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Saunas and Summer Tunes: A Hilarious Heatwave Adventure and Music Mix Extravaganza
Ever find yourself trying to escape the summer heat, only to land in an even hotter spot? Matt hilariously recounts his attempt to find solace in an infrared sauna right in the middle of a blazing Texas day. This episode is packed with more than just laughs as we explore the idea of alternating between saunas and cryotherapy for the ultimate chill experience. Plus, we introduce our latest new music mix featuring "Dreamin'" by Common and Pete Rock, delving into Common's lyrical genius and the smooth trumpet sounds that make this track unforgettable.
Get ready to discover the nostalgic vibes of the Dusk Whales, a band that brings a fresh twist to 60s-inspired music. We're buzzing with excitement about their upcoming album and even plan to bring them on the show to dig into their creative process. Also on the music front, we can't get enough of the infectious energy from the collaboration between Camila Cabello and Lil Nas X. And don't miss our review of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats' reflective new track "Get Used to the Night," which tackles themes of aging and life changes. This segment promises a rich blend of music and engaging conversations.
We also shine a spotlight on Fantastic Cat, a superband whose eclectic sound blends country, folk, and alternative genres in a way that’s bound to win fans. Their track "So Glad You Made It" is a breath of fresh air, and we predict big things for them. Wrapping up the episode, we celebrate Lisa's empowering anthem "Rockstar," a track that’s bound to boost your confidence. Plus, get a sneak peek of our special music mix for the upcoming Summer Olympics and follow us on Instagram @superawesomemix for the latest updates!
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1. Dreamin’ by Common & Pete Rock
2. Easy to Love by Aaron Frazer
3. Kirk Cousins by Woodboy Gee
4. Deju Vu (feat. DJ Drama) by Logic
5. Mountains Separate Us by The Duskwhales
6. HE KNOWS by Camila Cabello & Lil Nas X
7. Get Used to the Night by Nathianiel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
8. Midnight by James Blake & Lil Yachty
9. Indifferent by Megan Moroney
10. internet baby by GAYLE
11. So Glad You Made It by Fantastic Cat
12. Rockstar by LISA
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Welcome back to another Super Awesome Mix. My name is Matt Sidholm, alongside my co-host and co-founder of Super Awesome Mix, samer Abu-Salbi Samer, how are we doing this week?
Speaker 2:Doing real well. Happy July to you, good sir. How's your summer been going?
Speaker 1:It's getting hotter and hotter, and every time it does, I only grow stronger and think about how much you hate it.
Speaker 2:Which I'm sure also feeds your strength.
Speaker 1:And that just further strengthens me yes, of course. So I tell thee son, give me me your best, you shall not break me okay yeah, I am, uh, I'm doing okay.
Speaker 2:I I sent my friend a happy like six months till christmas.
Speaker 1:Text message the other day, on june 25th and he just started cracking up.
Speaker 2:He's like how are you doing if you're counting down six months to Christmas? You're probably, you're probably not doing.
Speaker 1:Okay, and he's not wrong so, speaking of being miserable in the heat, I recently tried out a uh, an infrared sauna. Have have you heard about this like it's supposed to bring all these like positive effects. Are you familiar with this at all?
Speaker 1:no, I I'm not so, yeah, I mean, you know they have the cryotherapy which which I've also done where it's like, all right, it's super cold. It's like three minutes, right, you're in, you're out. So, with the infrared sauna, they're like, all right, you sit in this cabin, we're gonna put the temperature up like 150, 175 degrees and and you're just sitting in there for 45 minutes and it's supposed to. Hey, you sweat everything out like great for recovery. You know this, that and the other, and, um, I tried it and I made it about 25 minutes and then I was like, yeah, I'm feeling a little lightheaded, I'm getting out of this right now. Here's what sucks about living in Texas. Once I walk out the door from this place, well, now I'm right back in the sauna like there's, there's no relief yeah, you go from 175 to like 155 it's only mildly cooler, still no breeze.
