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Song of the Day: Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (I Runaway)

April 30, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (I Runaway)

Song of the Day: A welcome return by the highly original London singer-songwriter with a rich crunchy guitar soundscape, ticking beats and echoes of 90s alternative radio with lyrics on the theme of realising the preciousness of time

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In 2024, alternative, experimental, folk, indie, pop Tags Nilüfer Yanya, songs, song of the day, Ninja Tune
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Song of the Day: Sans Soucis - Sexed and Sexual

April 29, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sans Soucis - Sexed and Sexual

Song of the Day: A sensual, funky and stylish new dance number by the London artist, written through the lens of a very personal early teenage story, a song about sexual liberation, but also a critique of the hyper-sexualised society we live in

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In 2024, disco, electronica, experimental, dance, soul, trip-hop Tags Sans Soucis, Decca, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Marta Del Grandi - The Best Sea

April 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Marta Del Grandi - The Best Sea

Song of the Day: Following last year’s exquisite album, Selva, the Italian singer-songwriter from Milan returns with a beautiful new single with a metaphor reflecting on themes of sisterhood and the evolution of close relationships

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In 2024, alternative, folk, pop Tags Marta Del Grandi, Fire Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Divorce - Gears

April 27, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Divorce’s new single Gears

Song of the Day: Following last year’s acclaimed EP, Heady Metal, the Nottingham indie-alt-country quartet return with a stirring number about the frustrations of multi-tasking and balancing work, social and performance/creativity

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In 2024, alt-country, alternative, indie, pop Tags divorce, Gravity Records, EMI, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Peter Bibby - Fun Guy

April 26, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Peter Bibby in two of his guises

Song of the Day: … but not anymore!” The latest single by the witty Australian artist is a driving drum-machine, thrumming bass and blistering guitar punk banger, a humorous perspective on changing your ways, with vocal style influences such as Suicide and Throbbing Gristle

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Song of the Day: Kaeto - Don't Ask

April 25, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Kaeto’s striking new look in the video for Don't Ask

Song of the Day: Funky, groovy, smooth and stylish, but with candid, caustic feminist lyrics about body and self-image come in this brilliant new single and video by the innovative Scottish London-based artist

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In 2024, alternative, disco, dance, electronica, funk, experimental, indie, pop Tags Kaeto, Polydor, Republic Recordings, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Dea Matrona - Stuck On You

April 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Dea Matrona’s forthcoming debut album For Your Sins

Song of the Day: Classic rock-pop with an new twist and a number about being hopelessly drawn to someone’s charm coming from the Belfast duo Mollie McGinn and Orlaith Forsythe, heralding their forthcoming debut album, For Your Sins.

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Song of the Day: Brijean - Workin’ On It

April 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Brijean’s forthcoming album Macro

Song of the Day: An infectiously catchy, wonderfully oddball funk-disco single by the LA-based singer and percussionist Brijean Murphy of Toro Y Moi and Poolside, here with multi-instrumentalist and producer Doug Stuart, also delivering an alluringly lazy vocal style, which gives extra appeal considering the subject matter

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In disco, 2024, dance, funk, experimental Tags Brijean, Brijean Murphy, Doug Stuart, Toro y Moi, Poolside, Ghostly International, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Yannis & The Yaw - Walk Through Fire (featuring Tony Allen)

April 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Yannis & The Yaw: the Foals’ frontman’s upcoming EP project

Song of the Day: Fabulous drumming from a past session by the departed legend Tony Allen, and passionate blues-rock vocals from Foals’ frontman Yannis Philippakis in this opening track from his new project and upcoming EP, Lagos Paris London – out on 30 August via Transgressive Records

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In 2024, African, blues, experimental, pop, rock Tags Yannis & The Yaw, Foals, Yannis Philippakis, Tony Allen, Transgressive
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Song of the Day: Lizzie Esau - Wait Too Late

April 21, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lizzie Esau - Wait Too Late

Song of the Day: Powerful, dark, smouldering, stormy indie synth-rock single by the London-born, Newcastle-raised artist with a song raging against apathy and status quo in a world of climate meltdown and political turmoil

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Song of the Day: Afflecks Palace - You Are The Answer

April 20, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Afflecks Palace

Song of the Day: An infectiously upbeat, positive, jangly guitar, fast-paced new single by the indie Manchester band named after the city’s famous market stall building, heralding their forthcoming third album

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Song of the Day: Fontaines D.C. - Starburster

April 19, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Fontaines D.C.

