were influenced by. So it's really cool how it's all like cyclical and and, um, kind of feeds itself. So I love that. But I, yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed the song. I'm so happy to be introduced to it. Um, you know, I I love, yeah, that soul feel like his voice is great. So I I cannot wait to kind of dive into the whole album there all right, your first pick.
Speaker 1:And I'll just tell you I, when this song was released, I thought about just picking it and sending you a new music mix just to kind of scoop you on this one, uh, because I knew you'd be all over it. But, um, of course you had to include this one.
Speaker 2:It is rescued by foo fighters yeah, I mean, I think everyone would be worried had I not included it. Right, we would have gotten some dms, some emails which, by the way you know, feel free to follow us at super awesome mix, send us, send us a note. But yeah, I mean, foo Fighters has a new album out, obviously. You know, last year they had to cancel their tour and kind of go on hiatus for a bit because of the death of Taylor Hawkins, their drummer. So I, to be honest, was not expecting new music from them for quite some time. So to have, you know, an album coming out, I'm, you know, pleasantly surprised by, I guess let's put it that way but this really does feel like more of their classic sound, like Medicine at Midnight.
Speaker 2:Their most recent album was a little bit of a departure from typical Foo Fighters stuff, so this one definitely sounds much more of like their you know, quote, unquote mainstream sound. You know, obviously this one is referencing the death of Taylor Hawkins, like just in the opening lines. It came in a flash, it came out of nowhere, it happened so fast and then it was over, and Dave Grohl's on the drums on this track. So you know, it's interesting to kind of see the influence that it's going to have on their music and on this whole album. Like, is it just this one track that's going to kind of reference them going through it, or is it going to be the whole album? So I'm very curious to see where it goes. But love this track. Have been listening to it on repeat ever since its release.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're right, no-transcript. But a lot of times they'll dedicate at least one track, but some have gone further than that. But yeah, this is a really good song. Really cool to hear Dave Grohl was on the drums. The line they kind of repeat over and over I'm just waiting to be rescued. And then at the end it kind of repeat over and over I'm just waiting to be rescued and then, you know, at the end it kind of switches over to rescue me tonight. And there's kind of this desperation there. And you know, I'm sure anyone who's ever lost someone, I think you kind of feel like you're trying to snap out of it at some point and then you're just kind of hoping someone else can snap you out of it, maybe, and I don't know. That's kind of what came to mind here when I heard the song yeah, no, that's a really good interpretation.
Speaker 2:I think you're exactly right. Um, it is. It is like difficult to go through those stages. So, yeah, really good track and I'm curious to see what more comes from that.
Speaker 1:So, track number three, your second pick, is um Common Ground by Jack Harlow yeah, I think we're gonna talk about this track probably longer than the track itself. It's like a minute 40. It's funny, His whole new album is like 10 tracks and the whole album is like 25 minutes long. So there's no one track that just kind of, you know, is all that long. But I picked this one. I really like the way he raps. It's just he's just got a really smooth delivery to him and the line that stood out here that uses the title of the song. He says common ground is not that common, or maybe he says ain't that common, but it's uh. Yeah, I feel like that was. That was well done. I was like a good turn of phrase and rappers are usually pretty good at that, but that's the uh. That's the one that got me here in this. Uh, this very short but I think, really effective rap song.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I, I love that you commented on the Length of the song, because I hit play. I started taking notes on it and I was like, wait, what happened? I'm ready on the next track so fast. It's like made for TikTok generation, like songs can't be longer than like a minute and a half. No one has time for that, time for that. Um, yes, I also called out just the repeated line common ground, aid, that common, because I I thought that was such a brilliant way to kind of sum up this. You know kind of the state of the world that we find ourselves sometimes in, where you know it's like, oh well, we must find common ground and it's like, no, it's actually getting, seems to be getting harder and harder to find that almost impossible in some cases.
Speaker 1:Yes, almost impossible, yeah um all right, it's a good track, I enjoyed it your next pick, and this is a much longer than than jack harlow's work. Um but uh, you know one.
Speaker 2:You featured on the mix before meeting the master by greta van fleet yeah, another like throwback feel of a track and they have, you know, new music coming out. So I'm excited for that. But I have started to run to this song because I find that it's actually a really good song to run to. It just has that kind of like build up you know we've talked about Greta Van Fleet before sounding like Led Zeppelin A lot of people go to Led Zeppelin, I think you mentioned sounding like Rush, just from from the vocals, like that kind of really high nasally sound like that.
