mixtape | drift

after a stressful week last week, and in anticipation of a similar week ahead, i've spent the weekend doing as little as possible other than reading a mindless thriller and listening to music. i'm constantly tweaking my itunes, creating new playlists, correcting genres, etc. when your library is over 300gb it's the only way to keep track of things and be sure you can listen to what you want when you want. plus it's nerdily satisfying.

and here's a selection of songs from this weekend's playlist. it started off by listening to james blackshaw and spread from there. call it interesting background music that lets you drift.

::: james blackshaw - past has not passed
::: the black heart procession - the waiter no. 3
::: boom bip - the use of unacceptable colours in nature (mogwai remix)
::: tortoise - speakeasy
::: july skies - it's late in the day for love
::: auburn lull - seaforth
::: labradford - v (harold budd remix)
::: stars of the lid - requiem for dying mothers, part 2
::: estonian philharmonic chamber choir - pärt: zwei slawische salmen: psalm 131
::: yann tiersen - kala
::: pole - rondell zwei
::: aerial m - safeless (peel session)
::: town and country - hat versus hood

get it.

various | autumn mix

it's suddenly got chilly here, which means i can finally shed the shorts and t-shirts and start layering up. right now i'm wrapped up in a thick jumper. i like winter clothes. they remind me of long walks in the country, gloves on and breath steaming; equally long waits at bus stops in the cold; warm pubs with warm bitter; dark monday mornings struggling into work. in my curent nostalgiac frame of mind, i miss all of these things equally.

this onset of autumn requires a mix to celebrate. some bands immediately lend themselves to this topic (i'm looking at you hood and epic45). but please allow me to indulge myself by including one of my former bands in here too.

::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater
::: hood - branches bare
::: bark psychosis - big shot
::: epic45 - a year without summer
::: explosions in the sky - first breath after coma (live)
::: malcolm middleton - autumn
::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater (tortoise remix)
::: flying saucer attack - come and close my eyes
::: rachel's - systems/layers
::: the reverse - emily
::: july skies - autumn fires
::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater (kevin shields remix)

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