Song of the Day: The acclaimed Dublin band return with the first single from forthcoming fourth album, Romance, pushing new sounds including sharp inhales, inspired by a panic attack suffered by by Grian Chatten in London’s St Pancras station and trying to grasp reality amidst chaos

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Song of the Day: Bad Bad Hats - Bored In The Summer

April 17, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Bad Bad Hats’ Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge

Song of the Day: Taken from the recently released self-titled album Bad Bad Hats, a breezy, bright restless number with clever chord changes and uplifting melodies by the Minneapolis duo of Kerry Alexander and Chris Hoge

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Song of the Day: Jordan Rakei - Friend or Foe

April 16, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Jordan Rakei

Song of the Day: The latest single by the silky-voiced London-based New Zealand-Australian soul singer brings also punchy horns and orchestra in a jazz-funk-Motown-style fusion, and comes from his forthcoming album, The Loop, out on 10 May via Decca Records

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Song of the Day: GIFT - Wish Me Away

April 15, 2024 Peter Kimpton

GIFT - Wish Me Away

Song of the Day: A refreshing, breezy sound by the indie-psychedelic Brooklyn quintet about letting everything slip away, a laissez-faire double-edged feeling of despair and optimism, their first single for Captured Tracks

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Song of the Day: Lionlimb - Dream of You (featuring Angel Olsen)

April 14, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lionlimb’s forthcoming new album, Limbo

Song of the Day: A slow, powerful, rather emotive number written about a much missed pet dog who died two years ago, from New York-based project of Stewart Bronaugh, with drummer Joshua Jaeger, and featuring Angel Olsen’s fabulous voice

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Song of the Day: Douglas Dare - Three Roads

April 13, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Douglas Dare’s forthcoming fourth album, Omni

Song of the Day: A new single from the British singer-songwriter and pianist’s forthcoming fourth album, Omni, brings tender melodies, but leaves aside chamber pop acoustic instruments for electronica and synths in the spirit and influence of other artists such as Arca and the late SOPHIE, and with echoes also of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yellow Magic Orchestra

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Song of the Day: Big Special - Black Dog / White Horse

April 12, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Big Special: Joe Hicklin, Callum Moloney and friend

Song of the Day: A change of pace to a gentler style by the usually punchier post-punk Walsall duo of singer and Joe Hicklin and drummer Callum Moloney, and number with a beautiful, tender, reflective melody and lyrics

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Song of the Day: Hifi Sean and David McAlmont - Sad Banger

April 11, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Hifi Sean and David McAlmont

Song of the Day: With a title that sums up that contradictory essence of great pop music, a fabulous new disco-flecked return from the Glaswegian musician and producer and the soulful, silkily, soaring voiced singer, taken from their forthcoming sophomore album, Daylight, out on 20 June on Rough Trade

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Song of the Day: LA Priest - City Warm Heart

April 10, 2024 Peter Kimpton

LA Priest’s upcoming EP, La Fusion

Song of the Day: What’s in the woods? A wonderfully upbeat and inventive swirl of nimble guitar, keyboards and vocals by the British artist Sam Eastgate from his upcoming EP La Fusion, out on 3 May via Domino Records

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Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025

Welcome to the third and final part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also Part One, and Part Two. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part Two
Dec 17, 2025

Welcome to the second part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also a first part and a third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part One
Dec 16, 2025

Welcome to the first part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There will also be a second and third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Juliana Hatfield: Lightning Might Strike
Dec 16, 2025

New album: Personal upheaval, grief, powerlessness, trauma, sudden change inform the title and colour the lyrics of this latest LP by the seasoned Boston indie artist but her songs are packed with brutally honest, candid, concise reflections and warm, catchy, stirring riffs and melodies

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Dove Ellis: Blizzard
Dec 9, 2025

New album: An extraordinarily mature, passionate, poetic, and outstandingly powerful debut by the Manchester-based Galway-born singer-songwriter, whose soaring delivery has instant echoes of Jeff Buckley and lyrics that go above and beyond

