Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Archived Posts from The Metaphorical Boat
Sports Team - M5
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're into the top half of our favourite songs of 2019 now, with some fabulous tunes making it to 25…” on Dec 19th, 2019 →
Junodream - Odd Behaviour
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're nearly at the halfway point of our countdown, as we look at the songs that ended up at numbers…” on Dec 17th, 2019 →
BROODS - Hospitalized +1 remix
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Tracks that made it from 35 to 31 in the countdown, with songs from New Zealand synth-pop, another country/hip-hop hybrid,…” on Dec 15th, 2019 →
I Was a King - Hatchet
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Songs from numbers 40 to 36 now follow. This section features heartfelt Irish folk, Rozalla-interpolating Birmingham indie, Donegal country-inflected singer-songwriter…” on Dec 14th, 2019 →
Peter J McCauley - Pony On The Fare
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “And following on from our first batch of five, here are the songs that made it to 45 to 41…” on Dec 10th, 2019 →
cheerbleederz - 04 Cabin Fever
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Time for the annual listageddon here at The Metaphorical Boat. Over the next few days we will be counting down…” on Dec 8th, 2019 →
Other Voices - Master
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Drop The Shadow are a rock trio that hail from Dublin. Having released their debut single "Break The Fall" last year,…” on Nov 30th, 2019 →
Lore - More Than This
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Since forming in 2015, Derry 4-piece Lore have released an E.P, a few singles (including a radical folk re-working of…” on Sep 18th, 2019 →
Skyward - Mark Hegan
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “It's great to get new music from an artist that we've been fans of on The Metaphorical Boat in different…” on Aug 26th, 2019 →
wojtek the bear - a long wait for bad news
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Fun fact - Wojtek was a bear who was enlisted in the Polish Army during World War II, rising to…” on Jul 20th, 2019 →
Buí - Something Else To Talk About
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “The Belfast-based group Buí first came to our attention back in 2017 off the release of their album "Eugene", and…” on Jun 8th, 2019 →
King Hannah - CRÈME BRÛLÉE
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “You would think listening to the hazy music of King Hannah that they hail from the American heartlands, but you'd…” on May 27th, 2019 →
LGATP - Most of the time
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “Originally from Italy but now based in New York, Late Guest At The Party make rather nifty electro-pop tunes, with their…” on May 13th, 2019 →
Sun Gods - Zanzara
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're getting closer to finding out which song has clinched the top spot in our favourite songs of 2019, but…” on Dec 28th, 2019 →
brandnewfriend - Girl
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're tantalisingly close to finding out what The Metaphorical Boat's Top Song of 2018, but before we do, let us…” on Dec 30th, 2018 →
Juan Mendez - Kelsea Ballerini-I Hate Love Songs
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're getting closer to finding out what the most popular songs of 2018 have been for us, but before we…” on Dec 28th, 2018 →
FJOKRA - Evening Lights
The Metaphorical BoatFollow “We're ascending up the pecking order now, with the songs that have landed between 20 and 16 on our countdown,…” on Dec 27th, 2018 →