Speaker 1:So I can't stop sweating. And so I go from the sauna place to like you know, I'm like picking up dinner on the way home or something, and like the guy's like, hey, you're sweating a lot, Like the guy out there. It was so noticeable that like guy at restaurant is like hey, man, you okay.
Speaker 1:Like what's going on but, like the moment, the few minutes I was at the restaurant, that was the one like AC, like the, the relief that I got, and then right back walking to my car. But you know, okay, I'm back in the sauna.
Speaker 2:So you gotta, um, you gotta just schedule them back to back you to go infrared to cryotherapy and then be on your way. I think I do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just go from one right to the other, or just stick with the cryotherapy, because honestly I think it's better, but anyway.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So there's my little story about doing a sauna in the middle of summer in Texas. It's not a great idea.
Speaker 2:No, but what is a great idea is all the new music on our mix and listening to it, because there's some really great tracks here. As the music industry heats up throughout the year, I feel like things are really rolling right now. I've been really enjoying our new music mixes.
Speaker 1:Agreed. Yeah, I mean again, and I think we had just right off the bat here this first track is actually one that we both picked right.
Speaker 2:It is yes, and without further ado I'll introduce it. It is Dreamin' by Common and Pete Rock.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I feel like nowadays more people associate Common with kind of dramatic readings that he does before, like an NBA game or something.
Speaker 2:Yes, he's got a great voice for that.
Speaker 1:He does right, he's very good at it. He's got a great voice for that he does. Right, he's very good at it. That's not a criticism at all. But I feel like most people are like, yeah, no, I've seen that guy on TV, like you absolutely know him. But I don't know, maybe people forget that he's a musician and he's incredible. I actually saw him live once and it was almost like a variety show. Just the different things he could do up there. There was a lot of dancing, a lot of I mean he even DJed for a little bit and just obviously the singing and the rapping. So he's great.
Speaker 1:And this is off an upcoming album called the Auditorium, volume 1. And I think that's an appropriate title because this song feels like the opening number of a show and kind of introducing you to just what's to come on this album. So it'll be a really interesting album once the full thing comes out. But this one's awesome just because he really admits the lyrics, gives a lot of shout-outs to a lot of different people Biggie, mlk, prince, sheila E Aretha it's great. And he weaves Aretha Like it's great and he weaves them in and it's not really gratuitous at all. He really does tell a great story. So I mean, it stood out for me and obviously stood out for you as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I really enjoyed this track. I was just thinking this is like the opposite of an Eminem diss track, because it's just naming a bunch of people out of a lot of respect for them. I think Obama even gets a shout out in there, you know, like it's incredible. And of course it samples Aretha Franklin throughout, where you know she has like the chorus talking about dreaming and Pete Rock is on the trumpet and it's amazing. It just adds this really smooth like vibe to it, along with his voice, which we talked about, which is just buttery smooth as well, like he's great. I I've always enjoyed listening to commons uh music. That was actually my first introduction to him and then I started to see him in acting roles, um, so it went the other way for me, but I imagine it's flipped for a lot of other people. But, yeah, really happy we both picked this track. This is a really cool one agreed, agreed.
Speaker 1:Now this one, someone less famous, but I think this was a fantastic song it is Easy to Love. By Aaron Fraser.
Speaker 2:Yeah, as, as is usually the case, we don't really plan. Sometimes you know songs go next to each other, but then they end up working really well next to each other, because this is just like another really smooth, easy to listen to track. I find that the song itself is easy to love because it just has this great throwback vibe to it. It's like just you could put this on during a party and people would just vibe to it and just a great chorus. I don't like.
Speaker 2:I only have positive things to say about the song in the sense of just like how good it makes me feel listening to it. I think it's a really nice track, start to finish, and a great little like summer smooth vibe, like late night track to it. So really happy to discover this. I didn't I was not familiar with Aaron Frazier. This is one of those ones where I'm just clicking around on new music and stumbled upon it and I especially know that something's cool because my wife was nearby and I was listening to it, not on headphones, she's like whoa who who is this? So I know that I have something good whenever she actually like wants to listen to it.
