Songs of the Week: March 03 - 09, 2025
“Melody” by Dan Mangan
If you’re a fellow Comedy Bang! Bang! fan, you may recognise the new Dan Mangan song from one of his (hilarious) appearances on the show. Now the song is not only out in the world, but comes with an album announcement!
“Melody” sees Mangan embracing his ‘singer/songwriter’ roots for a gentle tune, as Dan explains: “Contentment is a slippery fish, and the harder we squeeze it, the quicker it’s gone. ‘Melody’ is about needing affirmation from something over which you have no control. It’s about the grief of having something special and then losing it – about getting the benefit of the doubt, and then no longer getting the benefit of the doubt. It’s about love, or society, or the music industry, or a brief moment above par on the existential rollercoaster.”
The tune is the first single off Dan’s upcoming album Natural Light, which will be out May 16 on Arts & Crafts!
Kirk
“Pursuit Remix (ft. Poiison)” by Haviah Mighty
Haviah Mighty has dropped her first single of the year “Pursuit Remix” and it’s a callback to the original “Pursuit Freestyle” from last November!
The new track features Queens, NY artist and songwriter, Poiison - and of the collab, she says “The song was already perfect, so when I listened, my goal was to figure out how I could bring myself into an already perfectly created song.”
Check it out below, and I’m sure we’ll hear more from Haviah soon!
Christine
“Put a Little Light on the Wretch That Is Me” by Frog Eyes
Last Friday, Frog Eyes released their latest album The Open Up, and celebrated with a new single, “Put a Little Light on the Wretch That Is Me”.
Featuring Carey Mercer’s signature distinct vocals, the singer said of the song: “This is some kind of generalized love song. I've long wanted to write a song that reminded me in anyway of a Before Hollywood era Go-Betweens composition. When this one popped out, I thought, 'Yes, there you are!' I saluted that taut, tight structure that ascends so cleanly and compellingly, and takes you to so many places in such a short amount of time. And in my mind’s eye I saw someone gentle and beloved tugging at my sleeve.”
The album is out now everywhere you get music, and you can catch them on their spring tour, which includes a show here in Vancouver at Green Auto on April 19!
Kirk
“Matilda” by Housewife
Speaking of new releases, the latest EP from Housewife also came out on Friday! Girl Of The Hour is a collection of all the songs the Toronto singer has released over the last couple years, including the latest track, “Matilda”.
Singer Brighid Fry explains that the (unsurprisingly) incredibly catchy song was “inspired by my bike getting stolen a couple years ago. I was an avid cyclist for years and really loved that bike (and had nicknamed it Matilda). I remember a while after it got stolen, I was out on a day that was perfect biking weather and just getting hit with how much I miss cycling. Obviously, the song isn’t just about a bike, but also an allegory for grief and loss, and missing something or someone you can’t have anymore. I think everyone, cyclists or not, can relate to that grief, and the struggle of moving on from things in their past, as I still haven’t replaced the bike to this day.”
The song comes with a video that features singer Fry as a hard boiled investigator, and you can catch Housewife here in Vancouver during JUNOfest, with a show at The Red Gate on March 28!
Kirk
