{"id":10036754,"date":"2023-12-11T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/?p=10036754"},"modified":"2023-12-14T06:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:49:55","slug":"year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2023\/12\/11\/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s always a daunting task to sit here in December and try to recap the Year in Music<\/em>. In some ways, 2023 flashed by in a blink of an eye, and in other way it dragged on seemingly for forever, as evidenced by the sinking feeling we get when we look at headlines from January and February. Perhaps the past 12 months will not go down as the greatest year ever for music overall, but it did deliver some pretty killer tunes, and welcomed a host of new artists that made an immediate impact, from the grand indie-glam spectacle of The Last Dinner Party (they own our Song of the Year in “Nothing Matters”) to the magnetic sex-positive playful allure of Chappell Roan (she owns our Album of the Year in The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em>). Vanyaland’s<\/em> coverage of the year’s never-ending onslaught of new singles is recapped below with 20 of our faves, spanning electro to punk to indie to alt-pop, and looking back it’s clear that there was a heavy dose of quality that grabbed the headlines over our increasing numbness to quantity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blondes, \u201cLove In The Afternoon\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It was once famously said that gentlemen prefer blondes. And pretty soon everyone\u2019s gonna love Blondes<\/strong><\/a>, the young English trio straight outta Nottingham who in March unleashed an absolute belter<\/a> called \u201cLove In The Afternoon,\u201d which straddles a seductive line between indie ambition and modern rock magnetism. Issued by C3 Records, \u201cLove In The Afternoon\u201d follows 2021 EP Out The Neighbourhood<\/em>, which helped propel the quartet to millions of Spotify streams and billions of TikTok views. That\u2019s all well and good, but we\u2019re here purely for the sonic rapture at play in this massive single. \u201cThis song is one of our absolute favourites, it\u2019s been in the live set since last year and feels so exciting to play,\u201d the band says. \u201cWe\u2019ve been out of action for a little while so wanted to punch back in with something lively. Our producer Antony Genn really pushed us to kick this song into the next gear up and we feel really proud of what we\u2019ve made. We\u2019re so excited for everyone to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n