Speaker 2:That comes through. I love that. But yeah, like I, I think it's really cleverly done, um, especially because you know he never speaks to any specific kind of religion here, but there's definitely like a religious or like a, a fervor element to. You know, it's like the magic of meeting the master and then you can just apply whatever the master means to you Could be the head of a religion, could be God, could be the universe, could be whatever, right, but just like the, the feelings of quote unquote meeting the master. So I thought it was really interesting in that regard. But really I just love how much this song kind of rocks and again having that kind of 70s filter applied to it, if you will. So I'm excited to see where the rest of this album goes. I always enjoy music from them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, this is. It really is amazing how they keep churning out songs like this that are just like something out of the 1970s or something you'd find on like a classic rock station something out of the 1970s or something you'd find on like a classic rock station, but then kind of slightly updated um, obviously with with better sound, uh, than there was in some of those original recordings. Um, it's, it's a really cool song. I really like it. I kind of got to wonder, with the way they've been able to recreate this stuff that that sounds so much like these other bands. You know, if you asked AI to make a Led Zeppelin song or a Rush song or something like that, how much would it line up with something Greta Van Fleet is turning out to be?
Speaker 2:I know we're going to have to have a whole discussion of AI music, because there's like AI Drake out there that's causing quite the stir. It's really wild what's going to happen with music and how the industry catches up to that. Because you're right, I think you could just ask an AI to generate like a 70s song that's got a modern feel to it, and it would probably produce a band similar to Greta Van Fleet I.
Speaker 1:I mean, even if they didn't perform it, if they were able to just like write a song, like lyrics to it and right band just had to play to I think it's, yeah, that's, that's probably a whole it's home its own episode somewhere down the line where it's like this is becoming a problem right now, don't get me wrong, we love technology here, and that's going to bring me to track number five, which is, don't get me wrong, by matchbox 20 that is a great transition right there.
Speaker 1:that's well done, um, and not planned. So also good. You know, do that on the fly, um, all right. So matchbox 20 hasn't had a new album in like 10 years and they released one single off their new album a couple weeks ago. This is the second single off their new album.
Speaker 1:I thought this one had much more of the kind of old Matchbox 20 feel to it. I was a big fan of theirs back in the 90s and then, you know, even into the early 2000s when they were still putting out a couple albums. But they took a long break. Some called it a breakup. But now they're kind of back together and I don't know, I really like this song, I thought. You know I've also thought Rob Thomas was a really good songwriter and this one, you know, stood out to me again because of the lyrics and a lot of it's kind of about a disagreement, you know, in some sort of relationship, right, so you could chalk it up to a marriage or whatever it is.
Speaker 1:But you know, then he's got this line in the middle. It's like I know you think I'm gone, but I'm all in, don't get me wrong, right, and I think I've heard about like myself in my own life, you know, a couple of people's marriages breaking up recently and I do think I love how this song hits on. There's going to be disagreements in relationships and you're not going to agree on everything, but it doesn't mean you're out altogether on it. It's just kind of that's the nature of it and you do have to work at it for things to work. And yeah, I don't know, I. So I thought it was just a great song lyrically and and it just sounds. You know, had you know we talk about a throwback sound. This isn't even from, like, a different band. It's like this is the band that had the sound 20 years ago and they're just bringing it back?
Speaker 2:no, totally I. I had that same feeling whenever I listened to. I was like a I had no idea that they had new music, so I was really excited. B this sounds just like them. I was like that's great, like I love Matchbox 20. I don't want them to change or sound any different. So I was really excited to listen to that and I really did enjoy the lyrics. Yeah, I like a lot of the contradiction here, even in the opening line. I'm never relaxed Like I really like that. I feel like sometimes I can definitely relate to that where you're like, yeah, I think I'm calm, but like I'm still on edge, like so I'm not really but it's interesting.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, I love that. I love the songwriting and the sound is great.
Speaker 1:All right, your next track.
Speaker 2:No surprise here, okay, it is mermaids by florence and the machine yes, she now has, I think, like 20 different versions of this album. Um, they're just keep coming. There's like the original that came out and then, like, there was the apple version and like a deluxe version, and now there's like the, the, you know, the universe, the dance, uh, fever universe or something she's calling it. It's fantastic. Um, this originally was cut from the album so, um, like I think she ran out of time and wasn't able to release it, so then did it as a single after the release and I just love this song.
