Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Happy Returns by Steven Wilson

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track is another beautiful, touching song by Steven Wilson. Happy Returns is off of his album Hand. Cannot. Erase. which came out 7 years ago today. Wilson states that the album is "about a woman growing up, who goes to live in the city, very isolated, and she disappears one day and no one notices." It's based loosely on Joyce Carol Vincent who died in her apartment in the city but no one notices for two years even thought she had friends and family. 

In Happy Returns, the protagonist is writing a letter to her distant brother but before she finishes, she drifts away due to her feeling drowsy. 

"Hey brother, I feel I’m living in parentheses

And I've got trouble with the bills

Do the kids remember me?

Well I got gifts for them

And for you more sorrow

But I’m feeling kind of drowsy now

So I’ll finish this tomorrow"

But she doesn't...

Easy Like Sunday Morning Track - Some Kind of Wonderful by Grand Funk Railroad

Can I get a witness?

Today's Easy Like Sunday Morning Track was requested by my Some Kind of Wonderful wife Jessica. This track was first recorded in 1967 by the Soul Brothers Six but was later covered by Grand Funk Railroad on their 1974 album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - March of the Insane by Dream Widow (Foo Fighters)

For today's Metal Track we see Foo Fighters go full on thrash metal! I love Dave Grohl. March of the Insane is a new song released by Dream Widow (aka Foo Fighters) for the upcoming horror flick Studio 666. The film features the Foo Fighters struggling to record their 10th studio album when they start to encounter demonic forces in the mansion they are using as a recording studio.

Scott's Instrumental Metal Track of the Day - 309 by Russian Circles

Today's Instrumental Metal Track is live performance of 309 by Russian Circles. This is the opening track off of their 2011 album Empros. 

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Ten Ton Hammer by Machine Head

Been watching a lot of Olympic curling this week. When the team gets ready to throw the hammer I think they should play today's Metal Track by Machine Head Ten Ton Hammer is the opening track off of their 1997 album The More Things Change. 

Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Feel What I Believe by The Halo Effect

Today's Metal Track is Feel What I Believe by the new project, The Halo Effect, which features 5 former members from the Swedish metal band In Flames. This is the second single from their debut album which is set to be released later this year. 

Vocalist Mikael Stanne is also the vocalist for Dark Tranquility. He provided lead vocals on In Flames debut album as session musician. Current In Flames vocalist, Anders Friden, was originally the lead vocalist of Dark Tranquility while Stanne was the lead guitarist. When  Anders took over vocals for In Flames, Stanne took over vocals for Dark Tranquility so they effectively switched places. 

Thanks to Adam Satterwhite for sharing this with me.