Song For Sunday - 17th Sep - Lie To Me

This is where it all started.  Years ago I watched a movie and I was awestruck. It was a movie with a working class protagonist. It was a gay romance movie. It was a movie with a brilliant soundtrack. It is the benchmark by which I judge all other M/M stories, (It was also a movie with handsome lead characters, but that's by the by).

So, if you've never seen the movie Shelter then I urge you to rectify that mistake immediately,

From that moment on I looked for stories - in any kind of media - with men falling in love and overcoming their circumstances to make that love happen. This song is all about that, all about denial, truth and making it happen regardless.

It's all about making that significant step. You can lie to me and offer me some dishonesty to make me believe in love and i'll accept that. Lie To Me by Shane Mack will always be one of my favourite Songs for Sunday.

Song for Sunday - 10th Sep - Night After Night

Matthew Connor takes an 'electric crooner' approach to music and this song - Night After Night - works well in that style. Night After Night is a synth pop dream, one where the dreamer is stuck, alone, and with intrusions from the city around him begins wondering what could have or should have been.

Song for Sunday - 2nd Sep - Prettyboy

I've not heard of Canadian singer Sam Vance-Law before, but after hearing this I'll be paying attention when his album comes out next year. The album - Homotopia - will put issues of equality front and centre, and explore how empathy and compassion can and should be our first response to someone.

In the meantime Prettyboy is a perfect Song for Sunday and has a fun video to go along with it.

Song for Sunday - 27th Aug - O Lord

Australian band Cub Sport have released the first single from their second album. O Lord is indie pop with a little gospel influence, making it a perfect Sunday song.

Song for Sunday - 20th Aug - Spare Change

Brandon Stansell has had a good run of songs & videos from his first two EP's. Spare Change is the latest video from these while he works on his first album - like most indy artists there days there is a Kickstarter for http://www.brandonstansell.com - from which we can expect more of the California-Country style that he does so well.

Spare Change is the more upbeat of his songs, and the video a tale that speaks to the issues the US is facing at the moment. Go have a look and listen for your slice of Sunday music.

Song for Sunday - 13th Aug - Grounds for Resentment

It's still fairly unusual to have two out gay men singing a romantic duet (using male pronouns). So here is the latest in a fairly short line - this is Kele Okereke (from Bloc Party) and Olly Alexander (from Years & Years) on Grounds for Resentment, a track from Okereke's forthcoming album Fatherland.

Song for Sunday - 6th Aug - The Village

Hot on the heels of Bloodstain a few weeks ago comes the new song from Wrabel called The Village. Written in response to Trump's transphobia this is a song and video with an emotional punch.