Max's Music Mondays with Moyoswrld and Louis Prince
Plus new songs from Boyish, Saya Grey, and more :) <3 Please read, please enjoy!!!
Welcome to Max’s Music Mondays. My ~music discovery newsletter~ where I get too excited about songs I love. I hope you love them too. If you do, follow along on spotify and please be sure to absolute smash that dang subscribe button! tysm :)
Welcome to Max’s Music Mondays on a Tuesday, something no one is judging me for!!! And friends, that’s what we call ~manifesting~!!!
Normally I wrap this thing up on Sundays, always eager to gush about the new picks. Getting this all neat and tidy for Monday mornings. But this Sunday, well, I napped instead!! Two full hours can you even believe it. But the body wants what it wants and there’s not too much I can do about it.
And let’s be frank - that’s exactly how every song ends up here too. It’s endless listening, scrolling, clicking, getting discouraged, but when the right song hits (and it always does) I just know it’s the one.
Both of these songs had that impact on me, and I hope they will for you too. We’ll get back on schedule don’t you worry, for now, just enjoy these songs.
(also, stick around, a massive week of new releases from some of my favs at the end)
This Week’s Songs
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Moyoswrld - Let me down
Drifting in the half-light, days starting, days ending, the whole intro feels liminal (is that wild to say??? I think that’s what it means??? someone please let me know???). But when that bass and drums hits at 0:13 it snaps me tf out of it all. The train has left the station, hammering away with a beautiful beachy-but-under-the-moonlight feel. For such a simple arrangement but it feels so full. It’s a fresh take on this resurgent sound, full of so much more soul and heart than the other attempts I’ve heard. Moyoswrld’s vocals do some heavy lifting here too - it’s a beautiful voice, that slight rasp in their tone really reeling me in. And I just adore how they stretch out even in moments that feel urgent. Patient amidst it all, willing to savor the moment and get out the perfect note, the perfect thought. That touch of auto-tune really brightening everything too. I love the harmonies firing up there, bringing the song that much more to life. That clean guitar jumping in next, while Moyoswrld’s lyrics don’t hold back - painting the pain and the turmoil.
It’s the little things that fucking break me
All the things you said and who you made me
Change the subject quick it’s entertaining
The moment drifting on, and yet even after all of that Moyoswrld still offering to be the one when you need someone. That back and forth relationship still with a grip on her. It’s hard to hear it all as the story goes on - Moyoswrld willing to offer so much and ask nothing in return. Their independence and emotions on full display. That ‘hard to find a place when you’ve been running around’ line really got me too. Hitting extra hard as the band takes a beat to collect themselves. The next verse really rocks - moving quick, running through the heavy moment (lyrically and musically), delivered all with a subtle flair. Calm and sure the entire way as thoughts bleed into one another, Moyoswrld grappling with and processing the moment. It all leads us back to the chorus again, ashing cigarettes, coming to terms with how things truly are, still generous and loving at the end of the day. Even as she’s sure it’s not meant to be - that ‘another life’ line the final realization, confident if not in pain. I love the closing moments here too, the whole thing has this DIY-y feel but each moment comes together expertly and beautifully. Moyoswrld is really talented and so natural in so many different settings, can’t wait to see what’s next.
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Louis Prince - Racine
Opening with that guitar tone is enough to get my attention and my adoration. Instantly unlike anything I’ve heard, both in tone and in chords, less chord progression, more shapeshifting. Bass running up and down alongside as the drums crush dead center - clean and crisp. That new chord to spice things up before the vocals join is perfect, proof in the pudding that this one will get weird and fun. Louis Prince’s voice falls in so easy - that little filter helping him settle right in. Landing beautifully within the groove too. I love his pace, like a bubblegum bubble slowly filling up, expanding out just a little bit further than you’d expect. The collection of clarinets gives the moment all the more character, a moment that already had so much. That low vocal layer a masterful move, simple and subtle as it is. It adds depth, a treat I didn’t know I needed. We slide effortlessly into a new scene, the bass pushing out alongside Prince. Those building clarinet stabs a magical ingredient in this Good Song Stew. The whole song is full of little bits of magic like that, sprinkled in yet you can’t miss them - clearly intentional and always pulled off just right.
