{"id":69955,"date":"2021-01-27T22:27:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=69955"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:33:53","slug":"newdad-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/newdad-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"NewDad &#8211; Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All the way from Galway on the West Coast of Ireland, here&#8217;s a long-overdue shout out to <strong>NewDad<\/strong>. A four-piece alternartive-rock outfit that packs a punch with a 90s tinged sound reminiscent of the good ol&#8217; teen filled drama of my earlier days. Youth encapsulated in this brightly colored lunch box named &#8220;Blue&#8221;. The track was released in September last year, however unbeknown to yours truly <strong>Newdad<\/strong> bleeped its way onto our radar thanks to the band climbing the <em><a aria-label=\"humanhuman (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/humanhuman.com\/music\/NewDad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">humanhuman<\/a><\/em> charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to &#8220;Blue&#8221; by NewDad:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=288317895\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/newdadofficial.bandcamp.com\/track\/blue\">Blue by NewDad<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ve also made quite the splash live on the Eurosonic Livestream 2021 with a bunch a songs you can now get from <a aria-label=\"their BandCamp page (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/newdadofficial.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">their BandCamp page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With plenty of guitars to indulge in and a witty, well-penned set of lyrics to sing along to, NewDad have proven they have what it takes to make things move fast in their direction over the coming months. Once the pandemic is behind us, they&#8217;ll tour and make people bop at live venues. Absolutely no doubts about that. In the meantime stream\/buy their music from all available DSPs and follow their socials (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">While you took your time,\u00a0<br>You wasted mine\u00a0<br>I said \u201cI wanted you\u201d\u00a0<br>You said you felt too blue\u00a0<br>And while you were making up your mind\u00a0<br>I lost mine\u00a0<br><br>We don\u2019t like the same things\u00a0<br>I want to dance and you just want to drink\u00a0<br>I want to talk and you just want to sit alone and think\u00a0<br>About how you hate it here\u00a0<br>How you wish you could disappear\u00a0<br>How you\u2019re jealous of everyone \u2018cause they have fun\u00a0<br><br>While you took your time,\u00a0<br>You wasted mine\u00a0<br>I said \u201cI wanted you\u201d\u00a0<br>You said you felt too blue\u00a0<br>And while you were making up your mind\u00a0<br>I lost mine\u00a0<br><br>I tell you every day\u00a0<br>I don\u2019t want things to stay the same\u00a0<br>I said I\u2019ll meet you outside\u00a0<br>I want to talk but you just want to fight\u00a0<br>I said why won\u2019t you forget\u00a0<br>You never even want to talk about it\u00a0<br>We\u2019re still stuck in the same place\u00a0<br>And you only want more space\u00a0<br><br>While you took your time,\u00a0<br>You wasted mine\u00a0<br>I said \u201cI wanted you\u201d\u00a0<br>You said you felt too blue\u00a0<br>And while you were making up your mind\u00a0<br>I lost mine\u00a0<br><br>While you took your time,\u00a0<br>You wasted mine\u00a0<br>I said \u201cI wanted you\u201d\u00a0<br>You said you felt too blue\u00a0<br>And while you were making up your mind\u00a0<br>I lost mine<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch NewDad live at Eurosonic 2021:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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