Speaker 1:She has very discerning music taste so, um, yeah, I think this song's appropriately titled because I think the song itself is easy to love. I mean, he's got such a soulful voice and it's at such a high register, like a high pitch, but not in just like sort of a falsetto the entire time, like it's just I thought his voice, his voice just blew me away, um, and it's definitely someone I want to hear more of. But you're right, it was like soulful enough, like this is definitely kind of a kind of a love song to it, but it's not like slow, like it's still kind of dancey dancey. Like you said, you can put it on a party. So now I thought this was a great find. I really, really enjoyed this one that's awesome.
Speaker 2:And to kind of prove the point that we don't put our songs next to each other on purpose, I'm going to introduce the third song, which is a hard left turn here from the two vibes, and it is kirk cousins by wood boy g. All right, so I admittedly this one got me on title alone.
Speaker 1:It is Kirk Cousins by Woodboy G, all right. So admittedly this one got me on title alone. I was like, okay, who's writing a rap song about Kirk Cousins, right, but Kirk Cousins, longtime quarterback in the NFL, most recently of the Minnesota Vikings, but he signed with the Atlanta Falcons and I think that's where the connection is here, because I believe Woodboy G is a Falcons fan. He makes a reference to Michael Vick as well as the Dirty Birds.
Speaker 2:But he doesn't mention Kirk Cousins at all. No, the most he gets to is like go, go, go touchdown.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's the most is go, go, go touchdown.
Speaker 1:This almost seems like an attempt by wood boy g to kind of become the song of the season for the falcons, like I want everyone to play this at the games and this just to become a thing when we, when we get in the end zone. But, um, it's funny because kirk cousins is as midwestern dad as they come right like this is not someone who you'd associate with rap music. He had the funny video on the team playing a couple of years ago where he's wearing like the gold chains and going shirtless and you know all the guys are laughing at him. But you know, pretty decent quarterback, probably not going to win them a Superbowl, but great that he's getting a shout out Overall, though like take this out of it. I did like this song they. Great that he's getting a shout out Overall, though, like take this out of it.
Speaker 2:I did like this song yeah.
Speaker 1:It's a pretty good rap song and, yeah, the rest of this album is actually pretty solid as well. So you know, while this one kind of sucked me in on title alone, I did enjoy it. Worth listening to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it has like a great kind of amp-up workout track vibe to it no-transcript seconds.
Speaker 1:So just good enough, the last minute or so, don't worry about it yeah, yeah, exactly all right, your next pick. You went with deja vu by logic. Featuring dj drama.
Speaker 2:Yes, I love Logic. That's definitely like a clickbait artist for me as well. Anytime he puts out new music I love to listen to it and this one in particular I really like. There's been a number of new tracks from him that I've kind of skipped over, but this one I've really enjoyed so I wanted to feature it here like confidence playlist. It just kind of gives me that attitude of wanting to strut, you know, and just feel very confident and feel good about myself, and that's basically what he's rapping about.
Speaker 2:He's kind of rapping about all the accolades and, you know, the fame, the success, uh, that he's gotten and uh, although you know it's like thinking about all those things and I really like this one line here where he sings because the money and the fame, success in the game has nothing to do with the life of happiness you plan to attain, which I think is a really cool little reminder that you know, oftentimes we seek those like kind of things out there money, fame, success, etc but in fact happiness comes from other sources, usually from within or a sense of like, accomplishment and self-worth. So yes, those things are nice to have, I'm sure, but they are often not a source of happiness, they're just like the result of you doing other things, so really love that message here. But just overall enjoyed the track and really like listening to it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I completely agree, like this one, even if you just ignore the lyrics and just like kind of listen to the song like it's a great song, like you're gonna get into it just based on that. But then, yeah, I thought the lyrics were so thoughtful, um, and yeah, just so many, so many great points made. Kind of like you described the common track, this was very much the opposite of a diss track.
