🐦✈️ The Next Wave

Your weekly dose of music discovery from Pigeons & Planes. [Pigeons Planes ](#) "The system is broken. It’s going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life..." - Prince Yesterday, June 7, would have been Minneapolis legend Prince’s 62nd birthday. In 2015, he released a song called “Baltimore” following the violent death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, and the subsequent protests. Following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as the Black Lives Matter protests that have spread around the world, Prince’s estate re-released the song yesterday with a [new video](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgwNd3P0UBMUT4aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPWNmN2ViMGY0NjgtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9ZDI0ZTg2YWVlNDg1YjdkJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS93YXRjaCUzRnYlM0RoTUxJN0xGZjg0dyUyNmZlYXR1cmUlM0RlbWJfdGl0bGUlMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEaGl2ZSUyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW0lM0RlbWFpbCUyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbiUzRGhpdmVfZW1haWxfaWRfNTI2NTVXA3NwY0IKAB93Ut5e_FPvTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTJAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). “If there ain't no justice, then there ain't no peace,” Prince sings. There have still been no arrests or charges made against the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor in her own home. 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Stay safe and keep fighting for change however you can. [Image](#) [Image](#) Picture by Tim Saccenti Run The Jewels - “walking in the snow” Run The Jewels decided their new album RTJ4 couldn’t wait. Originally scheduled for last Friday, they dropped it a few days early, and the project is a fitting soundtrack for the times. “You so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like me / Until my voice goes from a shriek to whisper—‘I can’t breathe’ / And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TV,” Killer Mike raps on “walking in the snow.” Those lyrics may have been written about Eric Garner, but as protests around the world take place in reaction to the killing of George Floyd, this Run The Jewels album hits with an intense urgency. In the age of TikTok hits and dance-along anthems, Run The Jewels is delivering the kind of music that sounds like the world feels. It’s raw, vital, and demands attention. [LISTEN NOW](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgwNd3P0UBOETPaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPWNmN2ViMGY0NjgtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9ZDI0ZTg2YWVlNDg1YjdkJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3lvdXR1LmJlL0dHOExjcVIxa3F3JTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGhpdmUlMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RoaXZlX2VtYWlsX2lkXzUyNjU1VwNzcGNCCgAfd1LeXvxT705SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Image](#) [Image](#) Leo Bhanji Recommended If You Like: James Blake, Shlohmo, FKA twigs 20-year-old London-based artist Leo Bhanji is making some beautiful songs, and they’ve each got a rawness and personal touch to them. "I don't have the patience to be a fully-formed artist right out the gate,” he told us, “but I think my talent is in beautifully half-assing things, maybe with that same efficiency. I know people already hold my music close to their heart so I'm happy to just keep living and keep writing." Impossible to easily categorize—like so many of today’s best artists—Leo’s small catalog so far is really promising. His most recent song “Blade Of Hope” is our favorite yet. [LISTEN TO: “Blade of Hope"](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgwNd3P0UCMTFEz2h0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD1jZjdlYjBmNDY4LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPWQyNGU4NmFlZTQ4NWI3ZCZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy95b3V0dS5iZS8tNzBYVWJxQjBVcyUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RoaXZlJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEaGl2ZV9lbWFpbF9pZF81MjY1NVcDc3BjQgoAH3dS3l78U-9OUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Image](#) Picture by Rachel Filter Momma Recommended If You Like: Beabadoobee, The Drums, Hinds Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten, the lead singers/guitarists/songwriters of the four-piece band Momma, met at high school outside Los Angeles and have been making music together for years, inspired by songwriters like Kim Deal and Elliott Smith. As they worked on Two of Me, their upcoming second album, they were separated while finishing college in New York and New Orleans, reuniting to record in L.A. between semesters. The result is a grungey rock and roll album with surprisingly sticky melodies and seamless dual vocals that can range from snarling aggression ("Biohazard") to dreamy delight ("Double Dare"). "We started writing Two of Me about two years ago," Momma tells us. "The actual concept for the album came together one day when we realized that we have a natural symbiotic relationship with one another—recognizing ourselves as somewhat of the same person in different bodies. Ultimately the album deals with themes of duality through a fictional world called The Bug House, a place where characters are sentenced as a result of crime or other moral wrongdoings. It speaks to the idea of understanding both the good and bad within oneself." Momma continues, "Working closely in the studio with Aron Kobayashi-Ritch, the producer of the album, alongside our drummer, Zach CapittiFenton, allowed for a more collaborative recording process. For the past two years, Two of Me has been a project that we have committed ourselves to in full, and we can’t wait to see how listeners will identify with it.” [LISTEN TO: "Double Dare"](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgwNd3P0UCMTNEz2h0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD1jZjdlYjBmNDY4LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPWQyNGU4NmFlZTQ4NWI3ZCZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy95b3V0dS5iZS9lR250VUdHeEJTSSUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RoaXZlJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEaGl2ZV9lbWFpbF9pZF81MjY1NVcDc3BjQgoAH3dS3l78U-9OUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Image](#) LPB Poody Recommended If You Like: Kodak Black, 42 Dugg, King Von LPB Poody's breakout hit "Address It" isn't the kind of song you'd usually associate with TikTok success, but that's where it started going viral. The song's wordless hook only appears once at the beginning and once at the end of the song, but that's all it takes. With a charismatic delivery filtered through a Florida drawl, plus urgent, booming production, "Address It" is one of those songs that hits immediately and is hard to not play back to back. The Orlando rapper started recording raps on his iPhone at the age of 12, and now he’s got some momentum, he’s planning to keep his foot on the gas. “I ain't gonna lie, making 'Address It' was a record I was feeling at the time," Poody tells us. "When I first signed with my big bro Breyon Prescott (Chameleon Entertainment CEO), this was one of the records I sent to him and he said the record was crazy and to go with it. To be honest, I ain’t know it hit TikTok until one of my lil jits got at me to let me know it was up. I got another record that’s hard with 42 Dugg so look out for that.” [LISTEN TO: "Address It"](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRgwNd3P0UCMTVEz2h0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD1jZjdlYjBmNDY4LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPWQyNGU4NmFlZTQ4NWI3ZCZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy95b3V0dS5iZS9PQU1YVHVKeUUzYyUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RoaXZlJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEaGl2ZV9lbWFpbF9pZF81MjY1NVcDc3BjQgoAH3dS3l78U-9OUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Image](#) [Image](#) The P&P playlist is updated with songs from Run The Jewels, Denzel Curry, and Dua Saleh, as well as some of our favorite rising artists. The Pigeons & Planes playlist is updated constantly, with an emphasis on music discovery and human curation, not algorithms. 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