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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 13h

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 8️⃣

🎵 Baby Center Stage
🎤 Iron & Wine

There’s a recurring theme of vulnerability in Sam Beam’s songs. This closing track is a highlight of his Ghost On Ghost album - nice timing in the run-up to Hallowe’en 🎃👻

youtu.be/JSr8WnKPQw0

Baby Center Stage

YouTube video by Iron & Wine - Topic

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 23h

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

🎤 Penny & Sparrow

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🎵 Honest Wage
💿 Struggle Pretty (2014)

A story of a one-sided sibling rivalry or envy with a brooding opening, delivered by Andy & Kyle in perfect harmony ☺️

🎶 He’s the one who left home
I’m the one who stayed 🎶

youtu.be/sHKrZ35Gx8o

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 23h

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 8️⃣
🇮🇪 Ireland

🎵 Everywhere You Go, Be You
🎤 @arrivalists.bsky.social
💿 This Is Not Yours To Take

From a quiet and very special Aug 2025 EP. Fans of Paul Buchanan’s Mid Air may also find much to enjoy here ☺️

thehedgeschools.bandcamp.com/track/everyw...

#EUrOcktober

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a great shout Ryan, hadn’t entered my head until now 👍🏻

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 1d

Such a good album, Maggie. I haven’t listened to it in so long. Thanks for this reminder!

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 1d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 7️⃣

🎵 Monument
🎤 Fossil Collective
💿 Tell Where I Lie

The Leeds duo made an album, a few other songs then seemed to disappear.

Monument has a similar sound to Bon Iver’s s/t LP. One of the most beautiful songs in my music collection.

youtu.be/WNjbVCuKsl4

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

🎤 Indie folk duo Penny & Sparrow from Austin, TX.

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🎵 Bread And Bleeding

First of two more in a row from Struggle Pretty (2014). The song immediately following the one below on the album has a euphoric folk sound driven by a lively violin 🎻

youtu.be/e6GhddHqFGs

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 1d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 7️⃣
🇩🇰 Denmark

🎵 Television Personalities
🎤 The Rumour Said Fire

Amongst my favourite contemporary Nordic artists. This song from their 2017 album, Crush, is a perfect demonstration of their indie folk/rock songwriting charms 😊

youtu.be/Rkpfbrdtb3U

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 2d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 6️⃣
Netherlands 🇳🇱

🎵 matter
🎤 philine
💿 the side-effects of living in a fantasy (EP, 2024)

Comparisons with a talented and famous US showgirl don’t flatter this Dutch indie pop artist. She’s one to watch.

philine.bandcamp.com/track/matter

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matter, by philine

from the album the side-effects of living in a fantasy

philine.bandcamp.com

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

🎤 Penny & Sparrow

🔟

🎵 Patience, First
💿 Tenboom (2013)
⏱️ 1:18

Andy tells a story of hurt and pride in little more than a soulful string interlude.

The cover art with pencil drawing, and the album title are inspired by Corrie ten Boom.

youtu.be/8WMDfGkVieE

Patience, First

YouTube video by Penny and Sparrow - Topic

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 2d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 6️⃣ - not in any order.

🎵 Inky Sea
🎤 Laura Groves
💿 Thinking About Thinking (EP)

Still as enchanting as when I first heard it twelve years ago on the radio in the shed at the bottom of the garden. Funny how you remember these things 😊

youtu.be/ZSGZNqiBqYY

Inky Sea

YouTube video by Laura Groves - Topic

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 3d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 5️⃣ - in no particular order.

🎵 Pink Rabbits
🎤 The National
💿 Trouble Will Find Me

Matt’s lyrics and Thomas Bartlett’s guest piano are the perfect ingredients in my favourite song by the band 😊

youtu.be/LgxL45j6cKU

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 3d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

Celebrating the music of Penny & Sparrow.

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🎵 Bishop
💿 Finch (2019)

Gentle harmonies, strings and horn combine in a song with spiritual and literary references - the first of two in my fifteen with an apparent connection to Les Misérables 📚

youtu.be/mdmCGJijiTg

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 3d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 5️⃣
Luxembourg 🇱🇺

🎵 Travel Through Midnight
🎤 The Luxembourg Signal

From Under The Bridge, a Sarah Records compilation came my fav song of 2022. It was also my introduction to the band, better late than never 😊

ndrthebridge.bandcamp.com/album/under-...

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UNDER THE BRIDGE, by VARIOUS ARTISTS

14 track album

ndrthebridge.bandcamp.com

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 4d

I really enjoyed the Kristian Leontiou album back then, and I still go back to it from time to time. Such good songwriting. Great to see you mention it here 👍🏻

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 4d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

Celebrating the music of Penny & Sparrow.

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🎵 Serial Doubter

Lovely harmonies. The song has a set of four lines repeating. The duo’s lyrics are endlessly absorbing.

Their 2014 Struggle Pretty album features more times (4) than any in my list.

youtu.be/fhSOh7xnTxc

Serial Doubter

YouTube video by Penny and Sparrow - Topic

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 4d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 4️⃣ - in no particular order.

🎵 Billy
🎤 Prefab Sprout
💿 Crimson/Red

Another of Paddy’s perfect, romantic pop songs 🥰

🎶 Her smile is like a fairground
I'm basking in the glow 🎶😎

youtu.be/2rJaCYDgXLI

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 4d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 4️⃣
🇮🇹 Italy

🎵 I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

Alessandro “Asso” Stefana’s extraordinary and beautiful self-titled record made my #5albums24

One of three songs featuring the voice of Kentucky folk musician Roscoe Holcomb (d. 1981).

youtu.be/1JzfmlqJSeE

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 5d

Glad you’re a fan too, Stephen! Hopefully there will be new music from Tom before too long 😊

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 5d

Hi Richard

#5debutalbums0004

🥇 Dear Frustrated Superstar, Nerina Pallot (2001)
2. Is This It, The Strokes (2001)
3. Hopes And Fears, Keane (2004)
4. Feather & Stone, Tom Baxter (2004)
5. Hot Fuss, The Killers (2004)

Great challenge - thanks! 😊

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 5d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge

Celebrating the music of Penny & Sparrow, from Austin, TX.

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🎵 Salome & Saint Procula
💿 Wendigo (2017)

Penny & Sparrow is Andy Baxter and Kyle Jahnke. Their music is a modern kind of folk, sometimes spiritual, with gentle harmonies.

youtu.be/qjf7QKsnDV0

Salome & Saint Procula

YouTube video by Penny and Sparrow - Topic

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 5d

#20SongsByYear
#MusicChallenge

🗓️ 2013

Day 3️⃣ - in no particular order.

🎵 Song For Zula
🎤 Phosphorescent

On 28 July of that year, I started to add my vinyl on Discogs - a labour of love. I got through 99 that day, and this album was the first. It must’ve been a wet weekend 😊

youtu.be/FcdOLKx2XG8

Phosphorescent - "Song for Zula" (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Dead Oceans

youtu.be

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 5d

#EUr0cktober
#MusicChallenge

Day 3️⃣
Germany 🇩🇪

🎵 You Cannot Cast Out The Demons (You Might As Well Dance)
🎤 Get Well Soon
⏱️ 6:07

Aka crooner and musical genius Konstantin Gropper. Indie rock meets musical theatre 😊

youtu.be/yW2DvX7TkAk

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Paul W. @paulwonvinyl.bsky.social · 6d

I never tire of this album, and I find that it never really ages, probably bc it always sounded like it was from the 80s!

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