These LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks range from intimate to expansive, and country to melancholy – featuring Weston Day, Carla Patullo, Mogipbob, and more!
1. Weston Day – Storms
Storms highlights Weston Day’s prowess in creating atmospheres that are intimate, evocative, and sincere. With a strong acoustic foundation, Weston Day explores letting go and the nature of the world with words that tumble over each other, like memories half-remembered. Lyrically, the track is nuanced, yet simple to absorb yourself into as he sings of strength, memory, conflict, and reflection. Storms is pared back in production, allowing the message to shine in the forefront, and this restraint gives it a beauty and accessibility that makes you want to keep coming back for more. Give Weston Day’s track a listen here!
2. Carla Patullo – Fly Under
The closing track to Grammy–winning Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album Nomadica, Carla Patullo’s Fly Under is cinematic, expansive, and emotionally charged. Patullo isn’t new to acclaim – Nomadica is the follow-up to her 2024 Grammy-winning album So She Howls, the work that cemented her as one of the most prominent voices in the scene of ambient composition. Fly Under is delicate in every way – from the soaring vocals to the arrangement that brings together strings and piano with seeming weightlessness, the song tugs at your heartstrings as it creates an atmosphere that feels almost otherworldly. Give it a listen here!
3. Mogipbob – High on the Hog
Mogipbob’s High on the Hog is the perfect showcase of Americana-esque, playful country music. With lyrics like “Life's a buffet, and I'm takin' the whole night / Yeah, livin' high, high, high on the hog tonight / Used to catch catfish with a string and a hook / Now I pay someone fancy to clean my brook…” Mogipbob effortlessly brings out the joys of living the high life, because “life's too short for cheap cologne and square hair,” as he puts it. Through all its tongue-in-cheek humour, it does make you pause and think about the last time you treated yourself to something you love, while imbuing you with a sense of gratitude and awareness of the hard work it takes to get to a happy place. Listen here!
4. Peningo Riders – Duck That Jeep
As Peningo Riders’ debut single, Duck That Jeep serves as the perfect glimpse into the direction their sound may take going forward. Rooted in American country, its obviously Southern sound blends perfectly with blues-rock elements and ambient storytelling cues. It puts you in the zone easily with its groovy rhythm and sound, but snaps you right out of it, demanding your attention towards the halfway mark, where it switches tones to become more rap before transitioning seamlessly into a more upbeat energy that carries forward that chill sound they’ve already established with panache. Listen to Duck That Jeep here!
5. 23 Fields – Sidelines
Sidelines is melancholy and quiet, bubbling with anger and hurt below the seemingly calm and restrained surface. With gruff vocals laid over emotional strings and light, grounding percussion, the track invites you to the sidelines, so to speak – calling you to “take in the view” from the calm instead of giving your energy to fighting it out with the world every single time. The accompanying video’s abstract visuals are oddly calming and satisfying: they don’t push a narrative at you, but subtly compel you to keep watching. Like 23 Fields’ other work, the song is given weight by its quiet persistence and grounded delivery. Listen here!
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