New Indie Folk; May 2023 • A Chill & Dreamy Playlist 

Welcome to May 2023! 🌸 This new indie folk selection starts with Harrison Storm's new masterpiece (with lyrics) and moves on to other amazing artists like Loswimmer, Tommy Ashby and Zoe Konez, whose track we simply can't get enough of! Spotify: spoti.fi/427TkUB | TIP: Best Acoustic Indie Folk of 2022: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U5NdL3RokJc.html Tracklist: 0:10 Harrison Storm - Warm A Cold Heart Warm A Cold Heart is a song written about being kinder to yourself. It’s the kind voice on your shoulder, the one gently whispering into your ear to keep going and to open your heart up to the world. 3:50 Lowswimmer & S. Carey - In Five (feat. S.Carey) This song is about the demise of a partnership and the tenuous acceptance that each party might be better off on their own. 8:06 Tommy Ashby - My Old Man This song tries to capture the want that a kid has to emulate their parents and the fear that they might not manage it. This song is somewhat autobiographic and somewhat not. 10:46 Zoe Konez - Easy To Learn This song is about resilience, and how when we grow up with a support network, we can ride the waves of life - being knocked but able to get back up. Ideally everyone would have this foundation and so approach the world from a place of inner strength and kindness. 14:43 Riley Pearce & Maddy May - Habit This song is about realizing you haven’t been honest with yourself or have been trying to fit a mold, follow someone else’s path and are realizing this and trying to bring yourself back. 18:14 Amistat - colour in life It’s about the people we’ve met and how much color they bring to our lives. These could be your friends, family, and loved ones. We want to show how beautiful it is to enjoy life with beautiful people. It’s always been the most important message for us. Amistat means friendship, and it comes together nicely in colour in life 22:58 Martin Kerr - Blissful Lands Blissful Lands is an intimate, melancholic folk song about endings; peacefully saying goodbye to this life and what you leave behind while steadfastly looking forward to what might be on the other side. 25:58 Olive Klug - Casting Spells This song is about trying to maintain a positive outlook in a bleak world by bringing a childlike wonder into adulthood. 28:46 Luca Aprile - Brother This song is about the person I grew up with. 31:18 June Road - Secrets Down the River This song is about expressing your feelings and confiding in someone close. 34:36 Boy Runaway - Riding Empty This song is about early teen life in New Zealand. Returning there as an adult and the heartache of reuniting with siblings after many years of separation. 38:13 Freight Train Foxes - Rough & Tumble The song is about feeling stuck and not being able to keep up with everything around you. Sometimes the road is rough but it's darkest before the dawn. 41:15 Michael Lane - In Your Arms This song is about the power of love and the comfort of being held by the one you cherish. 44:58 Alanna Matty - Rabbits This is a song about falling in love with a journey, about turning 30 and feeling like you’re already too late to the party, and about the awe and wonder that comes with being on the road. 48:47 Timo Brandt - No Turning Back I had this picture in my head: A little boy walking in his father's oversized shoes for fun. Then I imagined him walking through life. On his way through the uncertain darkness he has light, a promise he’s been given. 51:58 Mary Ella Hunt - Dandelion Wisher This song is about my summer spent in France, and the longing I experienced there. I was falling in love with a country, and coming to terms with the love I had for someone who was no longer in my life. This song is an open wound in the best way. 55:14 Taylor T - Endless Skies This song is about falling in love with life and creating beautiful memories. Reflecting upon the good times and enjoying the simple things as time floats by. 58:55 Brook St - Wanna Come Back This song felt like it wrote itself, as a duo, Brook St started writing down phrases that came into our minds and before we knew it, this tune had captured a chunk of Jason’s teenage years during the time his family was splitting apart. 1:03:21 Steve Dennis - Run Down Witnessing the heartbreak of one of your idols giving up on themselves and knowing you have no control. Mixed by Jamie Mefford (Gregory Alan Isakov, Nathaniel Rateliff). Mastered by David Glasser (Dave Matthews Band, Grateful Dead). 1:07:56 My Double. My Brother - In the Dust This song is a short story about two lovers attempting to escape the trappings of ordinary, pre-defined life by running away together. Maybe it's romantic, maybe it's foolish, but they are trying to find something new by finding hope in each other. 1:11:02 Dallin Hatch - Not a Game This song is about dealing with one-sided love. It tells the story of a boy who tries to imagine a world/reality where his love for this girl is reciprocated. He uses Minecraft as a means to tackle this reality when really, love is not a game. 1:13:36 Will McCartt - the space we're in This song is about the shared experience of change. It is about learning to slow down and enjoy the moment you are in, knowing that things do not stay the same for very long. 1:16:40 Ann Gray - Clouds This song is about the overwhelming love I have for my cousin, and, most importantly, best friend, Viv, and the consternation and anger I experienced when I heard how terribly students in their middle school treated them. The song always makes me cry a bit when I sing it, as it encapsulates the feeling of loving someone so much and wishing they could see themselves through your own transfixed, enamored eyes. 1:20:13 levi boon - building beginnings Sometimes I feel like I’m looking at the world from above, It makes me question myself and my surroundings. Building beginnings is about that moment of doubt and figuring out how to fit in the boxes we create. It’s about letting go of that feeling. 1:23:22 Lennon VanderDoes - Gold This song is about the friend you can count on during the lowest of times. The friend that helps you feel that you can get through anything. The friend who is such a good friend you might think…. Wait…Should we be together? 1:27:51 Tiffany Lorentz - Not for us This song is about not being in control, but still keep the belief that thing's will turn out the way they're meant to. 1:31:21 Lukas Ferdinand - Bed of Smoke This song is about the pain and damage we subject ourselves and others to, when in the end all we seek is peace of mind and meaning. Only when faced with the inescapability of our mortality do we realize the futility of it all.

So many incredible artists on this album playlist! Thank you so much for including ‘Endless Skies’ brother 💙✨🌌

One of my favorite compilations. Thank you so much for this.

I love the "Colour in Life" track

Such a peaceful place to land. This one is a winner.... Absolutly love it!!!!🥰

Thanks for adding Dandelion Wisher y’all :’) GRATEFUL 52:27

I love all of them, honestly, but Brother hits me right in a soft spot. ☺

Thanks from Brasil²

Thank you, really, from the bottom of my heart for these amazing songs I otherwise would never have had a way of knowing if not for this channel. 🥰😊

in love!! thanks 🥰

Great playlist and well done for displaying the lyrics! Keep up with the good work!

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Thanks from Brasil

I love so much this playlist..