City on Silt – Above the Fray – Part I
Todd Simon – TIQOLA!
Fady D – No Fret
Star FK Radium – Blue Siberia
Red Sammy – I Got Creepy When Lou Reed Died
Hot Club of Baltimore – Coquette
Romantic States – Broken Clothes
Dove Lady – The Implication
John Haller – HOS Composition
ᴇʟᴅʀ. – droplet
Wytold – Giant Squids
Blueheart Revival – Stone Feathers
Misun – Promise Me
Terri Bocklund – I Don’t Need To Write You A Song
Jeremy Hyman – Couch
Imad Royal – Mixed Feelings (Feat. Blaise Railey)
Master David – Not Just Me
Todo Mas – Aftermath
Rex Riot – Liquidity
Flash Frequency – Time

Ben Williams – Lost & Found feat. Christian Scott
Fields Burning – Maysong
Steiner – Twisted and Broken
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Livingston
Aaron Agre – Nocturne
Todo Mas – Aftermath
Q and Not U – When the Lines Go Down
The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip
Dale Holmes – The Huntress
Terrill Mast – Wings (feat. Jed Lingat & Radhika Bhatt)
Nunchucks – Zebra
Coatsworth-Hay – 1682 Doves
Drive TFC – Summertime Unkind
Misun – Promise Me
Deleted Scenes – Ithaca
Eric Maring – A Fine Balance
Akira Otsuka – First Tear
Terracotta Blue – Silver Nights
Machines on Vacation – Waving Goodbye
The Fuss – Just For Show

“That’s the first I heard of that,” he says. Chalk it up to a deep appreciation for a 1960s sound, then.

Wallace says “Eli Eli,” the first track from Misun’s Superstitions—the trio’s new album out today—gleans from Motown, “with a Spaghetti Western surf-guitar feel.” For a band that calls itself “aquawave,” that feels like an appropriately catholic description.

Misun’s songs usually peddle vintage-inspired, danceable grooves and an upbeat, fun feel. “Eli Eli” is no different, with guitars that both pulse and meander and Wojcik’s powerful, slightly husky wail. Band namesake and singer Misun Wojcik describes the song as “just good vibes, really.” But the true inspiration behind “Eli Eli” isn’t so sunny.

“For me, it’s just an accumulation of all the times that you just repeatedly feel down,” says Wojcik, who also plays keys. “Just wanting one more second of joy in your life where you can take it, because you need it so bad.” That underside reveals itself in the lyrics (“Give me just one more happy moment”), despite the danceable packaging. But if a sad song is sung in a fun way, is it still a sad song?

“Eli Eli” first came out on Kitsuné America 3, a compilation released in June by the French record label and clothing line. “They just hit us up directly to our email,” says Nacey. The ensemble had just finished recording the track, so it offered it up fresh from the oven. “We’ve been fans of what [Kitsuné has] done over the years, and it was really cool to work with them because I think they exposed our sound to a lot of people in France and the U.K.,” the producer says. “I think our music sounds very American.”

Misun also sounds as distinctive as it did on its 2012 EP debut, The Sea, but Superstitions shows the band shifting slightly, embracing a throwback sound with arms wide open.

“I think it’s just another color on our palette for sure,” says Wojcik. “It still has the same qualities that all our other songs have, but something a little different.”