I’m still here! There is not a better way to start the week than with some new tunes. This episode of Tales From The Drop Box explores a very poppy side of the musical world. This week’s episode is really a trip through some neglected pop music that inhabits the multiverse and that is not on any popular radio in the U.S. (for the most part). Episode 195 explores that indie pop genre with some lyrically catchy and somewhat dark themes sprinkled throughout. It is interesting to hear music that is somewhat upbeat and then takes that dark sharp left into the uncomfortable. It’s not all dark as you’ll quickly discover, but then that is the joy of these podcasts – you’ll discover that we like to do it with the lights on!

Here is what you will find in Episode 195 (2021-07):

1. Nessa Barrett – “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead” (Pretty Poison)
2. Sly Withers – “My Bullshit” (Gardens)
3. Islands – “(We Like To Do It) With The Lights on” (Islomania)
4. Latewaves – “Too Much” (Hell To Pay)
5. Juliana Hatfield – “Suck It Up” (Blood)
6. The Reds, Pinks, and Purples – “Living On Sunday” (Anxiety Art)
7. Captain Kaiser – “Moscow Mule (The Drover’s Inn)
8. Sydney Sprague – “Object Permanence” (Maybe I Will See You At The End Of The World)
9. Why Elephant – “A Pair” (Today EP)
10. Nasty Cherry – “All In My Head: (The Movie EP)
11. Longstocking – “Teenage Angst At 27” (Once Upon A Time Called Now)
12. Adult Books – “Holiday” (Grecian Urn)
13. The Beaches – “Blow Up” (Future Lovers)
14. The Stranglers – “5 Minutes” (No More Heroes)
15. Remember Sports – ” Like A Stone” (Like A Stone)

When I think of you I, I get angry and I – I see couples in love, I hope they die I don’t really, I’m not that violent . . .I lost my love on the holiday my drugstore flowers bought with change
the smell of wet leaves in the fireplace . . .

KFR