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The Contenders, Vol. 13 : All Songs Thought-about : NPR


The Seashores. Their tune, “Final Women At The Occasion,” from the upcoming album No Exhausting Emotions, is without doubt one of the tracks we will not cease listening to this week.

Meg Moon


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Meg Moon


The Seashores. Their tune, “Final Women At The Occasion,” from the upcoming album No Exhausting Emotions, is without doubt one of the tracks we will not cease listening to this week.

Meg Moon

The most recent additions to our operating checklist of the 12 months’s greatest songs pose some huge questions this week: What do you do when life pulls the rug out from beneath you or when issues do not prove the way in which you anticipated? How do you handle worry? And what actually issues most on the finish of all of it?

We get a number of potential solutions in new music from singer Patrick Watson, the pop group The Seashores and even the twisted dance beats of Fever Ray. We have additionally received a sprawling (and beautiful) reflection on younger love from Ethel Cain, a glimmer of hope from singer Deb Talan and extra.

NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson joins host Robin Hilton.

Featured artists and songs:

1. The Seashores: “Final Women At The Occasion,” from No Exhausting Emotions
2. Patrick Watson: “Peter And The Wolf,” from Uh Oh
3. Deb Talan: “A Glimmer In The Grass,” from I Thought I Noticed You
4. Fever Ray: “I am Not Carried out (Remedy Session)” (single)
5. Ethel Cain: “Nettles,” from Willoughby Tucker, I will At all times Love You

All Songs Thought-about’ twenty fifth anniversary section: Our No. 1 songs from 2016

Weekly reset: A day on the seashore

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Questions, feedback, recommendations or suggestions of any sort all the time welcome: allsongs@npr.org

Hear new songs from previous episodes within the All Songs Thought-about playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.

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