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Ólöf Arnalds: Spíra
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A gorgeous, delicate, ethereal first release in a decade by the Icelandic singer-songwriter, acoustic instruments and her gentle, high, pure voice, all in her native language, caressing this listening experience like pure waters of some slowly trickling glacial stream

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Melody's Echo Chamber: Unclouded
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A fourth album, here full of delicious uplifting, dreamily chic, psychedelic soul pop by the French musician Melody Prochet, with bright, upbeat, optimistic numbers and a title lifted from a quote by the acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, about achieving equilibrium

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
anaiis: Devotion & The Black Divine
Dec 2, 2025

New album: Following a summer Song of the Day - Deus Deus, a review of the autumn release and third LP by the London-based French-Senegalese singer-songwriter of resonantly beautiful, dynamic, sensual soul, gospel, R&B and experimental and chamber pop, with themes of new motherhood, uncertainty, religion, self-love and acceptance

Dec 2, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
De La Soul: Cabin In The Sky
Nov 26, 2025

New album: The hip-hop veterans return with their first without, yet including the voice of, and a tribute to, founding member Trugoy the Dove, AKA Dave Jolicoeur who passed away in 2023, alongside many hip-hop luminary guests, with trademark playful skits, and all themed around the afterlife

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Nov 26, 2025

New album: An evocative musical journey of a concept album by the indie-folk band from Claremont, California, fronted by singer-songwriter John Darnielle, based on a dream of his in 2023 about a voyage to a fictional island by the titular captain, charting adventure, wonder and tragedy

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
Allie X: Happiness Is Going To Get You
Nov 26, 2025

New album: A hugely entertaining, witty, droll, inventive, chamber and synth-pop fourth LP with a goth twist by the charismatic and theatrical Canadian artist Alexandra Hughes, who brings paradox and dark themes through sounds that include string quartet, harpsichord, classical and pure pop piano with killer lyrics

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Tortoise: Touch
Nov 25, 2025

New album: A welcome return with a cinematic and mesmeric groove-filled first studio LP in nine years, and the eighth over all by the eclectic Chicago post-rock/jazz/krautrock multi-instrumentalists Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire and Jeff Parker

Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover: What of Our Nature
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Beautiful, precise, poignant and poetic new folk numbers inspired by the life and music style of Woody Guthrie as the Portland, Oregon and New Yorker, now Portland, Maine-based singer-songwriters bring a delicious duet album, alternating and sharing songs covering a variety of forever topical social issues

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Ambient, otherworldly, cinematic, mesmeric, and at times very odd, the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and producer Daniel Lopatin returns with a new nostalgia-based concept – constructing tracks from lost-then-refound Y2K CDs of 1990s and early 2000s royalty-free sample electronic sounds

Nov 24, 2025

new songs …

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Dec 19, 2025
Song of the Day: DEADLETTER - To The Brim
Dec 19, 2025

Song of the Day: A moody, mysterious minute-long intro with gentle bursts of brass and woodwind veils what becomes a punchy new lead single by the Leeds post-punk band heralding their second LP - Existence is Bliss out on 27 February via SO Recordings

Dec 19, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
Song of the Day: Greentea Peng - Prisoners Round
Dec 18, 2025

Song of the Day: Following March 2025’s acclaimed album, Tell Dem It’s Sunny, the south-east London artist (aka Aria Wells) returns with another smoky, dark, track with hues of blues, dub and soul and Portishead-esque trip-hop, focusing on the trappings and challenges of modern life

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Song of the Day: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss the Way You Swim
Dec 17, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful modular synths and intermingling orchestral sounds ripple in this work by the American composer, performer and producer in a piece shaped by loss of someone loved, taken from an upcoming instrumental album Thoughts On The Future, out on Nettwerk Music

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Song of the Day: The Paper Kites - Change Of The Wind
Dec 16, 2025

Song of the Day: A beautiful, reflective number by the alternative folk-rock band from Melbourne fronted by Sam Bentley, heralding their seventh studio album If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, out on 23 January via Nettwerk Music Group

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 15, 2025
Song of the Day: Courtney Marie Andrews - Little Picture Of A Butterfly
Dec 15, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, fluttering, eclectic, heartbreak folk and Americana by the singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, heralding her forthcoming new album, Valentine, out on 16 January via Loose Future

