English singer-songwriter & producer Frank Joshua remains at #1 for a second week with his lush single “Walls”, while Fontaines D.C.‘s “It’s Amazing To Be Young” advances a spot to #2. Rounding out the top five are “Bad Larry” by Cloakroom, “Mortal Wound” by The Veils and “The Turnaround” by DelCobras (who just released their second single “Untied (She’s the One)” this past Friday), all moving up two spots. The biggest upward mover this week is the majestic “back to friends” by 19-year-old artist sombr, leaping eight spots to #16 (I find it interesting that some artists name themselves and/or their songs in all lower case).

I have two wonderful debut songs this week, the first of which is “Feels Right” by northern Virginia-based artist Talk in Waves (the music project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Mimikos). The exuberant pop-rock song is a joyous celebration of a budding romance, where everything’s coming together and just “feels right”. Jake has released an impressive amount of music since 2015, and I’ve featured him numerous times on this blog. I’ve loved all his songs, five of which have reached #1 on my Top 30 chart. One of them, “Like You Do”, topped my 100 Best Indie Songs of 2024 list, and his previous single “You’re My Drug” reached #2 this past March.

The second debut, coming in at #30, is the marvelous “Bonnet Of Pins” by silky-voiced singer-songwriter Matt Berninger, who’s also frontman of alternative indie rock band The National. I love his warm baritone singing voice so much, he could literally sing the phone book and I’m certain it would sound captivating. The song is from his new album Get Sunk, his second release as a solo artist which dropped this past Friday, May 30th.

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