Tag: The Frontier

Top 30 Songs for March 7-13, 2021

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  1. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (1)
  2. DIRTY – grandson (3)
  3. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (2)
  4. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (6)
  5. 1ST TIME – Bakar (7)
  6. FIRE – Two Feet (11)
  7. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (8)
  8. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (9)
  9. COLD – Chris Stapleton (4)
  10. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (10)
  11. SOFIA – Clairo (12)
  12. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (5)
  13. SLEEP – The Frontier (15)
  14. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (16)
  15. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (19)
  16. LET DOWN – Michigander (20)
  17. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (14)
  18. SHAME – Saboteurs (21)
  19. ESTELLA – Kenny Hoopla featuring Travis Barker (22)
  20. ENEMY MINE – Roadkeeper (23)
  21. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (18)
  22. WAITING ON A WAR – Foo Fighters (25)
  23. BREATHE – Ships Have Sailed (26)
  24. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (13)
  25. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (17) 21st week on list
  26. GOOD DAYS – SZA (24)
  27. ALL MY FAVORITE SONGS – Weezer (30)
  28. ROSE HIPS – Dawning (N)
  29. TIME TRAVELER – Matt Jaffe (N)
  30. BEAUTIFUL DISGUISE – Melotika (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 28-March 6, 2021

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  1. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (2)
  2. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (1)
  3. DIRTY – grandson (3)
  4. COLD – Chris Stapleton (5)
  5. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (6)
  6. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (8)
  7. 1ST TIME – Bakar (9)
  8. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby(10)
  9. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (12)
  10. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (11)
  11. FIRE – Two Feet (15)
  12. SOFIA – Clairo (14)
  13. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (4)
  14. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (7)
  15. SLEEP – The Frontier (17)
  16. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (18)
  17. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (13) 20th week on list
  18. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (16)
  19. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (21)
  20. LET DOWN – Michigander (27)
  21. SHAME – Saboteurs (23)
  22. ESTELLA – Kenny Hoopla featuring Travis Barker (25)
  23. ENEMY MINE – Roadkeeper (26)
  24. GOOD DAYS – SZA (24)
  25. WAITING ON A WAR – Foo Fighters (29)
  26. BREATHE – Ships Have Sailed (30)
  27. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (22)
  28. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (19)
  29. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (20)
  30. ALL MY FAVORITE SONGS – Weezer (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 21-27, 2021

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  1. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (1) 3rd week #1
  2. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (2)
  3. DIRTY – grandson (3)
  4. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (4)
  5. COLD – Chris Stapleton (12)
  6. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (6)
  7. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (5)
  8. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (8)
  9. 1ST TIME – Bakar (9)
  10. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (10)
  11. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (11)
  12. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (15)
  13. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (7)
  14. SOFIA – Clairo (16)
  15. FIRE – Two Feet (17)
  16. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (13)
  17. SLEEP – The Frontier (19)
  18. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (20)
  19. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (14)
  20. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (18)
  21. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (25)
  22. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (23)
  23. SHAME – Saboteurs (24)
  24. GOOD DAYS – SZA (27)
  25. ESTELLA – Kenny Hoopla featuring Travis Barker (28)
  26. ENEMY MINE – Roadkeeper (29)
  27. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (21)
  28. LET DOWN – Michigander (N)
  29. WAITING ON A WAR – Foo Fighters (N)
  30. BREATHE – Ships Have Sailed (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 14-20, 2021

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  1. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (1)
  2. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (23)
  3. DIRTY – grandson (6)
  4. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (5)
  5. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (2)
  6. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (8)
  7. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (3)
  8. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (10)
  9. 1ST TIME – Bakar (11)
  10. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (13)
  11. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (14)
  12. COLD – Chris Stapleton (15)
  13. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (4)
  14. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (7)
  15. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (17)
  16. SOFIA – Clairo (16)
  17. FIRE – Two Feet (22)
  18. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (18)
  19. SLEEP – The Frontier (20)
  20. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (21)
  21. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (9)
  22. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (12)
  23. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (19)
  24. SHAME – Saboteurs (25)
  25. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (27)
  26. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (24)
  27. GOOD DAYS – SZA (28)
  28. ESTELLA – Kenny Hoopla featuring Travis Barker (29)
  29. ENEMY MINE – Roadkeeper (30)
  30. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (26) 22nd week on list

Top 30 Songs for February 7-13, 2021

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  1. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (3)
  2. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (2)
  3. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (1)
  4. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (6)
  5. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (7)
  6. DIRTY – grandson (8)
  7. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (9)
  8. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (10)
  9. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (4)
  10. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (11)
  11. 1ST TIME – Bakar (12)
  12. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (5)
  13. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (14)
  14. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (13)
  15. COLD – Chris Stapleton (16)
  16. SOFIA – Clairo (15)
  17. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (23)
  18. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (19)
  19. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (20)
  20. SLEEP – The Frontier (21)
  21. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (22)
  22. FIRE – Two Feet (25)
  23. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (27)
  24. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (18)
  25. SHAME – Saboteurs (26)
  26. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (17) 21st week on list
  27. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (29)
  28. GOOD DAYS – SZA (30)
  29. ESTELLA – Kenny Hoopla featuring Travis Barker (N)
  30. ENEMY MINE – Roadkeeper (N)