Speaker 1:It's like he almost just seems like grateful and just like I appreciate my family, I appreciate this life I have, but it's all wrapped up in this rap song where, yeah so people out there who kind of just dismiss rap music, I think songs like this will probably get you thinking about it in a different way.
Speaker 2:Absolutely All right. Track number five Extra excited to introduce this one. This is Mountains Separate Us by the Dusk Whales.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the Dusk Whales came to us via just random email and so and this is not the first time we've done this on the show so I do continue to encourage, like PR and publicist people like send us music. We really do listen to it and really try to get into it. So, yeah, they've got an album coming out in August and actually it sounds like we are going to have them on the show before that album comes out, and so that's really exciting. These guys, similar to you, had the Lemon Twigs on the new music mix, I think two months ago, and the Lemon Twigs had a very throwback-y sound in the sense that, and not throwback to like the 80s, it was a throwback to like the 60s and that was like same thing with the Dusk Whales and they list some of these, like the Beatles and some of these other bands, as influences and I think you can really hear it in this music and so I'm really excited to bring them on and talk to them because you know, like we said when we listened to the lemon lemon twigs, it's like why?
Speaker 1:Why don't more bands do this? If they're heavily influenced by these old bands, try to recreate that sound, and I think the dust whales have done a pretty good job of that. They're a real up and coming band and I think it's going to be really cool to to band and I think it's going to be really cool to to hear their story and hear what they have to say. But but great track that this one's out there right now and, like I said, the rest of the album's coming in August yeah, this was a really good track.
Speaker 2:I'm super excited to have them on the show. It's always fun to have musicians join us and talk about music, that you know why they wrote the songs that they did, and then also, which songs are they currently listening to that they really like and how did that influence them. So it's going to be a great discussion. This band actually reminded me of the New Pornographers, which is another alt band that I really love, and that's a huge compliment because I love those guys. So I was really excited to listen to this track. I enjoyed it a lot and, again, I'm really eager to have them on the show and get the chance to talk to them.
Speaker 1:All right Now, you know, who knows, maybe we'll have these guys on the show later in the year. Okay, but track six, you got he Knows, by Camila Cabello and Lil Nas X.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we could definitely get them on the show, just slide into their DMs, no problem.
Speaker 1:How about just one of them?
Speaker 2:we don't need both, just even one of them, yeah I mean little nas x ran the united uh new york city half, which I did back in march, so should have should be on the lookout next time I run these things.
Speaker 1:Just you know, you gotta find, like, what pace he's running at and then just, yeah, try to try to match his pace yeah, exactly be like.
Speaker 2:Oh, hey, you know, while I have you, let me just do a quick little podcast.
Speaker 1:We need to equip you with one of those like mobile, like microphones and headsets, so you could just run and do the interview right then, yeah yeah, yeah, he wouldn't be annoyed by that at all um, this is a great collaboration, though I think it's.
Speaker 2:You know, you said something earlier about a song that's just like really easy to listen to and that's kind of the vibe that I get from this, like it's just a good catchy song, like a high energy pop dance song, could also see it being like a great summer track. It reminds me almost of like a Drake song from the album views, like that's kind of the you know, back before Drake just became kind of like angry. I feel like views was before he got, before he got angry. So yeah, that's kind of what I what I get from this and I like it.
Speaker 1:Pre-angry Drake yeah, I didn't.
Speaker 1:I didn't have that in my notes. No, I could see this becoming a monster hit just cause it's, I mean, well-timed. It's about three minutes long, yeah. Yeah, I mean, just right off the bat I think the beat just kind of gets you. And then Lil Nas X, kind of you know, starts to come in a little bit at the chorus and then he kind of takes over with his part in the song, like about 90 seconds in, and so it's just really well done. They really mesh well in, and so it's just really well done. They really mesh well together. And, yeah, totally agree, it's a great collaboration and definitely one I think we're going to hear a ton over the next few months.
