Year 6, Day 82

Good Morning! Today's song is Kill Or Be Killed by New Years Day.

New Years Day has been around since 2005 and is currently made up of Ash Costello, Nikki Misery, Frankie Sil, Austin Ingerman, and Dio Britto. The name was chosen as a way to mark their new beginning. They started on MySpace, and gained lots of fans there before signing and releasing their debut EP in 2006. The next year they released their debut album which they worked on while touring with lots of other bands. They joined Warped Tour in 2010, then released an EP in 2011. In 2013 they had another album out and joined Warped tour again, and then kept touring well into 2014. They've released more music since then, and gone on Warped again so they are still going strong. The most recent album actually came out this year so if you like this, look that up.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 81

Good Morning! Today's song is My Demons by Starset.

Starset is a band that's been around since 2013 and is made up of Dustin Bates, Ron DeChant, Brock Richards, and Adam Gilbert. So Bates, who formed the band, is a big fat space nerd (which is putting it so mildly considering his resume) and created a whole backstory for the band that constitutes the audio and visual of the group. So they were created by The Starset Society as a public outreach program to spread the message received from a mysterious signal from space. Their debut album came out in 2014 which is where this song comes from, and the album actually has a book that goes with it which details the backstory about the Starset Society. The second album came out in 2017, along with a graphic novel released through Marvel Comics. If you want to look it up it's called The Prox Transmissions. They toured for most of 2017 and 2018, and Bates said that they'd probably take a break after so he can work on music for another project. Since then a deluxe version of their second album has come out, and the band does have plans for a third sometime this year. Here's hoping that that one also comes with some more fantastical backstory because that is very unique and exciting.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 80

Good Morning! Today's song is Watch Me by The Phantoms.

The Phantoms have been around since 2011. They've released two albums and 3 EPs according to their website, and were supposed to have another EP out last year. I can't find out a lot of information because I keep running into other bands around the world with the same name, so in favor of not finding the wrong information, I'm just not going to put anything. The only thing that matters is the link to the music is working (as of when I'm posting this) so you can enjoy the song and look up more if you're interested.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 79

Good Morning! Today's song is Heartland by Tom Walker.

Tom Walker has been around since 2015. He's been releasing singles since 2016 and put out his debut EP in 2017. His first album came out in 2019, and he won the Best Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards. He's done some work with other artists, co-writing songs and supporting them at shows, but his career is just starting to gain traction. So if you like this song then check out his album.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 78

Good Morning! Today's song is Broken Crown by Mumford & Sons.

Mumford & Sons is a British band active since 2007 and made up of Marcus Mumford, Winston Marshall, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane. Their first EP came out in 2008 after they gained a following doing touring with other artists. They released their debut album in 2009, then toured again before releasing another EP in 2010. They toured in 2011, then released their next album in 2012 and went on a world tour. They had another album in 2015, and one in 2018, and toured for each of those. Mumford & Sons has never been one of my favorites, but I like a couple of their songs and appreciate their craft so it's worth showing off today.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 77

Good Morning! Today's song is Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart by Chris Cornell.

Chris Cornell was active from 1984 to 2017, and went by his mother's maiden name. He started off in a cover band called The Shemps, which is where he met the future members of Soundgarden which they formed in 1984 and Cornell continued to be involved in intermittently until 2017. Cornell had done some solo work in the late 90's before joining Audioslave in 2001 (at the time Soundgardem weren't together) . They released a couple albums before Cornell left the group in 2007, then it was officially disbanded as everyone had their other music projects to work on. As a solo artist he released five albums through his career and toured with all kinds of big names. He had an incredible career and showed so much heart to fans and people in need; but he never overcame his own issues. He had substance abuse problems since he was a kid and had a serious depression problem. His career ends in 2017 because that's when (I assume) the depression won out, and he committed suicide. As I've said before when I've featured people who have taken their life, I want to use this opportunity to remind everyone out there struggling that you are not alone, reaching out for help is not a burden, and that help lines exist for the exact feeling you have now. So if you are struggling, please reach out to someone before doing something rash. It makes all the difference.

Peace.

Year 6, Day 76

Good Morning! Today's song is Rumble and Sway by Jamie N Commons.

Jamie N Commons is an English singer active since 2011. If you're wondering like I have been, the N stands for Nick. I haven't found a lot of information about his first EP, other than it was released in 2011, then his second EP came out in 2013 which is where this song is from. Since then he's gotten featured on songs with other notable artists, including Eminem and the X Ambassadors. His songs have been featured all over the place including for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Last year he started a project called Fever Dreams, which is him releasing a bunch of singles, increasing the hype for his debut album which is supposed to be released some time this year. So if you like the song keep an eye out for that album.

Peace.