Dec 15, 2025
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Dec 12, 2025
Song of the Day: Peter Perrett - PROUD TO BE SELF-HATING (irony and provocation)
Dec 12, 2025

Song of the Day: The veteran British artist, originally frontman of The Only Ones, and now with three solo albums, who actually has Jewish heritage, releases a gently powerful, nuanced, pro-Palestine acoustic number as a response to ongoing genocide by the Israeli government, out on Domino Records

Dec 12, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
Song of the Day: Maddie Ashman - Jaded
Dec 11, 2025

Song of the Day: Magical, delicate, eclectic, intricate, experimental microtonal music by the London musician and singer, released alongside a longer track, In Autumn My Heart Breaks

Dec 11, 2025
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Dec 10, 2025
Song of the Day: Ye Vagabonds - The Flood
Dec 10, 2025

Song of the Day: Wonderfully warm, rich, lively fiddle-driven Irish folk by the award-winning band fronted by Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn with a heartbreaking number about the housing crisis, heralding their upcoming new album, All Tied Together, out on Rough Trade’s River Lea Recordings on 30 January

Dec 10, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Song of the Day: DBA! A Poet And A Clown
Dec 9, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy fuzz-guitar indie rock with a swagger by the Liverpool-formed trio of Sam Warren, James Lindberg and Joshua Grant in a song described as “a confessional story of desire tangled with religious guilt”

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 8, 2025
Song of the Day: Puma Blue - Croak Dream
Dec 8, 2025

Song of the Day: A dark, esoteric, mysterious and stylish title track with a hint of Radiohead and playing with the idea of knowing your future death, from the experimental indie/goth/ambient London artist Jacob Allen’s forthcoming album out on 6 February via Play It Again Sam

Dec 8, 2025
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Dec 7, 2025
Song of the Day: ELIZA - Anyone Else
Dec 7, 2025

Song of the Day: Stripped-back, bluesy, fuzzy funk with slight echoes of Prince and alt-R&B are conjured up in this love song by the London-based singer-songwriter Eliza Caird, her first single for two years, now off the mainstream and out on Log Off Records

Dec 7, 2025
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Dec 6, 2025
Song of the Day: Tiga (featuring Fcukers) - Silk Scarf
Dec 6, 2025

Song of the Day: A fun, sensual, quirkily oddball electronica dance single with a slick, fetish-flirtatious ode to a favourite smooth material by the Montreal musician (Tiga James Sontag) joined here with vocals by the New York band (Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis), and heralding Tiga’s upcoming album Hotlife, out in April on Secret City Records

Dec 6, 2025

Word of the week

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Word of the week: crapulence
Dec 4, 2025

Word of the week: A term that may apply regularly during Xmas party season, from the from the Latin crapula, in turn from the Greek kraipálē meaning "drunkenness" or "headache" pertains to sickness symptoms caused by excess in eating or drinking, or general intemperance and overindulgence

Dec 4, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Word of the week: discalceate
Nov 20, 2025

Word of the week: A rarely used, but often practised verb, especially when arriving home, it means to take off your shoes, but is also a slightly more common adjective meaning barefoot or unshod, particularly for certain religious orders that wear sandals instead of shoes. But in what context does this come up in song?

Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 6, 2025
Word of the week: erythrophyll
Nov 6, 2025

Word of the week: A seasonally topical word relating to the the red pigment of tree leaves, fruits and flowers, that appears particularly when changing in autumn, as opposed to the green effect of chlorophyll, from the Greek erythros for red, and phyll for leaves. But what of songs about this?

Nov 6, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
Word of the week: fennec
Oct 22, 2025

Word of the week: It’s a small pale-fawn nocturnal fox with unusually large, highly sensitive ears, that inhabits from African and Arab deserts areas from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. But has it ever been seen in a song?

Oct 22, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
Word of the week: gongoozler
Oct 9, 2025

Word of the week: A fabulous old English slang term for someone who tends to stand or sit for long periods staring at the passing of boats on canals, sometimes with a derogatory or at least ironic use for someone who is useless or lazy. But what of songs about this activity and culture?

Oct 9, 2025

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