Speaker 2:All right. This next track has again a great band name, which I think we've talked about before, but the track is Get Used to the Night by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.
Speaker 1:Yes, so we had Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. Yes, so we had Nathaniel Rateliff on last month's New Music Mix. He was helping out Orville Peck on another country track that Samer wasn't thrilled with. But here he's back with his group, the Night Sweats. The new album's called South of here.
Speaker 1:This song feels like it's about kind of aging and things that you used to do you can't really do anymore. And you know, I feel like when I hear that lyric, like get used to the night, it's almost like if you ever have been, you know, or you wake up and everything's dark and your eyes just need a second to adjust. Right, it's almost like that type of thing. It's like as you get older, you kind of need a little bit of time to adjust to kind of like who you are in that moment, whether it's what your body can do, what your mind can do, what you're doing with your life, like whatever it is. So I don't know, I thought it was a really well-written song and I love the sound that they put out and yeah, I don't know, just, uh, these guys I I always kind of come back to them ever since I discovered them a couple of years ago and I just really like their music.
Speaker 2:That's cool. Yeah, I really enjoyed it too. I loved the vibe of this song. It almost reminded me of like a Counting Crows track in a way, and I wrote here if this counts as country, then I like it, Because I couldn't really it was like country adjacent.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it could have been, but maybe that's why I like it. No, it was a really great, really great track, very relaxed one. Again, I could see myself. I was imagining myself like where I'm at, listening to music. And this is another one where it's, you know, after a long summer day you're kind of sitting out on a patio somewhere just enjoying the night as well and just taking it all in. So I really like this track.
Speaker 1:All right. Track eight We've got Midnight by James Blake and Lil Yachty.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this one caught my eye. I generally love Lil Yachty and I've listened to some James Blake collaborations before, so I was like sure, let's, let's check, check on this one, and I really, really liked it. It works really well together, you know, similar to a lot of other Little Yachty tracks, like it's very trippy. It's exactly what I expect from them and it's a song, I think, you know, really just kind of like dealing with being yourself and not changing back to like another version whenever you go to, you know, be around others, and I think it's something that we can relate to how we're often different people around different groups of people. So that's kind of how I interpreted the lyrics, but in general I think it's just like a cool, a cool track, that that is a little trippy, but really just like a gorgeous song, start to finish so, admittedly, I didn't love this song the first time I heard it and uh, yeah went back a second time, listened to it again.
Speaker 1:It got better.
Speaker 1:I think it's probably a minute too long and I don't know if that's just you know, like I think there was a moment where I was like they could probably end this song. Right now I'm pretty satisfied. And then, yeah, I think it kind of keeps going. So I didn't love it as much as your other picks this month, I would say, but I will say it did. I think the second time through I was like I kind of appreciated it more. But still I was like you know what it was, I think it kept building up but it never quite like kind of just finally hit and had the payoff there. So it was just kind of build build, build, build, build.
Speaker 1:And yeah, I just wanted that, that that little payoff there, if I could remix that one.
Speaker 2:No, that makes sense, but you know I'm quite indifferent to your opinion here, which is going to bring us to track nine, which is Indifferent, by Megan Maroney Listen guys.
Speaker 1:that's why Sammers are pros pro.
