Rainbow Ruckus 10/28: Melissa Carper, Katie Pruitt, Lydia Loveless, and More! (Copy)

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• Melissa Carper gets seasonal with her new living room stomper "Made With Love." The song celebrates the act of giving simple homemade gifts. The song is the newest track off her upcoming album A Very Carper Christmas, out on 11/28.

• Katie Pruitt just released a beautiful little EP, The Pleasantville Sessions, which we'll review in a few weeks. But I wanted to make sure we highlighted "Time Wasn't Wasted." The song features a duet with Jess Nolan, a gossamer eulogy for a relationship that didn't work out, but contained beauty nevertheless.

• Stray Songdog has no such compunctions on "I'm An Alligator, Baby (And I'll See You Later." The gentle crooner expresses Stray's affection for their home state of Florida – and what it means to leave a place you may not be able to come back to.

• No Lonesome expresses their deep connection with the divine on "Great Eternal." The off-kilter twang is reminiscent of frog and other outsider acts – a homey acceptance of metaphysical truths from their recent EP Am I What I'm Not?

• Lydia Loveless brings delicious twang to "There Is a Beach on Walnut Street." The inexorable groove of some of Columbus's best (unironically) creates an overwhelming sense of tidal forces as the narrator is pulled away from their loved one. (Note: this song is only available on Bandcamp.)

Or listen to the whole playlist on Tidal!