New Indie Folk • May 2024 (Acoustic & Chill)

Indie Folk duet songs have a unique magic, and the first two tracks in this compilation beautifully showcase male and female vocals harmonizing together—a combination I absolutely can not get enough of. I hope you'll enjoy our indie folk playlist for May 2024. Calm down with these acoustic, chill indie folk songs, and let us know your favorite one of the month!

🔥 Previously:
New Indie Folk • April 2024
New Indie Folk • March 2024

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✨ Tracklist / Chapters:
0:00 Intro: Indie Folk Central, discover the best new indie folk
0:10 Caleb Hearn & ROSIE - Little Bit Better
3:54 Laura Lucas & Israel Cannan - When the Fire Started
6:20 Virens - apocalypse
9:11 Riley Pearce - Only You
12:13 June Amiss - None At All
14:55 Old Sea Brigade - Polygraph
19:12 Dave Thomas Junior - The Prophet And The Gambler
23:08 Jessie Reid - Your Story
26:41 Beta Radio - Halfway in a Dream
29:42 Steph Strings - Wholesome Days
33:38 Doris Club - The Sleeper and The Bed
36:20 Ben Morgan - Clockwork
40:35 Alex Rv Phillips - Everything
44:17 CECI & Mimi - Two Bodies In A Bed
47:57 Jon Bryant - I Wanna Die In LA
51:50 Connor Stephen - Mr Know It All
55:54 Rod Coote - After The Rain
58:34 Jessi Alice - Can You Hear Me Now?
1:04:20 Austin Koukal - Rest (feat. LOVKN)
1:07:58 Southey - I Know The Way
1:12:32 Grace Gillespie - Fix It Up
1:16:10 Cody Francis - All I Know
1:19:16 SORIN - Collide
1:22:19 Theo Kandel - Lunch
1:26:35 Will Knox - Growing Pains

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0:10 Caleb Hearn & ROSIE - Little Bit Better
3:54 Laura Lucas & Israel Cannan - When the Fire Started
6:20 Virens - apocalypse
9:11 Riley Pearce - Only You
12:13 June Amiss - None At All
14:55 Old Sea Brigade - Polygraph
19:12 Dave Thomas Junior - The Prophet And The Gambler
23:08 Jessie Reid - Your Story
26:41 Beta Radio - Halfway in a Dream
29:42 Steph Strings - Wholesome Days
33:38 Doris Club - The Sleeper and The Bed
36:20 Ben Morgan - Clockwork
40:35 Alex Rv Phillips - Everything
44:17 CECI & Mimi - Two Bodies In A Bed
47:57 Jon Bryant - I Wanna Die In LA
51:50 Connor Stephen - Mr Know It All
55:54 Rod Coote - After The Rain
58:34 Jessi Alice - Can You Hear Me Now?
1:04:20 Austin Koukal - Rest (feat. LOVKN)
1:07:58 Southey - I Know The Way
1:12:32 Grace Gillespie - Fix It Up
1:16:10 Cody Francis - All I Know
1:19:16 SORIN - Collide
1:22:19 Theo Kandel - Lunch
1:26:35 Will Knox - Growing Pains

[IndieFolkCentral]

Song Meanings 👇 Curious about the lyrics? Feel free to ask!

0:10 Caleb Hearn & ROSIE - Little Bit Better
This song is about the one person that makes all of the heaviest times in life, feel a little lighter. Whether it’s a family member, a friend, or a partner, we all deserve someone who is a ‘light’ in our lives, someone who makes every day, a little bit better.

3:54 Laura Lucas & Israel Cannan - When the Fire Started
This song tells the story of a relationship that started off strong but faded out somewhere along the way.

6:20 Virens - apocalypse
This song is about the beginnings of a love story amid the chaos of an apocalypse, finding joy in our ordinary lives, despite the looming threat of oblivion.


9:11 Riley Pearce - Only You
This song is actually from the perspective of my daughter. It’s set up lyrically to be a multi-directional love song but it’s written from her perspective and built around her (somewhat assumed, with arguably a large body of evidence) feelings towards us. In starting daycare my mind and heart worried about those moments initially when she’d be scared and want either myself or Alex to be there to comfort her. That’s where the line Only you will do came from.

12:13 June Amiss - None At All
This song is about trying to be everything and ending up becoming nothing at all.

