A Touching Ode to Lou Reed (That He Would Probably Hate)
Plus witchy blips for the beleaguered soul, iPod-friendly electronic pop from Canada, and more
Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like and write about why we can’t stop listening to it. These are tracks that speak to us in particular, and we have a good feeling they will speak to you, too.
This week, we’ve got a strangely beautiful ballad about Lou Reed’s love of tai chi, a prog-folk-jazz sidewinder that keeps you guessing, an Atlanta rap track seemingly sourced from a long-lost Sega 32X game, an experimental-pop nightmare courtesy of Lucrecia Dalt, and a dreamy electronic ballad that sounds a little like Ethel Cain at a Young Thug karaoke night. There’s also two Must Hear tracks—i.e., songs we really, really love—among the five picks. Thanks for listening.
