Carla Aakre Shares Life
Over in Finland, Carla Aakre has been making quite a name for herself, with a handful of singles to her name, she’s readying her debut LP, Things I Forgot to Tell You. On this new jam, you can hear her employ a softened folk approach, though similar to many US acts, she’s filling the space behind her lead guitar with these incendiary licks, allowing the texture of the song to develop the earworm that you hear below. For me, I love how you can hear it either way, as a traditional songwriter fare, or as something with a bigger vibe. We’ll have to wait until May 2nd to find out where she goes on the new album!
Last week was one of those weeks where I wanted to write about all the songs; Ryan crushed it with tons of SXSW interviews, letting you get to know the likes of Best Move, Coyle Girelli, No Swoon and more. So, we’ve got to go back and give you a quick list of all the jams, and there were tons! You had new stuff from Austinites Friday Boys, Bright Light Social Hour and Wiretree, then Neutrals and Mick Love made my weekend with hits at the end of the week. There’s tons to browse through here, so go check it out.
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I’m always trying to find good songs that don’t get a lot of other coverage, and that’s how I stumbled upon this sweet rocker from 