14:55 Old Sea Brigade - Polygraph
This is a song all about the fear of the unknown and how that can manifest into anxiety. It's about when you take a big step into a new phase in your life when those big changes actually happen, and you suddenly freak out and wonder… ‘was this the right step?’ but you feel bad for even thinking that. ‘Polygraph’ is about riding that out, letting it pass, and is meant to be an antidote to all that, to remind you... you don't have to slow-dance with the next thought you have.

19:12 Dave Thomas Junior - The Prophet And The Gambler
This song is about sleepwalking with your eyes wide open.

23:08 Jessie Reid - Your Story
This song is about the beauty in telling our stories to complete strangers.

26:41 Beta Radio - Halfway in a Dream
This song is about living life halfway asleep, and then realizing that you’re doing that, and then starting to wake up.

29:42 Steph Strings - Wholesome Days
This song is about the aftermath of a relationship breakdown and the hope and desire to forgive and reconnect. This song has a sense of both longing and pain which is portrayed in the main lyrics: even when we're done, we will find our way.

33:38 Doris Club - The Sleeper and The Bed
This song details the heartbreak I felt watching my family disintegrate before my eyes, shares Doris Club. Pulled in multiple directions, neither option a painless one, I found myself wishing desperately that I'd had more time.

36:20 Ben Morgan - Clockwork
This song is about falling into the arms of the universe. It’s an ode to being present and enjoying every moment of the journey rather than focusing on the end goal, as one day the clock will inevitably stop ticking.

40:35 Alex Rv Phillips - Everything
This song explores the tough emotions of releasing someone still ingrained in one's life. It conveys the bittersweet act of treasuring past memories while moving on, depicting letting go as both painful and empowering, yet healing. My healing song

44:17 CECI & Mimi - Two Bodies In A Bed

47:57 Jon Bryant - I Wanna Die In LA
This song is about the love and hate relationship people have with Los Angeles.

51:50 Connor Stephen - Mr Know It All
This song is about overcoming relational torment and insecurities through admittance and forgiveness. Though vulnerability is difficult, it is a promising way to acquire deep healing and understanding - with others and, ultimately, ourselves.

55:54 Rod Coote - After The Rain
This song is about my childhood experience growing up in the countryside on my family family during a drought. The lyrics explore how this experience changed my life for better or for worse and how it shaped my journey.

58:34 Jessi Alice - Can You Hear Me Now?
This song is written about self sabotage sometimes being a comfortable evil. While you see that your loved ones are trying to help, this song highlights how difficult it is to break this cycle of self deprecation, even for those you love most.

1:04:20 Austin Koukal - Rest (feat. LOVKN)

1:07:58 Southey - I Know The Way
I wanted to capture the feeling of finding direction in uncertain times. This song is about offering a hand to those who might need it.

1:12:32 Grace Gillespie - Fix It Up
Written during lockdown in London, this song tries to capture the stillness of the deserted streets & our tiny flat, in contrast to my busy mind, trying to figure out what was next for me as i struggled with the idea of having to give up music.

1:16:10 Cody Francis - All I Know
This song is about realizing that we truly know nothing except for what we experience in life. And in this case it's knowing that this significant other makes them a better person, and that's all they need to know.

1:19:16 SORIN - Collide
This song is about meeting one another and the wish to extend the present moment.

1:22:19 Theo Kandel - Lunch
This song is about discovering a love so profound that it elicits laughter from sheer disbelief that such beauty could be found. It's a song of yearning and longing, building towards a cathartic release.

1:26:35 Will Knox - Growing Pains
This song is a conversation between me and my younger self, or inner child. It's a song about learning how to reparent myself, while becoming a parent at the same time.

[tobiphill]

Danke für die wunderbare Musik immer und immer wieder ☺️
Perfekt zum Entspannen und lange Fahrten nach Schweden & Norwegen 😄😉

[trinitychasara]

Loving the first track a lot, just beautiful ❤

[alxpichardo]

Estaba buscando vibras positivas, gracias !

[logoutplz]

I love everything about this channel. Thank you for helping everyone find such great music .

[JedWyse]

Love going here to find new music! That first song was so good!!!!

[japheth]

Thanks for making this playlist 💚 indie folk central

[NardosDaniel-ci]

I love indie folk so much ur contents so much

[profegiselamorales]

Me encantan estas listas, es increíble como me motivan!!❤

[LEFFEL]

Need some new ones on SoundCloud please! Any chance there will be soon?

[benoit.b]

The Prophet & The Gambler has a similar chorus to The Hardest Part by Coldplay.