But When They Do

Kate Bollinger “Dreams Don’t Come True” “Dreams Don’t Come True” starts off with a strong late period Beatles vibe with that particular loose-yet-refined feel, but once her vocals kick in the music gets faster and more manic, as though someone accidentally pushed it from 33 1/3 to 45 on the turntable. The double time verses express a lot of desire and anxiety – Bollinger wants affection, but is overwhelmed by ordinary anxieties and prosaic obstacles. When the song snaps back into a more mellow vibe, her worries completely evaporate. “Dreams don’t come true like you think that they do,” she sings, “but when they do….oh, they do.” I love the emotional whiplash here, from daydreaming romantic to pragmatic pessimist to someone grounded in actual happiness. Buy it from Bandcamp. Yukimi featuring Dina Ögon “Vann du livet?” Even with a Swedish title, the lyrics of “Vann du livet?” completely bypassed me at first; I was so locked into the vocal melody, guitar groove, and the aesthetics of the…