There’s lots of movement on this week’s Top 30. One of the downsides of curating a weekly list is that all songs must eventually move down, then off. I hate dropping songs I still like, but it must be done in order to make way for new ones on their way up. I’ve loved the music of British psychedelic pop/rock band Solar Eyes since first learning about them last summer, and have written about two of their singles, “Naked Monkey on a Spaceship” and “I See the Sun”. Inspired by the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, “I See the Sun” is a glorious cinematic gem, highlighted by gorgeous spaghetti western-style guitars that would make Ennio Morricone proud. The stunning song takes over the #1 spot on my Weekly Top 30.

Spoon’s “The Hardest Cut” climbs three spots to #3, British band Apollo Junction’s “Two Car Family” moves up two spots to #5, and three songs enter the top 10: “One and the Same” by British alternative psychedelic rock band Future Theory, “Wake Me Up” by British alt-rock band Foals, and “Chapstick” by Nashville pop-rock band COIN. After a sluggish few weeks, twenty øne piløts’ “The Outside” and Mitski’s “The Only Heartbreaker” leap eight spots to #11 and #12, respectively. Debuting this week are “I’ll Call You Mine” by girl in red and “Give a Little Lovin’” by Jamie Alimorad, which enter at #29 and #30.

1. I SEE THE SUN – Solar Eyes (2)
2. STARTS WITH YOU – Shimmer Johnson (1)
3. THE HARDEST CUT – Spoon (6)
4. CRUTCH – Band of Horses (3)
5. TWO CAR FAMILY – Apollo Junction (7)
6. TIME IN DISGUISE – Kings of Leon (4)
7. GOOD FRIEND – dwi (5)
8. ONE AND THE SAME – Future Theory (13)
9. WAKE ME UP – Foals (14)
10. CHAPSTICK – COIN (17)
11. THE OUTSIDE – twenty øne piløts (19)
12. THE ONLY HEARTBREAKER – Mitski (20)
13. I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The War on Drugs feat. Lucius (8)
14. UNTIL I COME HOME – Two Feet & grandson (16)
15. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – Thunder Fox (18)
16. LEFT BEHIND – a million rich daughters (9)
17. SMILE – Wolf Alice (10)
18. JUST LIKE ALWAYS – Oli Barton & the Movement & Maella (22)
19. REDCHURCH STREET BLUES – Philip Morgan Lewis (23)
20. MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters (24)
21. THE TIPPING POINT – Tears for Fears (11)
22. U&ME – alt-J (12)
23. JOURNEYMAN’S BALLET – Sam Rappaport (15)
24. OH MY GOD – Adele (26)
25. INDUSTRY BABY – Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow (21)
26. BROKEN HEARTS – Ships Have Sailed (28)
27. SOMETHING FROM NOTHING/POINTS OF LIGHT – Secret Postal Society (29)
28. LOVE DIES YOUNG – Foo Fighters (30)
29. I’LL CALL YOU MINE – girl in red (N)
30. GIVE A LITTLE LOVIN’ – Jamie Alimorad (N)