Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Silver Velvet” by Vancouver trio The Courtneys, from their 2017 album, The Courtneys II, on Flying Nun Records.
The Courtneys - Silver Velvet (MP3)Sonically out of New Zealand but actually out of Vancouver, Northwest trio The Courtneys play fuzzy power pop to make their predecessors proud. It's not small thing that legendary Flying Nun Records chose to release their sophomore LP, and the band delivers with a '90s-steeped sound, full of buzzing guitars, driving rhythms, soaring vocals and buoyant pop hooks. Today's featured song, "Silver Velvet", the album's opener, wraps blissful girl group inspired lyrics, the sitting-here-alone-thinking-of-you kind, in swaths of gauzy shoegaze, the perfect combo of gray skies and sunny thoughts. In other words, so Northwest.
The Courtneys will return to the Northwest next month, with a stop in Seattle at The Crocodile on April 12th. You'll also be able to hear them live on KEXP on Saturday, April 15th, at 6:30PM. Find other tour dates and more music on their Facebook and Bandcamp pages. For now, check out the official video for "Silver Velvet":
This Saturday, March 11th, MoPOP hosts this year's finals of Sound Off!. KEXP will broadcast the competition live on air as part of Audioasis, our local music show. The pairing is perfect, as not only is Sound Off! the Northwest’s premiere 21-and-under battle of the bands, but many past artists hav…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Mi…
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