Turn Up The Volume’s 20 BEST BALLADS OF 2023

Best ballads, reveries and lullabies of 2023

ALL TOGETHER


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1. ‘My Submission’ by DEXYS (Birmingham, UK)


(Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Roma, Antwerp – 1 October 2023)

From the The Feminine Divine album

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2. ‘Once Upon A Poolside’ by THE NATIONAL (Cincinnati, US)

From their Two Pages Of Frankenstein LP

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3.’Morning Show’ by IGGY POP (US)

From his album Every Loser


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4.’Only Friend’ by VIAGRA BOYS (Sweden)


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From their album Cave World – Deluxe edition


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5. ‘Date Night’ by LOSSLINE (Manchester)

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6. ‘A Little Bit’ by MILES FROM NOWHERE (Hamilton, Ontario)

From his debut album Slow Down

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7. ‘Man Of The Hour’ by FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES (UK)

From upcoming LP Dark Rainbow

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8. ‘Sweet Sounds Of Heaven’ by THE ROLLING STONES feat. LADY GAGA


(Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, 2021)

From the Hackney Diamonds album

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9. ‘When The Cynics Stare Back From The Wall’ by BELLE AND SEBASTIAN (Scotland)

From the band’s Late Developers LP


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10. ‘On Me’ by 32 TENS (UK)

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11. ‘Can’t Outrun The Truth’ by PETE TOWNSHEND (UK)

Stand-alone single

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12. ‘Lonely Town’ by PAUL SIMONON and GALEN AYERS (UK)

From the duo’s album Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?

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13. ‘Fingerprints’ by TREMENDOUS (Birmingham, UK)

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14. ‘(Salt King) 0>1’ by DENNI IAN (Denmark)

From his Salt King album

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15. ‘Sphere’ by DESERT LIFE (West Wales)

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16. ‘Landlord’ by ALREADY DEAD (Boston, MA)

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17. ‘Night Of The Hunter’ by THE LIBERTINES (UK)

From their upcoming LP All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade

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18.’ Thinking About You’ by BECK (US)

Stand-alone single

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19. ‘The Silent’ by ANNIE CAPPS (Chelsea, Michigan, US)

From her How Can I Say This? album

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20. ‘Hurt A Fly’ by JUNEBUG (Brooklyn, NY)

From her 6-track EP My Therapist Told Me


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Soulful Sunday With Stirring Songstress JUNEBUG And Her New Musing ‘HURT A FLY’

Reveries for the laziest day of the week

28 May 2023


Photo by Monika Levčenkovaitė

JUNEBUG is the artistic moniker of Brooklyn-based songstress Carolyn Fahrner.

Her music, as a singer-songwriter, is characterized by its light and introspective nature, making it easy to listen to. It is refreshingly honest and straightforward, yet it possesses
a soothing quality that is truly comforting.

So far she released one EP, titled Turncoat. It came out in 2021.

A new EP is canned and will be released later in the year.

Ahead of it comes its single HURT A FLY.

Junebug: “‘Hurt A Fly’ is the feeling of anticipatory anxiety, like something catastrophic might happen, and you’re just bracing yourself for the worst. At first, the song was about the sadistic wish of wanting someone to live up to the pain you believe they could cause you. However, I soon realized that living in constant fear of how others might hurt you is a damage to yourself. None of us are incapable of causing harm, we are all capable of hurting others, and even more so capable of inflicting unwanted harm upon ourselves unknowingly. The culmination of all of these various strands of thoughts lead to the creation of ‘Hurt A Fly.”

Hurt A Fly is a bluesy and somber ballad with the soul-stirring voice of Junebug shining upfront. Her vocals lift this smooth guitar-groovin’ musing to a starry-eyed dream level
far away from toxic environments. Heartrending effort.

Tune in.


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