Speaker 1:Okay, right there Segues like that and I hope you all appreciate it. Yeah, megan Maroney, she was on one of my best of picks a couple of years ago from her first album, the song I'm Not Pretty. So four songs from her new album are out right now and I think the new album comes out either later in July or next month. But yeah, I couldn't decide which one to pick because all four of them were really well written and really well sung. I really like the way she kind of approaches things here. She just talks about this relationship that she used to care so much about. She was all in and now she just doesn't care at all. And she talks about what a great feeling it is to be indifferent, and I'll call it the lyrics june came and went. When's your birthday again? Did I miss it? My bad, that's on me and I just love that thought. That indifference is just a great feeling.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, it's true. Like to have someone become you know so important in your life. And we talked about this song a while ago by the best called the X an expert in the dying field. I may have talked about that with Jen on her show and what she's thinking about is like you become an expert and the dying field is this relationship. Like you know everything about this human being, you are an expert on this human, but then, because the relationship's ending, now it's a dying field and I think that you know the arc finally ends where Megan is, which is like you realize you don't care anymore about all that stuff. Like, and that is such a sweet relief. I love the line here. I think I could wish you the best. The truth is, I couldn't care less. How sweet it is to be so, so indifferent.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she is great, and she's got another few tracks out there already, like I said, that are really well written. So keep going back to her music please. Another one who I think is just a really clever songwriter You've got a track 10.
Speaker 2:It is Internet Baby, by Gayle yeah, these next two picks on on mine, I think, are my two favorite off of this whole mix um, and this one in particular. I love the lyrics. It just makes me laugh. She has really inventive like music to that. She sings about great chorus and obviously you know, if you're a millennial, I think it's a very relatable track. Um, because basically she's just calling us all internet babies.
Speaker 2:I love, I love the wow, wow, wow that she integrates into it all. And there's so many things to call out here. So I love the line don't need to do it, I'll cancel myself. Is it really hate if it's in lowercase, which are two great lines, because obviously cancel culture became a huge thing and she's like, don't worry about it, I'll just cancel myself. And then the is it really hate if it's in lowercase is great, because I also am I'm guilty of this too Like a lot of millennials, kind of like rejected casing in sentences and just went, just went, all lower cases If somehow, I don't know, we were sticking it to someone, you know, by not casing things, um, and so I love that Like does it really count in hate if you're lower casing?
Speaker 2:It's like a gentle hate, you know. It's very calming. And then finally, the line where she just kind of offhandedly says oh my God, go away is perfect, because she's so exasperated when she says that, and I think that's also a feeling that I can relate to these days. So, yeah, love the track.
Speaker 1:Love this one. Yes, I totally agree. I also love how she says she wishes she was born in the 80s. I was born even earlier than that, but I think it's still I mean, you were born in the 80s Like I think growing up without all this stuff probably made for a simpler childhood, like seeing my own kids grow up with and they're not on social media or anything, but they definitely hit up like YouTube and stuff and all the stuff they get hit with.
Speaker 1:Now it's just like I mean, as a parent I'm just running stuff down left and right, whereas before it was just like. You know, all right, children's programming ended at 10 AM and maybe they watch a soap opera or something, but that's about as racy as content got that you had to run down or you know, like they'd have to get on a phone that they had to pick up, like to have to interact with friends, and now there's text messages and all sorts of stuff out there. Anyway, yeah, totally agree. I think there's a lot of people who, for whatever reason, that all that exposure hasn't made anybody tougher. Right, it actually makes everybody more sensitive. You would think people would develop a thick skin from all that, but it's gone the opposite way, but yeah, anyway, just love this one. Really really great job by her putting this together great job by her putting this together.
Speaker 2:Absolutely agree, and you know I'm so glad that she made it, which brings me to track number 11, which is so glad you made it by fantastic cat okay.
Speaker 1:So I said earlier that kirk cousins on title alone kind of sucked me in, right these guys, when I just saw the name fantastic cat and I was like, okay, well, let me go check out a band called Fantastic Cat, right? Even better was that this is off the album. Now that's what I call Fantastic Cat, okay, which is also a great album.
Speaker 2:Title Now this is their second album. The first album was called the Very Best of Fantastic Cat. That's amazing as a first album, like name.
Speaker 1:No, these guys this is like my new favorite band because I went back, I've listened to all their music. At this point right, I've exhausted their two album catalog. But it's technically a super group. These are all singer songwriters independent of each other anthony domato, brian dunn, don DeLego and Mike Montali and I wasn't familiar with any of their work independently but them coming together, as Fantastic Cat reminded me of kind of the band if you're familiar with them, or even a little bit of Counting Crows, and so it was funny when I came across this particular track because I'm like God, this really sounds like a Counting Crows track. And then all of a sudden, whose voice do I hear? But it's Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, and so he jumps in on this one and lends his voice to the backgrounds. So I thought that was kind of funny. But these guys are great.