Take the next little run there - it’s easy to focus on the bass and vocals playing their little call and response game, but when the drum fill hits at 1:17 it’s magnetic. They breakthrough, their pop and fresh rhythm right after is our reward for noticing. Another fill bounces us towards this crazy panned clarinet moment. Those notes bouncing off each other as I try desperately to whip my head around quick enough to catch them all. They part ways for Prince to settle in nice and close, almost chanting his way through with some real fun layers. It feels tense and dark, so when those airy ahhhhh’s come shimmering in, it’s quite the relief. Impressive to see how many ways this groove and chord progression can manage to reframe and refresh with a slightly tweaked arrangement. There’s a stumbling breakdown here, the drums gorgeously finding their footing (though they were never really lost), explosions fading off in the distance, it feels like watching someone stumble out of a bar in the best way possible, musically??? On the other side of the moment, some added percussion spruce things up, that little synth run at 2:19 is so perfect… just five notes to send me smiling. The whole thing familiar yet once again fresh and exciting. Never quite too sure what’s around the next corner. But each corner has brought something excellent. From here on out, the band takes turns showing out, really a talented as hell group of musicians putting it all together and turning out something special. Hard not to hear why this is hear within the first few seconds, but if you hang around I think you’ll find plenty of reasons to love this one.
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Here’s what else I’ve been listening to.
(click this ^^ for my other full playlist lol an ever-evolving array of my personal favs)
Boyish - I Think I Hate It Here
Boyish somehow manages to get better and better with every single release. It’s a beautiful and exciting thing to witness and enjoy. Their latest just feels so polished and full, still plenty of grit and edge but just written, packaged, and produced so masterfully. The lyrics are so stunning, a gorgeous and devastating pre-chorus landing a punch with “You were the greatest, my mom said that” with a damn ripper of a riff running up and dropping into the chorus. Asking us for one beat of patience that feels almost impossible to give. The post-chorus moment is a blur, the band flying in a swirl around us. The mom lyric hit even harder when it starts from a gentler place the second time around, the riff shooting us off to outer space and folks I am floating through space and I am SO HAPPY ABOUT IT. This one just rocks.
Saya Grey - SAVING GRACE
Just one of the most unique artists around right now. Saya Grey’s voice is one-of-a-kind. Opening with a pitter-patter and seagulls in the background, the whole thing feeling grey and misty, this mysterious beauty descending. Grey’s voice dances over the plucked guitars, the whole thing with an intoxicating groove. The bass hits and makes an impact, before the song breaks into a new section at 0:45, the roller coaster rising, something devious approaching. Her tone in this section is so cool, it’s hard to describe but its texture feels so good. The chorus rolls through with the kick drum driving. The vocals sensual, the band covered by that wet wet synth. In the second verse, Grey continues to shine. Incredible writing and a performance for the books, with more space here they float in between so many approaches to their delivery, each as rich and moving and stunning as the last. It all makes for a really special verse, wrapping up and sending us back for another chorus and the exact warped and weird ending you’d expect. Just one of the most creative/daring/brave/haunting artists I’m listening to these days and I hope you are too.
PinkPantheress, WILLOW - Where you are
This duo… a guaranteed hit. Obviously feels like I know the WILLOW section by heart thanks to tiktok, but the whole song really delivers. Incredible how PinkPantheress has really developed, honed in, and grown her sound. And to have such a voice, such a sound, and still offer the room and flexibility for someone as distinct as WILLOW to fit right in, it’s really impressive. And makes for a great tune. WILLOW twists and turns too, adjusting frequencies to give and take with PP, and when their voices finally collide at 1:38 it’s such a relief and special collision. Feels so good. A quick song that never feels rushed. Magnificent stuff :)
Syd ft. Lucky Daye - CYBAH
You just know Syd’s voice was just meant for a track like this, CYBAH is a hit from the start. Of course the bass is the centerpiece, massive and warm. With some hot hot guitars, those drums smashing out into orbit, and that sparkling synth (a delightful surprise), it all comes together quick. The balance is there, between the production’s sound - like an AK Paul joint meets The Internet, all on steroids. It just feels so timeless and so big. And Syd sitting in the middle of it all. Holding steady with exceptional and soft touch, just as powerful in the contrast. Lucky Daye is a great partner for this one, those layers offering a perfect new dynamic, more edge and more weird, just a new sonic feel that works so well alongside Syd. The two team up for a great stretch down the back half of the song, the whole thing feeling like it had the momentum to roll on forever. Mmmmm what else can I say, it’s hot, it’s warm, it’s irresistible.
And with that, I’m out of here!!!
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To more naps and more me publishing on time, yours,
Max