#SOTD: Sum Bloke - “Fly”
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SHE BACK 🤩
It’s so wild. I had already planned on the SOTD reboot for today and then with Threads dropping last night it seems that music fam is all in happy spirits and feeling like the old twitter days when this site attracted the web sheriff at least weekly.
But here we are!
Speaking of old Twitter days, I cannot stress just how much I’ve missed doing SOTD. As much as I overcomplicated it for awhile there for no one else other than myself, it was always the highlight of my day. With all my time away I realize just how much happier I am when I devoting time on a daily basis to staying curious about what I can learn from baby bands I’ve yet to encounter and sharing my findings with both friends and future friends alike.
Speaking of friends and future friends, the kickoff track for the triumphant return of SOtD comes from Lee Cunningham, known to the cool kids as Sum Bloke. the Dallas house producer teamed up to release this track on fellow former Floridian turned Brooklynite, Lefti’s somewhat newly founded House label, Quincy Boy Records. “Fly” was featured on the label’s debut artist compilation, Friends & Family vol. 1, which was released in February 2022.
This will be your go-to track to groove your way to greatness. Seriously. I still have yet to figure out where the sample is from on this track, but there’s a lot of magic in it. To warmly and accurately quote it,
“It’s the year, kid.
You gotta just got for it.
Don’t think about what comes after or what came before.
You just gotta bend your knees, take a deep breath, and
JUMP.
And you might think, ‘What if I fall!?’
Well, what if you don’t?
What if I fly?”
Reminder: the SOTD playlist is always available for your listening pleasure in full (and ease of track acquisition) on Spotify and Apple Music.
