Rainbow Rodeo 5/28: Sam Williams, Rita de Los Angeles, Mariel Buckley, and More!

Every week, Rainbow Rodeo brings you the best new queer country music! Listen to this playlist on Spotify and Tidal! Thanks to Elliott for making a parallel list on Apple Music! Listen to the parallel list on Tidal. Missed a week? TA Inskeep is generously keeping an archive of all music featured on this Spotify playlist.

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• Rita de Los Angeles evokes smooth-running '80s vibes on the winsome "Riding Shotgun." It's one of those songs to play for the people you want to be around forever.
• "Vending Machines" kicks off with a lilting steel guitar lick, one of Mariel Buckley's signature touches that help you know she's about to kick your ass. "Vending Machines" leaves us wondering why we always find ourselves back in the same place over and over again.
• 2:00 AM Wake Up Call hit you with a sunny sense of existentialism on this delightful '80s-inspired pop track "Composition Book."
• Mal Blum turns to the dark side on "Killer." The song's garage rock swagger makes painful partings a little bit easier to take in stride.
• Sam Williams floats along with "Lose You To," a gauzy pop country confection about being hooked on new love.