Music Monday: Songs of Summer

Oh, have I told you that I'm done work? Friday was my last day, so I have three weeks off to do some awesome and fun things before I ship myself off to school.

And of course, one of those awesome and fun things that I get to do is... update this blog.

(Yeah, spoiler alert: I don't actually have much planned for the next few weeks.)

Anyhow, I haven't done a Music Monday in a while, but I thought I would share my top songs of summer:

1. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon

Oh, you mean, you haven't heard of this song? Well, of course, I mean, it hasn't been overplayed by all the major radio stations across the city, has it?!!!!?????!

Okay, I'm going to be one of those people for a sec: I heard this song before it got popular. And then when it went "mainstream" so to speak, I could not have been happier for WTM. And even now, as overplayed as it is, I'm still overjoyed whenever it plays on the radio (except for when I'm radio channel-surfing, and EVERY STATION is playing it). I hope the radio people start picking up more of their songs! *cough cough* PORTUGAL *cough cough*

2. She's Kinda Hot - 5 Seconds of Summer

Ahh, yes, had to include the new one by my favourite Australians (shhhh don't tell my cousins). I am not a big fan of the first verse because it's kinda not relevant to the main message of the song. The groovy riff makes up for it though. And so does Ashton getting to sing a verse.

3. Never Come Down - Brave Shores

If you watched a lot of TV this summer - particularly during Women's FIFA World Cup, then this one will be familiar to you. It was used in the super inspiring Coca-Cola commercial featuring Christine Sinclair, promoting the empowerment of female athletes.

It's a pretty repetitive song, but the bouncy little riff drew me in, and the driving synth (? whatever makes the buzzing/motor sound in the background) kept me.

Just so you know, I'm always open to music recommendations, so if you ever want to recommend me a similar song as the ones I list, another song by the same artist, or a completely unrelated song (i.e. if you think my taste in music is that bad), leave me a comment! I just got Spotify Premium (three months for 99 cents is uh-MAZE-ing!) so I plan to abuse it to no end. Which means I need more song recommendations so I'm not playing the same ones over and over again...

Stay cool!