#7 - L'Rain - "Blame Me"

I love the chords at the start of “Blame Me.” They make me feel like I’m sinking deep inside myself, descending down an emotional staircase. L’Rain’s vocals, light and slow, seem like they could be coming from anywhere, anyone, separated from the body, floating around space. Halfway in, the instrumental kicks up and begins to feel so vast and cozy you could almost hibernate inside it. “You were wasting away, my god,” she breathes, “I’m making my way down south.” She repeats this refrain over and over, and the words start to flicker across your mind like faint lights circling, falling in and out of focus, a crisscross of shadows dancing softly against the wall.

Check out L’Rain:

https://lrain.bandcamp.com/

The list:

#20 - aya - "what if i should fall asleep and slipp under" and "Emley lights us moor"

#19 - rrodney - Jersey club remix of Trippie Redd ft. Playboi Carti’s “Miss the Rage”

#18 - aghast - “thas wut i do” (prod. lungskull & wavebird)

#17 - Yves Tumor - “Secrecy Is Incredibly Important To The Both of Them”

#16 - kaystrueno - “PRETTY B!TCHES NEVA DIE”

#15 - kurtains - “spawn”

#14 - Ecco2k - “PXE”

#13 - vertigoaway ft. schizoscriptures - “Break This The Breaking Point 2”

#12 - Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - “family ties”

#11 - Summrs - “put out fye” + “Blood Always Thicker” (prod. Goyxrd)

#10 - saoirse dream - “when your pizza rolls” & leroy - “dilf repellent” + “awesome ends with ME and ugly starts with U” (tie)

#9 - laura les - “Haunted”

#8 - piri & Tommy Villiers - “soft spot”