Speaker 2:Like I was immediately addicted to it, of course, but it's such a dark song, uh, the bass line is so good and it's, you know, worth listening to as loud as uh, as you can and always, you know, keep a mind up for your ears. They pay attention to their health. You need them, um. But yeah, I love the sense of being in like a cheerful oblivion. Like she keeps, you know, repeating that like, and she really dedicated the song to kind of her past self. She mentions how she used to be a drunk english girl. Um, would go out at night and you know, like basically just get into this state of cheerful oblivion. So I really like that and I think it's really well done where it has that that kind of dark undertone to it. So it's awesome. I'm very excited that she was able to release this.
Speaker 1:Yeah, this is the only word. The word I kept coming back to when listening to the song was just like epic right. Like I imagined, if you take away the vocals, this could be playing over some final battle scene in like you know, a star Wars movie or or some other type movie like that.
Speaker 1:It was just such a cool sound. And then when you add a vocals to that and of or some other type movie like that, it was just such a cool sound. And then when you add her vocals to that and of course she's got such an amazing voice. I was like this song, I mean it just kind of blew me away because just the combination of those two things and you're right, like I did, I had it on kind of because it doesn't start out really loud, right, and so I turned it up at the beginning of this song and then, like, as the volume of the song increased, I didn't change it and I was like, oh my gosh, this is unbelievable. Um, but you're right, it's gonna. It might hurt your ears if you do that pretty consistently over time the last thing I'll call out is uh, she mentions she.
Speaker 2:You know this is a quote from her and she's talking about the song and she said how she imagines these English women to be turning into mermaids that come to shore once a year and drink and dance, but in order to do that they have to sacrifice a human heart. So it kind of turns into a bit of a bloodbath. Like a lot of my songs and I just love that, she's right Like a lot of her songs do kind of end up being a bit of a bloodbath, which is amazing Good self-awareness, though right on her part, yeah.
Speaker 2:It is, it is, yeah, it's great, all right. Track number seven, your next pick Trees Grow High by Telemann.
Speaker 1:Yeah, this is a synth pop band out of England and again, if you like, brit pop and kind of an 80s sound to it, we're doing a lot of throwback stuff today. I don't think I realized that listening to this mix originally yeah, we are but as I'm listening to some like this has a throwback sound too.
Speaker 1:Um, but yeah, this whole album I just felt like had such a such a cool vibe to it and, um, I love the lyrics that they kind of go over and over in this one Stupid little boy, crazy little girl. The song's over but you still keep on dancing and you know that's kind of a running theme here. This stupid little boy and crazy little girl. They're kind of being corrected by those outside of sort of their little world. But yeah, it was a really kind of neat song. It's only a few minutes long, but I think these guys are definitely worth checking out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this was one that I enjoyed as well, and they reminded me almost of like MGMT. Definitely got the 80s vibe from it, also got like an early 2000 vibe from it because I think of like MGMT. So it has that like really cool kind of you know again throwback feel to it. Yeah, I mean, at least our show releases on thursday so we could just call like a throwback episode throwback this one may have.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I need the tag.
Speaker 2:Throwback thursday yeah, all right, your next pick it is eat the acid by kesha yeah, um, kesha's transformation from like her first song, you know, and spelling her name with a dollar sign to like now singing, the way that she does, is really remarkable, um by the way, I wasn't fully aware of this transformation, so I'm like, all right, cool, let's listen to some kesha.
Speaker 1:Then i'm'm like this is not what I was expecting.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:No, it's incredible. She has quite the voice. I think we've talked a lot about this. Oftentimes pop stars do have a lot of talent and they get kind of deridden for being like oh, you're just a pop singer, but it's like underneath a lot of the production value is a very talented human being. So she's certainly in that, in that bucket in my mind and I think this song is like again, really dark, like it's such a dark song. It comes as like she's singing a warning that basically her own mother gave to her, which is like don't take acid, because it will change you forever. So if dare was still a thing, if you, if you're old enough to remember dare programs in school, I feel like this would have been a great theme song for them. It's like look, even kesh is telling you don't take the acid.
Speaker 1:Like uh, sam or dare is a sponsor this week. I forgot to. I forgot to include that on the right. Yeah, they're still around, they're still around.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay, yeah, they're paying a lot of money, uh, anyway, that's not true.
Speaker 1:that's not true. But I don't know if they're paying us a lot of money. Anyway, that's not true. That's not true. But I don't know if they're around or not. Yeah, this song was so intense and again it just threw me for a loop. When again I'm expecting this kind of fun Kesha song, and again by title, I'm like, well, okay, this might be something different, but then yeah, the whole.
