

Tegan Quin had this to say about the song in a press release: “‘Fucking Up What Matters’ felt like an ode to the moment in your life when you realize that you have most, if not all of the things you wanted and you start to think about what would happen if you just walked away from it all. John Congleton (Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Future Islands) co-produced the song with Tegan and Sara. It’s the band’s first single for Mom + Pop, which announced they’ve signed the band, and is the first taste of their yet-to-be-announced upcoming 10th album. Yesterday, Tegan and Sara (sisters Tegan and Sara Quin) shared a new song, “Fucking Up What Matters,” via a video for the single that spoofs how music videos are made. Tegan and Sara: “Fucking Up What Matters” Their most recent album, Jet Plane and Oxbow, came out in 2016 via Sub Pop. Upon announcement of the new album in March, the band shared the song “Xenarthran,” which was also one of our Songs of the Week.

You could read it a few different ways, but to me it’s a love song, or a song about the experience of love-the thrilling, terrifying feeling that you’re being cracked like an egg.” In a press release, the band’s Jonathan Meiburg states: “‘Aqaba,’ like the rest of The Great Awakening, is a song a younger version of me couldn’t have written, and the last one we recorded for the album. On Tuesday, Shearwater shared a video for their new single “Aqaba.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, The Great Awakening, which will be out on June 10 via the band’s Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last week, we have picked the 10 best the last week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared in the last seven days. You can also buy it directly from American Laundromat, via Bandcamp, or on Amazon.ĭon’t forget to pick up our new double print issue, our 20th Anniversary Issue (which is out now). In the last week we also reviewed a bunch of albums.Ĭovers of Covers, our first album, came out at the beginning of March on CD and digitally via American Laundromat. In the last week we posted interviews with Daniel Rossen, Melody’s Echo Chamber, The Chi-Lites, Let’s Eat Grandma, and Bloc Party. It’s a very Canadian edition of Songs of the Week, with four artists from north of the border making this week’s Top 10.

Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2022.
