Angie Hart’s seven years as frontwoman for successful Australian alternative pop band Frente! ineluctably informed her creative process, as did both her time spent living in Los Angeles and her gentle re-immersion into an existence as a working musician based in Melbourne. Add to that a new recording environment and a collaborative partnership with producer Shane Nicholson (‘It’s A Movie’, ‘Familiar Ghosts’) and Hart – again – has laid herself bare on her second solo album, Eat My Shadow.
Feist / Mushaboom
I can’t think of a better song to wake up singing. It’s such a cheery, uplifting song. I actually had it stuck in my head all last week and was so grateful that it chose to be my ‘earworm’ for that long!
Andrew Bird / Oh No
I’m on a big string kick at the moment and this song does it for me. The intro reminds me of Peter And The Wolf, a children’s album I had on vinyl when I was six. His creative vocabulary puts the Twitter generation to shame. OMG No!
Panda Bear / Bros
Like Brian Wilson inside a guitar pedal. This hypnotic anthem is infectious. I had the opportunity to see Panda Bear play last month and was transported.
Crayon Fields / Mirror Ball
Geoff O’Connor is one of Australia’s great talents. This song is delivered with such innocence and yet you can hear the wry smile behind it all. The best use of the word ‘virgin’ in a song since Madonna.
Charles Jenkins / Trees Of Brisbane
It was one of those grey afternoons, when I would’ve preferred to be curled up in my jammies with a good book. Instead, I was rudely interrupted by a friend who dragged me down to our local to catch a bit of local fare. Charles Jenkins was playing unaccompanied in the corner of the bar and this song grabbed me and turned the day on its head. I have since listened to the album, Blue Atlas, on high rotation nearly every day. He creates such strong imagery and draws you into the characters he embodies in his songs.
Rufus Wainwright / The Art Teacher
This song takes puppy love to a whole new level. Our first obsessions shape the character of our lives and signal the path which we will choose in our later years, which is so well described in this song. The applause at the end of the song always comes as a surprise, because it’s hard to believe such a perfect delivery could have been spontaneous and unedited. I wish I had been there to hear it go to tape.
Cat Power / I Don’t Blame You
I don’t know who or what this song is about, exactly, but I feel like I can see the man she is singing about and that I understand what he was going through. A compassionate song to a self-sabateur is how I see it. I love her otherwordly use of everyday phrasing — so tough and sweet, at the same time.
My Bloody Valentine / Loomer
I feel like my brain is silly putty when I listen to this song. It takes your ears and turns them sideways. I love the extremes, the wall of guitars and the ethereal vocals, the speed of the music, versus the molasses-like lyrics. This is hedonism at its best.
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so happy to hear Angie’s favs.!!!
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