Songs of the week: New tracks by Rodney Fisher, Luana Gordon, Paramore with Wet Leg
Luana Gordon, Molly Burch and Wet Leg. Photos / Supplied
Rodney Fisher and the Response
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More sand-in-the-Jandals sounds for lazy afternoons at the beach, the latest single and comfortable opener on Rodney (Goodshirt/Breaks Co-op) Fisher’s album Art School Dropout, which establishes the wistful mood. In these divisive times, it’s comforting to know music can come on like a cuddle under a blanket. – Graham Reid
Drunk in the Living Room
By Luana Gordon
If summer is on its way, we get hints of it in the air(waves) with breezy songs like this debut single from Samoan-Pākehā New Zealander Gordon, which is all shimmering guitars and a family affair: it’s produced and brought together by her brothers Peter (keyboards for Teeks and Bella Kalolo) and Oliver Leupolu. Nice to keep drunkenness off the streets, too. A socially responsible single.
– Graham Reid
Mrs Postman
By Black Pumas
Slinky R’n’B soul with jigsaw-puzzle jazzy piano from the multiple Grammy-nominee Texas duo of Adrian Quesada and Eric Burton. Mrs Postman sets up their second album, Chronicles of a Diamond, and they’ve slid between psychedelic soul and rock, but were also nominated for best American Roots Performance for their 2019 single Colors. So they are hard to pigeon-hole, and the earlier single, More Than a Love Song, from the new album was more than a little Marvin Gaye. An act to watch, enjoy and decode.
– Graham Reid