Frank Turner "I Still Believe"

While everyone is working and/or revealing their "Top" lists for the year (including MVY), sometimes, your best discoveries of the year are things that didn't actually come out that year.

I knew Frank Turner's name when his album "Tape Deck Heart" came out this year.  I had a vague recollection that I had liked what I heard previously, but MVY hadn't played anything by him and I hadn't listened to deeply.

Clearly, I hadn't listen to deeply.

Because after I was instantly won over by his 2013 single "Recovery," and delved into the album, I happened to be cleaning up in the MVY basement and found an old copy of "England Keep My Bones."

And THAT record hasn't come out of my CD player in a month.

Falling somewhere between Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg (with a little bit of Richard Thompson's knack for making original songs sound like ancient traditional tunes on songs like "English Curse), this kind of thing is right up my alley.  It's a shame I missed it the first time around.

But this 2011 release is one of my favorites for 2013.


Hear the song on Youtube.

David Ford "Pour A Little Poison"

I held off adding this song to the rotation, because it falls into this very specific genre.  And I think the load bearing structure of MVY's playlist can only accommodate so many songs from this particular genre.

I don't know if it's really a genre, but it's one in my mind.  One I'm particularly fond of:  Sarcastic, drunk, comically self-pitying/self flagellating guys with punk rock sensibilities on acoustic guitars with a penchant for sing-along choruses.

Frank Turner and Jake Bugg sound great on the air.  But a whole station of that would be a little too same-y.

On the other hand, this song sticks right in my head.  And with all the tunes competing for space up there (despite the cavernous climes), for a song to hold its place for a couple months speaks well of it.

So you'll find it in the newly added section of MVY's playlist page . . .


Hear the song on Youtube.