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— 15/10/2021Discovering tracks via mixtapes is an art form we tend to forget in the day and age of playlists where you immediately get access to all the information about the music you’re listening to. Beloved songwriter Lucy Kruger is a big mixtape fan (she even made an exclusive one for us a couple of months ago which is pretty awesome). Fellow Lost Boys member Liú Mottes (who also helped crafting the mix for us back then also introduced Lucy to Baby, an almost forgotten indie-pop gem by The Babies from 2021. She explains: “I first heard this song on a mixtape Liú made for me a few months after we met, and it made me feel like a teenager. I wanted to show her, and for her to look my way, so I decided to cover it and send it to her on her birthday.” The original idea was to record it to a 4-track-cassette recorder but Lucy didn’t manage to get that version ready in time. In 2020 producer Kevin Potschien helped her to finally put it together and he also shot the footage of the songwriter biking on Berlin’s Tempelhof airfield. It’s great how she gave the dreamy original her beloved gloomy vibe. Enjoy the sweet dose of euphoria right now and make sure to place it in your next mixtape.
Newsfeed
— 15/10/2021
- Adele releases first single in six years, Easy On Me, announces new album 30 for November 19 release
- Damon Albarn teases upcoming solo LP The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows with another new single called The Tower Of Montevideo
- Elbow release Six Words, another track from their new album Flying Dream 1
- Jon Hopkins shares new musical excerpt from upcoming ambient LP Music For Psychedelic Therapy
- Aurora announces news album The Gods We Can Touch for January 21 release, unveils first single Giving In To The Love
- Madrugada release new single The World Could Be Falling Down ahead of comeback album Chimes At Midnight
- Trentemøller releases new single All Too Soon from forthcoming Memoria album
— 13/10/2021
- Band Of Horses announce new album Things Are Great for January 21 release, share first single Crutch
- Black Country, New Road announce second album Ants From Up There for February 4 release, share first single Chaos Space Marine
- Shamir reports back with new single called Gay Agenda
- Snail Mail releases new single Ben Franklin from upcoming Valentine album
- Michael Kiwanuka shares new single Beautiful Life from Netflix documentary Convergence
- Cate Le Bon announces new LP Pompeii for February 4 release, shares Running Away
- Foxes shares Dance Magic from forthcoming new LP Kick It
- Land Of Talk announce new EP Calming Night Partne for November 12, shares firts song Moment Feed
- Francis Of Delirium release new single All Love
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