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After a long, contemplative winter and spring, Spence Brown has reached the summer with a new sense of perspective and — dare we say? — optimism.
That’s what shines through on “Easy,” Brown’s latest single, released May 31. The final release before his album, 4am in Nashville, arrives this summer, “Easy” is a breath of fresh air, and the first glimpse of sunlight over the horizon after a cold winter’s night.
“One of the most fascinating emotions to me is the feeling of something being bittersweet, and at the end of the day, that’s really what life is like,” Brown said. “We’re here living, trying to figure out who we are and what to do with this one life we get. In the process, we end up feeling the full spectrum of emotions that we can as human beings, and realize that we — and everyone we know and love — will someday leave this plane of existence. That is the most bittersweet feeling that there is, so don’t take it for granted. Understand that, for the good to exist, the bad must also exist, and sometimes things just take a little bit of time and hard work.”
Like the rest of Brown’s releases, “Easy” was self-produced, with every detail curated to provide a thoughtful, cathartic experience for artist and listener alike.
“I started this song with a sample from Splice, but as I often do, I wanted to make the song my own and create something that still felt original,” Brown said. “So, I used the sample in the verses, and then mirrored the melody into a different instrument in Logic and added the vocal stacks that fill out the background. I tweaked the mix for months, just trying to make it perfect, because the song just meant so much to me.”
As you may have heard, our premiere NashLive! experience got delayed just a wee bit to April 26, giving us the opportunity to make it even bigger and better than before.
That also means we get to give you another chance to save on tickets — but that opportunity won’t last long!
This Tuesday and Wednesday (April 9 and 10), we’re bringing back our NASHFLASH coupon code for 48 hours only. Get your tickets before 11:59 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 10, and save $5 off the price of admission.
It’s been a little while since we’ve done one of these, hasn’t it?
Yet, with excellence all around us, it’s clear that many of the submissions we’re receiving deserve a deeper dive. And so, today marks the triumphant return of Songs You Should Hear!
Get started with these, and be ready for more on the way, every Friday at UMC!
Artist: JT Loux Song: look into my eyes Genre: Indie Rock/Alternative Why You Should Hear It: The course of true love never runs smooth — and it can be made even more complicated when you’re loving from a distance. Underneath this tune’s prevailing warmth is a clear and present longing, inspired by the reality of “loving someone, but they are 2,000 miles away.”
Artist: Rex & The Rhythm Song: Umbrella Genre: Hip Hop/Soul/Alternative Why You Should Hear It: Who’s ready for some April showers? This tune’s breezy sonic landscape juxtaposes well with its lyrical content, artfully illustrating the conflicting emotions experienced after a breakup.
“‘Umbrella’ is about a relationship abruptly ending, even though the forecast appeared to show clear skies and warm weather,” Rex said.
Fun fact: Rex has had the opportunity to open for artists including Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Ashanti, and Lauryn Hill — and, after opening up this “Umbrella,” it’s easy to understand why!
Artist: Spence Brown Song: By My Lonely Genre: Hip Hop Why You Should Hear It: If you’ve ever dealt with haters, this one is for you. Brown has proclaimed this fiery new track the “anti-hater anthem”; and with how hard this one goes, it might just provide the push you need to overcome doubt.
Brown says, “As an artist, it’s always hard to deal with haters, but if you can remind yourself that what you do is good at the end of the day, you can just laugh it off. Personally, I’ve always had a hard time dealing with haters, so I made this song to remind myself that it doesn’t matter what other people think. I can get this done without their opinions!”
Got something you think we should hear? What are you waiting for?! Shoot it our way, and you could be featured in an upcoming edition of Songs You Should Hear!
Rock and roll is alive and well, as you’ll hear throughout the first half of this week’s UMC20.
This week’s compilation is frontloaded with a variety of electric guitar sounds and turbo-powered swagger. But, as always, there’s something for everyone this week. Americana lovers will want to pay close attention to the middle of the playlist, while pop, soul, and hip hop fans will particularly enjoy the latter portions.
And, as always, we’ve got some useful nuggets from that Official Podcast of ours waiting for you at the end. Check those out — especially if you fancy yourself an artistpreneur!
Track listing Another Dead Rockstar – 1985 (Can You Help Me) Gloom Girl MFG – Crimes The Mad Sugars – Lost Among the Avenues The Fever Haze – Last Night I Killed a Man JT Loux – look into my eyes Lurve – Run, Get Drunk, and Fall in Love Again Lone Tree – Miss You OPIATE – Lay Black Suit Devil – Passage Medium Build – Knowing U Exist Old 97’s – Somebody Travis Feutz – Utah The Flying Raye – The Ballad of Leslie Cochran Swamp Dogg ft. Jenny Lewis – Count The Days Annie Scherer – You Like The Blues Eliza Hardy Jones – Counterfeit Rex & The Rhyhtm – Umbrella Lindsey Lomis – Long Way Down pher, – moon Spence Brown – By My Lonely
Between the 20 songs that comprise the UMC20 Best of March 2024, and the two latest, completely epic episodes of our Official Podcast, The Quinn Spinn, our end-of-month compilation contains nearly three-and-a-half hours of listening enjoyment!
