In this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks take on sweet, sentimental love with the promise of settled commitment. Each track is warm with affection, some promising escape and heart-thumping adventures. This list features Latti Patterson, GINAxC, Mark Walsh and more!
1. Latti Patterson - Rent Free In My Mind
‘Rent Free In My Mind’ by Latti Patterson is an acoustic guitar-led track that uses its relaxed pacing and sentimental melodies to brighten its story of love. The narrator muses about someone whose smile “...lives rent free in my mind…”. The song’s melodies feel warm in their vulnerability, exuding comfort at every turn.
The track’s soft guitar and piano melodies allow its light-bright themes to shine through, pulling the listener into our narrator’s lovestruck mindset. Something about the melody and its moods makes way for warmth, which feels sweet, familiar, wholesome, sentimental and vulnerable all at once.
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2. Apteeki - The Rest Is Noise
‘The Rest Is Noise’ by Apteekii promises commitment, with deep piano melodies that form the basis of the melody. Deep, vulnerable tones take on new meaning as the narrator(s) profess their epic, unyielding declaration: “...I am yours, know that I am yours alone…”.
“...There’s nothing else, the rest is noise…”. There’s something about this sentiment on the track that helps it feel secure in some way. The love here promised feels real enough to the narrator, even if it’s for someone far away, that they want to promise devotion. It’s a refreshing take on a love song, as it brings in that ballad-like, secure declaration and mood.
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3. GINAxC - Secret Little World
‘Secret Little World’ by GINAxC is an energetic track that seems to promise little bursts of adventure through the night. Our narrator describes meeting their beau on a fun night out, while urging them to let go of their inhibitions just for the night.
The track is energetic and immersive, luring the narrator’s lover to surrender to the groove, the rhythm of the interaction. “...Take this chance and discover a secret little world…”. It follows the headiness of attraction at first sight, embracing it wholly and urging their love to take it on too. Intense, immersive and heady.
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4. The Dinosaur’s Skin - The Dinosaur’s Skin
‘The Dinosaur’s Skin’ by The Dinosaur’s Skin is an indie-pop track that embraces its chill groove while attempting to access more expansive, deeper melodies. Its lyrics promise commitment and unwavering loyalty in the face of anything that threatens whatever lies in our narrator’s way.
“...Thinking about you…never ever leaving without you…”. The narrator expresses this sense of loyalty and even protectiveness, feeling strong emotions that seem to compel them to make these declarations, these oaths of sorts. These promises. The loyalty seems unwavering, shaping the very core of the narrator’s beliefs about love. Expressing commitment and loyalty unwaveringly.
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5. Mark Walsh - SATURN
‘SATURN’ by Mark Walsh is a chill, acoustic track that feels like a vow of commitment in many ways. The narrator expresses their love with a genuine earnestness that feels welcome. In the song, love for their person comes easy to them, quick. The soundscape moving in rhythmic, expansive directions simply to illustrate this.
“...One lifetime ain’t enough…”, the narrator declares, to express their love for their person. “...Put a ring on her like Saturn…”. Commitment, love and loyalty seem to be at the fore of this bright, expansive, wholesome track. Wholesome, vulnerable, secure, vulnerable and happy.
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