Monday Jumps From Brill Building Sunshine to Fat Dog Chaos
Ellie Greenwich opens Monday with the radiant 1968 original “The Sunshine After the Rain,” then Fat Dog kick the door in with 2026’s gloriously unstable “Shit Love.” One is classic pop craftsmanship from a songwriter who helped define an era; the other is stabbing synths, manic energy and a relationship already halfway through the wall.
Two tracks. Two discoveries. One daily detour.
Come Thru Vocals is INYIM’s long-running daily music discovery series spotlighting voices and songs worth hearing. Selections may also move into Musique Dig’s Weekly Playlist and rotation on INYIM Radio.
Ellie Greenwich
Tune: “The Sunshine After the Rain”
WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EAR
Before later versions turned it into a chart favorite, Ellie Greenwich recorded her own “The Sunshine After the Rain” in 1968. Her version has that direct Brill Building magic: melody first, emotion close behind, and a chorus so sturdy it kept finding new lives decades later.
Fat Dog
Tune: “Shit Love”
WHY IT CAUGHT OUR EAR
Fat Dog do not believe in easing into anything. “Shit Love” comes in on stabbing synths, manic vocals and a beat that feels permanently one bad decision away from collapse — exactly right for a song Joe Love describes as two wildly combustible people turning every argument into the end of the world.
Come back for the next daily detour. Keep discovering in the Come Thru Vocals archive, hear the week’s six strongest finds in Musique Dig’s Weekly Playlist, and keep the music moving on INYIM Radio.
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