Gently Down the Steam

Dear Friends,

The Hard Taco song for July is called, "Two and a Half Stars," but I think it is being too modest. This is definitely a three star song. 

Good morning, Zach's Bucket List. My, you're looking a slimmer today. Have you lost weight?

Oh, I see what's going on. You're smaller because we finally FINALLY made the entire Hard Taco catalog available on all major streaming services! For years, this was just a far-flung dream, just out of smelling range. But Lauren and Malcolm teamed up to get this done as a combined Birthday/Hannukah/Birthday/Hannukah present from Lauren and Malcolm, insomuch as it took two years of birthdays and Hanukahs to get it together.  It includes 32 albums recorded from 1993-2022, with plans to add one year's worth of songs every year in December!

Here's what the library looks like right now in Spotify (with one album still mysteriously missing):

Having anyone expect you to listen to one new song a month is already too much, let alone 419. But if you've been holding off on checking out the music all of these years because you hated having to go to the proprietary website to hear it, your day has come. To make this less overwhelming, I put together a few playlists of songs that fall into some of the more accessible categories.  Let me know if you have new playlist suggestions!

Acoustic/Folk Favorites

Rock Favorites

Rap Favorites

Sound Like They Should Be Part of a Musical but Aren't

Weird Time Signatures

Oldies

With warmest regards,

Zach