Bop Shop: Songs From Jimmy Eat World, Haim, Sasha Sloan, And More

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  Jimmy Eat World: "All The Way (Stay)"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/nwp9uDuxoiQ
  
  
  
  Legendary emo veterans Jimmy Eat World just reported a new album, and with it comes a solitary that should make Bruce Springsteen blush. The manager is all over "All The Way (Stay)," from lyrics that wax poetic about finding romance in bars to the mid-tempo, shout-along chorus to the truly incredible sax solo that ends the track on a literal high note. And just like Bruce, frontman Jim Adkins is working on confronting aging head on, singing, "It doesn't matter how often or how old / It begins with an awkward starting / I believe that what I've learned has worth / And what I pick to do means something." Surviving, the band's tenth (!) Studio album is out October 18. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  Sasha Sloan: "Smiling If I Die"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=d0ipbK7btxI
  
  
  
  It's easy to fall into the same old monotonous patterns. Although time passes whether we like it or not, something Sasha Sloan is aware so well on "Smiling Any time While I Perish Despite her otherworldly voice, which coats the track like a warm blanket, the lyrics burn. Her words are a reminder that while childhood companions are having kids and cheers-ing on island vacations, you’ve settled nicely into the status quo.
  
  
  "Yesterday felt like my beginning day working / Right now I'm not the youngest on the clock," Sloan sings, realizing that time has somehow slipped through her fingertips. "Been a while since days were just for burning / It's been a while since I threw back a shot." Although Sloan does more than just sulk about the passage of time. On the chorus, she creates a bucket list: "I'ma call my mother / It's been a while since I've Been house / Take a trip in the summer / Visualize all of the lights in Tokyo." The song is a wake-up call, and if the lyrics are any indication, Sloan has woken up. —Jordyn Tilchen
  
  
  
  
  



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  K.Flay: "Sister"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=7ZN5kYvuY6M
  
  
  
  K.Flay is already one of my main go to artists, partly because she sounds so much unlike any other female artist on the radio — or anywhere else, for that matter. This tune is a plea to another friend to be her "sister," or her girlfriend to lean on in her time of need. I don't have several close companions, and often find it challenging to commiserate with other females my age, and I know the one individual I imagine my "sister" in the way this song suggests is the same sort of friend K.Flay had in mind as soon as she wrote this song. If I first heard it, I immediately sent it to my best friend, smiling to myself. I hope she is aware how much she means to me, because I'd do all of the things in the song for her and more. —Brittany Vincent
  
  
  
  
  



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  Kaleb Mitchell: "Get It"
  
  
  https://soundcloud.Com/kalebmitchell/get-it
  
  
  
  Growing up, before Pokémon Go, Gatorade commercials were the key to getting our generation up and going. On top of athletes glowing with eye catching sweat, these black-and-white mini flicks were routinely scored with songs that blown up with exercising energy. Ten years later, they're still on my health and fitness center playlist. In another 10 years, even if it doesn’t just be in a Gatorade commercial, I imagine I'll be listening to Kaleb Mitchell's "Get It." There's so much panting, breathing, screaming, and confidence patched with each other that the track feels like a volcano willing to erupt. Over and over, Mitchell threatens the microphone: "I've got to get up get it!" And you also shrink into the shadows, surprised at his animosity towards the idea of failure. LeBron James could stretch on the sidelines in slow motion to it, nevertheless although it's easy to imagine someone smashing ceramic vases with huge sledgehammers with this playing in the background. Is that versatility? Whenever I ponder that, I'm going to listen to this go and get this set of lifts in. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  Mika: "Tomorrow"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=AFqCAO5D9IQ
  
  
  
  Drop everything because MIKA IS BACK WITH NEW MUSIC!!!!! It's been four long years since we were sonically blessed with No Place in Heaven, however Mika has finally returned and is dropping bop right after bop leading up to the release of his newest, My Name Is Michael Holbrook. His latest, "Tomorrow," is a gorgeous pop ballad that puts a modern spin on a thematically classic song. Lyrically, Mika flawlessly describes the tropes of millennial overthinking in dating, late-night hangouts, deciphering emoji nuance, and more. He sadly hits the nail on the head, and the song might be too relatable any time once he sings, "Oh, who gives a shit about tomorrow?"
  
  
  In normal Mika style, "Tomorrow" makes a brilliant storm of a song, finding just the correct balance between emotion and entertainment. If you're not already excited for the album (it's fine — you're entitled to your [wrong] advice, this song may just change your mind. My Name Is Michael Holbrook drops October 4. —Sarina Bhutani
  
  
  
  
  



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  Petticoat: "EndFormat"
  
  
  https://soundcloud.Com/hipetticoat/05-endformat/s-9Tquv
  
  
  
  "EndFormat" is a near-perfect R&B bop and dance-floor banger hybrid, and as soon as you listen through it, you'll probably find yourself playing it again. It's the final track on the new EP InFormat from David Halsey, a.K.A. Petticoat, and Halsey tells V magazine that there's a good reason he sequenced his project the way he did. "I needed to balance the cynicism and the celebration of the 21st-century sentiment on the EP with another happy and hopeful song," he says. "[It] ends the project on a light and hopeful note." —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  Sabrina Claudio: "Truth Is"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=Nv5pIhub9wY&feature=youtu.Be
  
  
  
  On the heels of the Bonnie and Clyde-style love story "Holding the Gun," Sabrina Claudio has slowed down and opened up for her latest drop. On "Truth Is," the title track to her upcoming album, she whispers her feelings like a warmly guarded secret: "Truth is I'm dishonest / 'Cause I'm routinely scared to get also deep / Truth is that I want this / 'Cause I habitually visualize you in my sleep." The intimacy is dialed up a notch in the accompanying, self-shot lyric video, which zeroes in on Claudio’s face (so much so, that it'll make you want her to drop that skincare routine and also the album). None of this striking vulnerability comes as a surprise, though, since the tune was co-written by Julia Michaels, noted queen of confessional bops. Truth is, I can't stop listening. —Madeline Roth
  
  
  
  
  



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  Haim: "Panini" (Lil Nas X Cover)
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=zMWEXFwdBb0
  
  
  
  Danielle Haim could probably scream at you for 30 minutes, nevertheless her voice is so soft that all you would probably feel is a slight itch. If she teamed up with her two sisters for a cover of Lil Nas X's "Panini" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge this week, her timid timbre clung to the crashing percussion for dear life. It's nothing to be scared about; Haim's music is built upon this quiet shuffle between whispers, folk-like sonic mythos, and balance. Nevertheless here, the three crafted a masterpiece. The trap drums and give attention to percussion offered a welcome change-up to their formula, indicating some serious sonic flexibility. The magic continued while in the cover any time the drums explod into the foreground, switching the dynamic of the tune. Add in a fast ode to "In Bloom" by Nirvana, which "Panini" interpolates, and you also have the recipe for a cover that's certainly good because the original. —Trey Alston