Speaker 1:I really have not been this excited about a new band in a long time and I don't know, maybe we'll reach out to them and see if they want to come on the show as well. Might be a little more gettable than Lil Nas X if Samer can't catch him in the marathon it's, I don't know. Just really enjoyed this song, this album, this band. So yeah, fantastic cat.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this is such a great song and it's funny. I had the experience similar to one you had earlier where when it first opened I was like I don't know if I'm going to like this one, but then, as as I just kept listening to it, it really grew on me and I really enjoyed it. The song is great. Like I don't know what genre this falls into. It's kind of like a bunch of different ones, like it's like kind of country, kind of folksy, kind of alternative, like it's hard to place it and I think that's also the beauty of it is that it doesn't necessarily fit cleanly into like a single bucket. So I really liked it.
Speaker 2:I also love the line if you aren't swimming, you're drowning, and I think that's like a really powerful reminder of just kind of like just keep, you know, keep progressing, keep putting in the effort, keep moving. You know there's like a lot that I talked about on my show Super Awesome you, which is we are kind of always in motion and you get to decide what that motion is, whether it's a forward one or like a sinking one. So I think it's a great line and I really enjoyed this track. So I'm happy to be introduced to them them, yeah, and they um.
Speaker 1:The line right before that is that there ain't no way around this, and so it's exactly what you're saying, right? It's like if you've got to go through something, if you're not swimming, you're drowning right so yeah, yeah, really well done. Um, all right, let's finish on a super high note. Uh, this was a great song to go out on track 12. Your last pick it, it is Rockstar by Lisa.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was not familiar with Lisa and so I'm really happy to be introduced to her because this is like a great, great confidence walk tall song has an amazing bass beat and vibe to it, super high energy, as you said. It reminds me a little bit of especially the chorus, like MIA's Paper Planes, like that song. I get that vibe, but she's awesome. I mean she's just talking about how great she is and how she's multilingual and how she's a rock star, you know. I mean she's like just really leaning into how good she feels about herself, which is hopefully a feeling that gets transmitted to you feeling good about yourself. So really great Love. That again kind of sits in multiple genres. It's got like an electronic vibe to it. It's got a hip hop vibe to it. This is just an awesome track to kind of go out on a high note, which is not like me typically, since I normally want to end on a very low note. But here we are.
Speaker 1:It's not like you, especially in the summer, but I'm telling you we're getting upbeat summer. This is the summer of upbeat summer. Okay, man, totally agree. I love the energy in this one. She raps as fast as like Nicki Minaj right, so it kind of gives you a sound alike there. A little bit Not familiar with her work at all prior to this, but could see this as a great montage song in a movie.
Speaker 1:I mean it's going to get you fired up. I thought the same thing, just the kind of confidence that the fired up whatever we've called it in the past like this, is definitely in that bucket and definitely, you know, something you want to listen to over and over again, gets you going in the morning. All of that, so great pick. And yeah, I mean mean, look, this would be a great one to start off, this would be a great one to end up and, and you know, probably in the middle you could put this one too. So just a great, great song overall. But yeah, I'm interested to hear what else she does, like, you know, like the rest of this album, I think might be really cool yeah, absolutely yes all right.
Speaker 1:Well, there you have it more new music for you, this time for the month of july. Um, so enjoy this one. We've got, of course, new music coming up the rest of the year. We've got the dust whales. They're going to come on at some point, but, I think, coming up in the near term. We've got a mix for the upcoming summer olympics, which we are very excited about, so we're going to get to work on that. Hit us up at superawesommix on Instagram. And so for Samer, this is Matt. We'll see you next time.