Saturday, October 20, 2018

Week in Review: New Songs and Music Videos You Need to Check Out (October 14-20, 2018)


The weekend is here! Now that another week is in the books, it’s time to take a look back at some of the new music that came out over the last seven days.

This has been a great week for rock and pop. The 1975 released two drastically different new songs from their upcoming album. We got new videos from Smashing Pumpkins, Bullet For My Valentine, Antarctigo Vespucci, Mumford & Sons and Olly Murs. Maroon 5 released a new cut of their “Girls Like You” video. There were also some great songs from new comers like Rae Morris, Lennon Stella and LANY.

Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, loves new music. That’s why we’ve once again searched the internet for some of the week’s best new songs and music videos. Here are six we think will be great additions to your weekend listening.


1.       Antarctigo Vespucci, “Freakin’ U Out”: Antarctigo Vespucci’s garage rock sound is loud and fast on their latest single “Freakin’ U Out.” The distortion-filled guitars and hard-hit snare beats give the song a liveliness and energy that keeps you tapping your foot and banging your head along to it. (video)

2.       Rae Morris, “Dancing With Character”: “Dancing With Character” is a beautiful indie-pop ballad that tells the story of a man who falls in love, grows old and ends up losing the love of his life. The storytelling here is so vivid and sweet that it might just bring a tear to your eye. (video)

3.       The 1975, “Love It If We Made It” & “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)”: The 1975 actually released two new songs this week and they couldn’t be more different. “Love It If We Made It” takes you on a stream of consciousness journey about the politics and issues affecting our world set to funky bass line and 80s-style synth-pop keyboards and guitars. The video splices together images representing war, riots, famine, pollution, with footage of the band playing under a tri-color filter and shots of a diverse group of models/fans meant to represent global diversity. The other track, “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You),” is much happier and pop-ier than the album’s other singles thus far. It has this sort of upbeat, dreamy 80s pop feel that makes you forget all the bad in the world that they talked about in the previous single. Perhaps that was the point…? (“Love It”; “Living”)

4.       Mumford & Sons, “Guiding Light”: Mumford & Sons have come back to the acoustic side with their latest single “Guiding Light,” the first off the band’s upcoming fourth album ‘Delta.’ It’s not the same kind of hootenanny though. The song still falls on the heavier side of the band’s folk-infused rock, but it still has that uplifting feeling you get from listening to Mumford’s music. (video)

5.       Olly Murs, “Moves”: “Moves” is a fun pop song with a sound straight out of the mid-2000s. The melody is infectious and the beat will have you out of your seat showing off your best moves. That’s not to mention that the video concept is kind of cute as Murs transforms himself from a “nerd” to a suave, suited dancer by imbibing an energy drink to impress a girl (which in reality you shouldn’t do). And Mr. Bean is in it. (video)

6.       Smashing Pumpkins, “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)”: Just in time for Halloween, Smashing Pumpkins have released a creepy video for their latest single “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts).” Centered on a radio contest where the band has to spend the night in an abandoned, haunted house for charity, the band encounters some paranormal activity as visuals of the band performing the song appear on television screens located around the house. (video)


The past week saw the release of a lot of great new songs and music videos. Check out some of our favorites above and let us know what new music you’ve been digging this week in the comments below.

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