Get it while it’s here. Next Wednesday, we’ll drop the first all-new UMC of April. Soak up the memories from the month that has been!
Track listing Bootsy Collins ft. Snoop Dogg, Fantaazma, Wiz Khalifa, and Dave Stewart – The Influencers Spence Brown – Scotch Thoughts Miles Squiers – 24 Hours Game Changer – Just Sayin’ Adam Paddock – Sweet Ohio Light Izzy Rage – Wreck TsukiMai – Selenophile Cardiac Half – Gloom YEARB4 – BABY I’M DYIN’ The Minimum Wage – Everyone Is Pepperwood – Drowning The Ghost Club – If I Fell (Don’t Wait Here For Me) Crow and Gazelle – Take It Away Max McNown – Dead Set Dustin Kensrue – High Scalers Kat & Zach – Winter Flower Bronco Redahan – High on Lonesome The Kentucky Gentlemen – Beg Your Parton Mikayla Lewis – All is Well Rome – Forever
Izzy Rage shows no hesitation in being his full self. A highly conceptual, Nashville-based producer and artist, Izzy uses his art as a vehicle for self-expression, and he — alongside his cohorts in Rage Crew — strive to create a world where individuality is the norm.
Get to know Izzy on today’s edition of The Quinn Spinn, where we learn we can find self-confidence and purpose at any age.
For the first time in 2024, it’s officially SHOW WEEK!
We feel like celebrating, and we invite you to celebrate with us. So, we’re doing something special for you. Through this Tuesday, March 19 at 11:59 p.m. CT, we’re offering $5 off tickets to this Saturday’s NashLive! experience at Helping Our Music Evolve when you use the coupon code NASHFLASH.
(You know, because it’s a flash sale…)
As a reminder, NashLive! is allowing three artists to completely transform the stage on Saturday, March 23.
The first three chosen artists are:
Alexis Donn: a Nashville-based pop artist who will be bringing us into her immersive, galactic and glittery Star Child Universe. A custom Space-O’s cereal will be available for purchase upon your way in.
The Healers: comprised of Lord Goldie and Foundation Mecca, a duo of Nashville-based heal hop artists on a mission to heal the world through music. Both prolific in their own right, The Healers are among Nashville’s most prominent and best beloved hip hop acts.
ARREIS: On her newest record, Vices, ARREIS takes on the human condition and dives deeply into the the fact that everyone has a little bit of darkness in their lives. From fiery, bright reds to muted, sullen maroons, the red era is ready to make a dramatic mark on the world of pop music.
A sobering fact of life? None of us knows exactly how much time we have left.
So, let’s not waste any of it.
Spence Brown — who, you may recall, recently made his triumphant return to the artist side of the tracks — just hit us with another new single, “Scotch Thoughts” is a slick and soulful hip hop vibe; one Brown calls “a meditation on time” in light of his father’s recent heart attack, and the realization that it’s up to us to make the most of every moment.
“(It’s about) realizing that everyone’s time is limited, including your own,” Brown said. “It’s part of a larger project coming in the spring called 4am In Nashville, and one of the overall themes is opportunity cost; trying to figure out what is the right move to make. This is song number one on the project, and is the entrance to a dark place that we explore through the project.”
We’ll soon have even more glimpses into 4am In Nashville, with new singles due on March 29 and April 26. For now, we invite you vibe with this one!
There’s a lot to love about UMC20 every week. But, with warm and fuzzy feelings in the air for those who celebrate Valentine’s Day, that sentiment feels even stronger today.
This is a powerful, dynamic lineup of songs, featuring styles across the musical spectrum. We start with rock, give you a heapin’ helpin’ of Americana in the middle, and then progress to pop, R&B, and hip hop to round it out.
Also, we have not one, but TWO bonus tracks: We just announced that we’re going to two weekly episodes of The Quinn Spinn this week, and our two latest interviews are included at the bottom of the playlist!
Track listing Olive Dares the Darkness – Not My Fault The Mad Sugars ft. Monte Mader – Dare Me Fame & Fiction – Knuckles Sugadaisy – Slip n Fall Cole Gallagher – Lost Sounds Ben Carr – Seventeen The Wandering Hearts – Letter to Myself The Dead South – Yours To Keep Moonsville Collective – Helen Highway The HawtThorns – Nothing But A Shadow Tyler Ramsey – New Lost Ages The Steel Wheels – Sideways Laura Mustard – Dirty Minds & Wild Hearts Spencer LaJoye – Someday You’ll Wake Up Okay Sabrina Song – Okay, Okay Jordyn Tareaz – Again Jetta – sticky ickyKuf Knotz & Christine Elise – High Vibrationz Foundation Mecca – Felt Like This RAHMAT ALLAHGXDMC – Rain
