More musical joy!
"Spirit of the Snow", Fox Amoore (
listen here)
Instrumental
UK
Fox's music is part of my writing soundtrack; specifically, for the lighter stuff, as it's very sweet and easy-going and, to be honest, quite beautiful. This was a new track that popped up on my FB feed; the first minute or so isn't really my thing (a little bit twee), but when the female vocals kick in at 1:47? And then the music builds up into awesome? And then a choir towards the end?! Oh em gee, I love it.
"Cynddylan," Mörrighan (
listen here)
Celtic/folk Metal
Spain
OMG. A band named after my favourite goddess, with a song about one of my favourite historical figures? AWESOME. Luckily, it's also brilliant musically. I love how it starts gentle and then you get that big deep drumbeat to accompany the fiddles. Glorious. And then when the song really gets going, I dare you not to get up and dance! So catchy! Her voice is really pretty, too. I wasn't aware of this band before I stumbled across this song, but they are definitely going on my list of ones to watch.
"We Are", Revolution Harmony (
listen here)
Experimental/progressive metal
USA/Canada/Norway
I posted this already, because really - Devin Townsend, Serj Tankian AND Ihsahn? In one song?! AAAAAAA. That is all you need to know.
"Jack Sparrow," The Lonely Island feat. Michael Bolton (
listen here)
Comedy hip hop
USA
I literally have no idea how I missed this one. You are probably all aware of The Lonely Island, so won't need an introduction to them - but if you haven't heard the song before, then you absolutely must. Pure genius. Oh, and also, I do genuinely like the Michael Bolton part (he performed my FAVOURITE EVER Disney song, by the way: "
Go The Distance", from Hercules <3 How is that film so old?! HOW AM I SO OLD).
"Why So Lonely," The 3rd And The Mortal (
listen here)
Experimental metal (ethereal)
Norway
Sharing this one because vocalist Kari Rueslåtten, whose solo album Spindelsinn is one of my favourites and one I went to great lengths to find, has just announced a new album (her first for eight years) which will be headed by a remake of this song, featuring Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen! *glee* So I am very much looking forward to that. It's a very pretty song, and the lyrics are lovely.
"Hajdútánc", Dalriada (
listen here)
Folk metal
Hungary
I have a LOT of time for a song that can make me want to dance from the first note - and this is definitely one of them. I was also excited because I thought the female vocalist could sing clean and harsh (something I love), but on closer inspection I think she might just be miming those parts while one of the blokes sing ... hmm. Anyway, this track is basically one long danceathon. I would love to fling myself into a jig pit while this played. Also I've just discovered that Dalriada, also spelt Dál Riata, was a Gaelic kingdom on the western coast of Scotland - aka, Pictland. FUCK YEH PICTS. \m/