There are several really beautiful songs on this week’s list, starting with “Time Waited” by My Morning Jacket, which holds the top spot for a second week. Three more are “Walls” by English artist Frank Joshua, moving up to #3, “Bad Larry” by Northwest Indiana shoegaze band Cloakroom and “Mortal Wound” by English/New Zealand indie/rock band The Veils, which advance two spots to #s 5 and 6. None of those three songs have appeared on any charts as far as I can tell, which is a travesty. “The Night Before” by The Black Keys moves into second place, and “It’s Amazing To Be Young” by Irish alt-rock band Fontaines D.C. jumps six spots to #4. Two more gorgeous songs, “Laredo”, by Texas singer-songwriter Leon Bridges and “Snakeskin” by English singer-songwriter NAVE, enter the top 10 at #s 9 & 10.

There are two debuts this week, the first of which is “back to friends” by sombr, the music project of astonishingly talented 19-year-old singer-songwriter Shane Boose. Born and raised in New York City, he’s now based in Los Angeles. The song was actually released last December but as so often happens these days, it recently went viral on TikTok and began appearing on American charts. I’ve grown to love the song, and also love his follow-up single “Undressed”. The second debut, bringing up the rear at #30, is “Spaceman in Tulsa” by legendary alt-rock band Counting Crows. The song is from their eighth album Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!, which dropped May 9th. Still fronted by Adam Duritz who’s now 60, they sound as good as ever.

1. TIME WAITED – My Morning Jacket (1)
2. THE NIGHT BEFORE – The Black Keys (3)
3. WALLS – Frank Joshua (4)
4. IT’S AMAZING TO BE YOUNG – Fontaines D.C. (10)
5. BAD LARRY – Cloakroom (7)
6. MORTAL WOUND – The Veils (8)
7. THE TURNAROUND – DelCobras (9)
8. METAVERSE – Cage the Elephant (2)
9. LAREDO – Leon Bridges (12)
10. SNAKESKIN – NAVE (14)
11. TAKE THIS HEART – Brian Lambert (5)
12. RUSHMERE – Mumford & Sons (6)
13. POOR SAD INDIE EVERYTHING – Icarus Phoenix (15)
14. ANKLES – Lucy Dacus (16)
15. ARCHBISHOP HAROLD HOLMES – Jack White (18)
16. BARBARIAN – AWOLNATION (19)
17. PORCELAIN (LOSING ALL MY PATIENCE) – Somebody’s Child (20)
18. LET THINGS GO – Caamp (21)
19. STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND – Unquiet Nights (11)
20. IMPOSTER SYNDROME – Fake Empire (13)
21. BASIC BEING BASIC – Djo (22)
22. THREE SIX FIVE – Shinedown (23)
23. EVERYTHING IS PEACEFUL LOVE – Bon Iver (24)
24. SO LONG – Wavves (25)
25. NOTHING I NEED – Lord Huron (26)
26. LUTHER – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (17)
27. RITALIN – Dexter and The Moonrocks (29)
28. CATCH THESE FISTS – Wet Leg (30)
29. BACK TO FRIENDS – sombr (N)
30. SPACEMAN IN TULSA – Counting Crows (N)