Speaker 1:Thing was just completely different than what I expected, but it's really good. I mean, it showcases exactly like you said. She has such a great voice that I think was probably overlooked in the past, but she really puts it on display here and, yeah, just has a really strong kind of she's getting her message across. I would say there's, there's no doubt. Yes, um, with with her voice and the music here, I mean, you're that that you're not going to forget this one?
Speaker 2:no, you're definitely not. It has, like an earworm, equality and and it's just a very unsettling song yes, I found the one that I that. I, yeah, it's very unsettling, but I kept wanting to play it over and over again. It was interesting, it's interesting. Um, all right track nine, certainly less unsettling. Um, you know different, different tone here, and this is, I'm not pretty by megan maroney yeah, I had to include a little country music.
Speaker 1:I've been, I've been getting, I've been trying to find new country artists because I think early on in this show's run I was like I don't really like new country. So I've really made an effort to kind of go find some country artists that I do like. Megan Maroney this album I think is so good. She had a little bit of TikTok fame last fall with a song called Tennessee Orange. She's from Georgia and that song's kind of about. You know she likes this guy so much that she's willing to wear Tennessee orange. So a little bit of SEC reference there, if you're a football fan.
Speaker 1:But but yeah, this song and I've listened to the song I don't know probably half a dozen times since I found it, but I just love how she's just singing about you know an ex's new girlfriend, kind of finding her online and accidentally like tag, you know tagging a picture, actually double tapping a picture, and you know trash talking her to her friends and and you know the the.
Speaker 1:The line that the title comes from is she says yeah, go ahead and keep telling, telling yourself I'm not pretty, yes, and I just love that line where it's just like yeah, okay, you know, I mean, you know, I know, I know you're checking me out and and I know you've got a problem with me, but but that's not accurate and I don't know. I just thought it was so well written and so well delivered and the whole album. I think she does a really good job in this album, including there's one you probably appreciate called like I write sad songs for sad people. That's the last track, but it's something she kind of references, but it's that's another really strong one too.
Speaker 2:That's awesome. I have to give that one a listen. I really enjoyed this one. I wasn't.
Speaker 2:I didn't know what to expect with the title of I'm not pretty, you know. I thought like, oh, this is going to be like a self takedown, but it's actually the complete opposite. It's like really more of like an anthem for self-esteem and not caring what other people think. Um, because you know she sings here. Give me a break, learn to sew, bake a cake, take a walk and, while you're at it, get get lost. You know, just like, do literally anything else than pass the phone around and tear me down, which I love. That, yeah, and I also really appreciate that.
Speaker 2:Like you know, obviously we are getting to that point now where songs are referencing things like Instagram and you know, double tapping photos and like all that kind of stuff, to where, in like 50 years or a hundred years, like who knows what interactions are going to be like and what you know the like technology, media is going to be like, and so we'll you know future generations listen to this song and be like what? What are they talking about? Double tap, a spring break throwback? What does that mean?
Speaker 1:Yeah, that will be interesting. At what point does that become dated to where kids are like what is she talking about? Does that even exist anymore?
Speaker 2:Right, right.
Speaker 1:All right, your next song. It is called Too Many Things, by the Linda Lindas.
Speaker 2:Yes, shout out to Tyler Jenke for introducing me to the Linda Linda's. He was a guest on the first season of our show. He was formerly the editor for Rolling Stone Australia, great friend of the show. He's awesome. So Linda Linda's is like a modern punk band basically, but like with like a Gen Z spin on it. So they are a lot of fun. The album that I really got hooked on from them is called Growing Up. They're based out of LA and I just love like I don't know, I just love kind of this modern punk. You know it's like kind of making a revival again after you know at least in my own sphere of music disappeared for a while. So I'm excited to kind of bring it back in. But I like the song. It's got a good energy. I really like the line too many things due to too many things hovering in my head. It's like there's too many things because it is too many things and I just love that kind of self definition thing because I think that's again something we can all relate to.
Speaker 1:Sometimes we were like there's just too much going on. Because there's just too much going on, it's great, well, and I like how they in the lyrics here they started out a little more detailed as of too many this or too many that, and then it eventually at the end just becomes too many things, too many things, which I'm like that it kind of speaks to your point there, just there being too many things. I don't even want to name them anymore, right, it's just kind of overwhelming. And then you know they kind of have this fast guitar beat, you know, over it, which is kind of adds to the sort of unnerving quality of it. It's, it's not nearly as unnerving as the kesha song. Um, this one's a little bit more fun, like you said. Um kind of reminded me the guitar riff reminded me of uh, we got the beat by theGo's.
