The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2019 - 30-26

We're nearly at the halfway point of our countdown, as we look at the songs that ended up at numbers 30 through 26. In this batch we have an heavily-streamed English musician I could've sworn was American, a fine slice of Northern Irish slacker-rock, the deep-house/rock and rock crossover we didn't realise we needed, a great piece of Britpop, and kaleidoscopic baggy-inspired art-rock - 

30. Barns Courtney - You And I

29. Buí - Something Else to Talk About




28. CamelPhat ft Jake Bugg - Be Someone



27. Junodream - Odd Behaviour

26. Sundara Karma - Higher States

The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2019 - 35-31

Tracks that made it from 35 to 31 in the countdown, with songs from New Zealand synth-pop, another country/hip-hop hybrid, a heartbreaking song about The Troubles featuring one of my favourite local voices, Danish indie-rock, and an artist that apparently shot to prominence after featuring in something called Love Island, which is something that I believe people like -

35. Broods - Hospitalized



34. Blanco Brown - The Git Up



33. Matt McGinn & Ciara O'Neill - Bubblegum

32. Alcabean - Tsukuyomi



31. Freya Ridings - Castles

The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2019 - 40-36

Songs from numbers 40 to 36 now follow. This section features heartfelt Irish folk, Rozalla-interpolating Birmingham indie, Donegal country-inflected singer-songwriter balladry, 80s inspired Japanese synth-pop, and some good ol' indie-pop from Norway, so something for everyone (as long as your definition of "something" included the aforementioned items):

40. Runabay - Dig



39. Swim Deep - To Feel Good



38. Dean Maywood - Jane

37. Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann - Hold Me Now



36. I Was A King - Hatchet

The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2019 - 45-41

And following on from our first batch of five, here are the songs that made it to 45 to 41 in our yearly songs of wonderfulness. This set of songs include one of our favourite local artists of this blog's lifetime, a guitar ballad that could've been written for me, Italian indie-rock, and two pieces of American pop goodness -


45. Peter J. McCauley - Pony on the Fare



44. Jamie Johnson - Christopher



43. Husky Loops - Let Go for Nothing

42. Kitten - Goodbye Honeymoon Phase

41. AJR - 100 Bad Days

The Metaphorical Boat's Top Songs of 2019 - 50-46

Time for the annual listageddon here at The Metaphorical Boat. Over the next few days we will be counting down the blog's top 50 songs of 2019. There will be songs that have featured on the blog, songs that didn't feature on the blog, songs that have graced our lovely Spotify playlists over the last 12 months, and songs that really should have featured. But regardless, they are all awesome, and hopefully there will be a few songs here that will float your Metaphorical Boat.

Let us begin, as we normally do, with the songs at numbers 50 through 46 in our favourite songs of 2019. This section includes some DIY indie-pop, Dublin alt-rock, Belfast noise-rock, one of the more successful indie-rock bands of the last 10 years, as well as what is probably going to be known as the biggest song of 2019 -

50. Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road

49. Cheerbleederz - Cabin Fever

48. Drop The Shadow - Other Voices



47. Ferals - The Low




46. Foals - On The Luna