Top 30 Songs for Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2021

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  1. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (1)
  2. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (3)
  3. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (4)
  4. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (2)
  5. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (5)
  6. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (6)
  7. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (7)
  8. DIRTY – grandson (8)
  9. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (9)
  10. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (11)
  11. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (12)
  12. 1ST TIME – Bakar (13)
  13. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (15)
  14. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuing DaBaby (18)
  15. SOFIA – Clairo (16)
  16. COLD – Chris Stapleton (17)
  17. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (10) 20th week on list
  18. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (19)
  19. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (21)
  20. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (22)
  21. SLEEP – The Frontier (23)
  22. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (24)
  23. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (29)
  24. SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (14)
  25. FIRE – Two Feet (30)
  26. SHAME – Saboteurs (28)
  27. DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (N)
  28. VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (20)
  29. MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (N)
  30. GOOD DAYS – SZA (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 24-30, 2021

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  1. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (2)
  2. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1)
  3. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (4)
  4. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (5)
  5. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (3)
  6. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (8)
  7. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (9)
  8. DIRTY – grandson (10)
  9. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (11)
  10. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (6)
  11. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (12)
  12. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (13)
  13. 1ST TIME – Bakar (14)
  14. SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
  15. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (16)
  16. SOFIA – Clairo (17)
  17. COLD – Chris Stapleton (18)
  18. LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (N)
  19. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (23)
  20. VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (15)
  21. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (24)
  22. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (25)
  23. SLEEP – The Frontier (28)
  24. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (29)
  25. IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (20) 22nd week on list
  26. SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (22)
  27. ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (19)
  28. SHAME – Saboteurs (30)
  29. THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (N)
  30. FIRE – Two Feet (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 17-23, 2021

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  1. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1) 3rd week #1
  2. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (3)
  3. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (4)
  4. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (5)
  5. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (6)
  6. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (2)
  7. SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
  8. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (9)
  9. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (10)
  10. DIRTY – grandson (11)
  11. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (12)
  12. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (13)
  13. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (14)
  14. 1ST TIME – Bakar (15)
  15. VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (8)
  16. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (19)
  17. SOFIA – Clairo (20)
  18. COLD – Chris Stapleton (22)
  19. ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (16)
  20. IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (17) 21st week on list
  21. BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (18)
  22. SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (21)
  23. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (23)
  24. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (24)
  25. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (27)
  26. MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (26)
  27. MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (25)
  28. SLEEP – The Frontier (30)
  29. ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (N)
  30. SHAME – Saboteurs (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 10-16, 2021

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  1. CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1)
  2. MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (2)
  3. VIRUS – Vanity Fear (4)
  4. THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (5)
  5. FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (6)
  6. CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (9)
  7. SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
  8. VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (3)
  9. SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (10)
  10. TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (11)
  11. DIRTY – grandson (14)
  12. LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (15)
  13. THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (16)
  14. HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (17)
  15. 1ST TIME – Bakar (18)
  16. ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (8)
  17. IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (12) 20th week on list
  18. BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (13)
  19. THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (23)
  20. SOFIA – Clairo (24)
  21. SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (22)
  22. COLD – Chris Stapleton (30)
  23. HEADSTART – Jade Bird (25)
  24. BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (27)
  25. MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (19)
  26. MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (28)
  27. SATISFIED – Skar de Line (29)
  28. IDENTICAL – Phoenix (20)
  29. BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (21)
  30. SLEEP – The Frontier (N)

THE FRONTIER – Single Review: “Sleep”

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One of my absolute favorite indie artists is The Frontier, the music project and brainchild of singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Jake Mimikos. Based in Fairfax County, Virginia, Jake is a talented, gracious and funny guy who I’ve grown quite fond of, both as an artist and a human. Since 2015, he’s released a substantial amount of music both as a solo artist and as a band under The Frontier moniker, and we’ve been following each other on social media for nearly that long. As with many bands, the members and lineup of The Frontier have varied over the years, but for the time being, the act is now mostly a solo project.

Drawing upon elements of pop, folk, rock and electronica, his music is always pleasing and flawlessly crafted. I’ve featured him several times on this blog, most recently this past June when I reviewed his wonderful single “It’s You”. I love it so much, it spent five months on my Weekly Top 30, and turned out to be my most-streamed song of the year on Spotify. (You can read that and previous reviews by clicking on the links under ‘Related’ at the end of this post.) Now he’s back with a beautiful new single “Sleep“, and I already love it too! The track was recorded and produced by Austin Bello for Fearless Records.

Jake is an excellent guitarist, and here his layered strummed and chiming guitars are so stunning, they take my breath away. He’s also gotten quite adept at programming synths and keyboards to create lush, sparkling soundscapes, as well as layering his lovely, heartfelt vocals into a rich tapestry of harmonies. He plaintively sings of the pain and unease he feels over not knowing where he stands with another, and yearning for a little sleep to momentarily forget his troubles: “I lay awake, but I’m dreaming / I just can’t get my mind off of you / All of these stories keep repeating / I don’t know which voice to listen to / I’ve never been one to get what I want / I’m always trying too hard / It’s something that I’ve been working on / It’s always so close yet so far / But for now, til the answers are found / Got to quiet the sun to sleep.“

“Sleep” is a gorgeous and deeply stirring track that’s sure to be another hit.

Connect with The Frontier: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Stream: Spotify / Soundcloud / Reverbnation / Apple Music
Purchase: Bandcamp / iTunes / Amazon