Speaker 1:It took me forever for that to pop into my head because I was like God, I feel like I've heard this before, but yeah, they definitely seem like a really fun group. So, yeah, this was a good pick.
Speaker 2:Nice, all right. Your final pick, track 11 on the mix, is the Dumb Song by AJR.
Speaker 1:Yeah, our old friends at AJR um haven't released an album. They keep releasing these singles. Uh, last year it was, uh, the DJ is crying, and uh, now it's the dumb song. Um, love the title here and uh, this song is just great. You know, it's got the horns and the same instrumentation that they usually have, so you just, it's just going to put you in a good mood musically. But then early on, I mean, the lyric is you said with certainty, I may be the dumbest person that you've ever seen. And then he goes on to write how freeing this is, because then if he's so dumb, he doesn't have any responsibility. So it's like, well, when the world's falling apart, don't call me I'm, I'm too dumb. And when it's time to break up, I guess I could just send you a text message because I'm just dumb. And I love how he takes this insult and just turns it into this kind of a way to empower himself to just kind of be free of any responsibility.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I love that. That had to have been some kind of personal experience of his great. Yeah, I love that so much. That was exactly the line I was going to call out, because it reminded me of a conversation we had on on a recent recording where it's like someone left some snarky comment and instead I was like, hey, that you think that was an insult? But that's actually a huge compliment, thank you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they said we were doing stuff just like pitchfork. And we were both like, hey, all right, high five, huh, we're nailing it. And then you're like, oh, I think they meant that as an insult. We're like what, yeah?
Speaker 2:that's so awesome. Um, yeah, I love this and I and this one really goes heavy. I feel like with the horn sound, they almost sound like a ska band.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2:Which is another great throwback, Like bring back ska. Obviously, that's the solution to all our problems.
Speaker 1:It is Just need a little bit more ska in our life. Well, I'm just going to tell everyone before I read this last title the song is not as bleak as it sounds, but I was a little worried when this was our last song that you presented here. It's called we're All Gonna Die by Joy Aladokun and Noah Cahan.
Speaker 2:Yes, I know the title really does sound like it's going to be some super sad morose song, but, um, but it's great it I? I had not, um, listened to her music, so this was a new introduction for me, just kind of clicking around or trying to, like you know, hear new, new stuff. Um, I think it's a beautiful song and I think it's also a really nice reminder that, like, yes, we are all going to pass on, uh, from this life into whatever comes next. You know, whatever you believe. Um, so you know, do what, do what you love, do what matters.
Speaker 2:Um, and it's like that kind of classic, semi-happy sounding song covering, like the dot, you know, somewhat dark topic of mortality. So it was definitely samurbate in that regard. But what I really love is the, the line in verse two um, where it's I write a song. It's got a couple of deep lines, it's bs. Don't it make me sound sort of wise like? I just think it's great. Where, um, you know, they're kind of like poking at themselves of like writing a song with a couple of deep lines, but it's, you know it's whatever like, but doesn't it make them sound cool? You know it sounds smart. So I thought that was funny. I enjoyed that a lot.
Speaker 1:Those are the exact lyrics I called out, but I also included the next two lines where they say but I'm pissing in the dark and I'm hoping I hit the bowl, I'm afraid of what I can't control, which I was like those are a couple of deep lines right there. I mean that's well done. A lot of guys out there could probably relate to that one. But yeah, this one I thought you know again, I went into it and I was like man, is this just going to be a bummer to finish off the mix? But it's really not.
Speaker 1:And it kind of falls in the same vein as Too Many Things where it's really more about kind of how overwhelming things could be. And this idea that we are all going to pass away is maybe a pretty good little reset if you are feeling overwhelmed. That can kind of, you know, put you back in a better place, just because you know not that you want to sit there and think about death, but I think more in the vein of like it kind of puts things in perspective and that things aren't as important as maybe you make them out to be in your mind.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's like right Good reminder of perspective and reset and focus on, hopefully, what's most important in your life and all of that. So that's why I wanted to put that as a last track.
Speaker 1:Well done, well done, all right. Well, there you have it Another super awesome mix for your collection, this time new music for the month of May. Like Samer said earlier, you can follow all things Super Awesome Mix at Super Awesome Mix on Instagram, and we'll get to work on our next mix. So, for Samer, this is Matt and we'll see you next time.
