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Playlist of the Month: January 2018

A lot of my comments at the start of these playlists are along the lines of “how did all that time happen,” you’d think by now I’d have figured out how it works, but no.
Saturn – Sleeping At Last
Nobody Else Will Be There – The National
Slow It Down – The Lumineers
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd
Coming Down – Bon Iver
Silence (feat. Khalid) – Marshmello
5AM – Amber Run
Freehand – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Stranger Things (feat. OneRepublic) – Kygo
Pteryla – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Ontario – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Earth – Sleeping At Last
Anatome – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Shadow and a Dancer – The Fray
Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West & Bon Iver
Vantablack – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Big Yellow Taxi – Counting Crows1
Little Talks – Of Monsters and Men
Amateur Blood – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Dancer – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
(Depart from Me, You Who Are Cursed) – Blueneck
Little House – The Fray
Say It First – Sam Smith
Punching in a Dream (Stripped) – The Naked and Famous2
Cavalry – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Cold – Novo Amor
Never Say Never – The Fray
Free – Kidswaste
Higher (Stripped) – The Naked and Famous
Down – Marian Hill
Last Forever (Stripped) – The Naked and Famous
O Superman (For Massenet) – Laurie Anderson3
Cheap Thrills – Boyce Avenue
Over – Julien Baker4
Daya – Lane 8
Stir Me Up – Lane 8
Appointments – Julien Baker
This Is What You Came For – Boyce Avenue5
Atlas – Lane 8
Skin & Bones (feat. Patrick Baker) – Lane 8
Don’t Let Me Down – Boyce Avenue
First Time – Elderbrook
Open Your Eyes – School of Seven Bells
Second 2 None (feat. Christine and the Queens) – Mura Masa
One Dance – Boyce Avenue

  1. Because sometimes you need a throwback, y’know? ↩
  2. There’s a couple other ‘stripped’ versions of stuff by them on this list, but this is the best one. ↩
  3. This piece is just so delightfully weird, and so quintessentially 1980s, I love it. ↩
  4. Go listen to the Song Exploder episode about this one. ↩
  5. I found this album by way of the background music to an Instagram video, and I’m remembering that I tend to prefer covers of popular songs over the originals. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: December 2017

Good lord, it’s already 2018. Hopefully I’ll be able to stop accidentally putting “2014” as the date on stuff sometime soon.
Haze – Amber Run
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth1
Waves – Hayden Calnin
Saturn – Sleeping At Last
Work Song – Hozier
Nobody Else Will Be There – The National
I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner
715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver
Unsteady – X Ambassadors
Heathens (feat. MUTEMATH) – twenty one pilots2
Slow It Down – The Lumineers
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd
Coming Down – Bon Iver
Silence (feat. Khalid) – Marshmello
Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish
Cleopatra – The Lumineers
Kusanagi – ODESZA
Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes) – Kim Carnes3
Betty Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
5AM – Amber Run
Freehand – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Come to Me (Ofenbach Remix Radio Edit) – Lily & Madeleine
Stranger Things (feat. OneRepublic) – Kygo
Pteryla – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Ontario – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Earth – Sleeping At Last
Weaving Spiders Come Not Here – Blueneck
The Forbidden Spark – Collapse Under the Empire
Lilitu – Blueneck4
Anatome – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Shadow and a Dancer – The Fray
Here (In Your Arms) – Hellogoodbye
Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West & Bon Iver
Christmas Eve / Sarajevo (Instrumental) [Remastered] – Trans-Siberian Orchestra5
Vantablack – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett

  1. “Why are you still posting playlists on your blog when you can just share them through Apple Music?” well you see, this song isn’t available anywhere, and if a song isn’t on Apple Music, then Apple Music’s playlist sharing pretends that it doesn’t exist and there was never anything there to start with ↩
  2. Yeah, I am the reason that’s stuck in your head again. Sorry. ↩
  3. Sometimes you just need some 80s, y’know? ↩
  4. My current description of Blueneck is “the sound of Seasonal Affective Disorder” ↩
  5. It’s practically obligatory; that said, don’t try to grab this whole album, because it’s like nine hours long and randomly interspersed with a reading of some Christmas story or another, which is really surprising when you just hit shuffle and expected Christmas music for an hour or so. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: November 2017

You know that point in the school year when time loses all meaning? I’ve been there for weeks. Or possibly years.
Haze – Amber Run
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth
Animals – Tamu Massif
Black Or White – Yoe Mase
Waves – Hayden Calnin
Dancing In The Dark – Imagine Dragons
Saturn – Sleeping At Last
Work Song – Hozier
Bike Dream – Rostam
Nobody Else Will Be There – The National
I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner
715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver
Unsteady – X Ambassadors
Heathens (feat. MUTEMATH) – twenty one pilots
Lust for Life (feat. The Weeknd) – Lana Del Rey
Sober – Lorde
Slow It Down – The Lumineers
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd
Green Light – Lorde
Thatch Snow – Rostam
You and I – Toro y Moi
Coming Down – Bon Iver
Silence (feat. Khalid) – Marshmello
So Clear (feat. Meeka Kates) – Kraak & Smaak
Do I Wanna Know? – CHVRCHES
ocean eyes – Billie Eilish
Cleopatra – The Lumineers
Kusanagi – ODESZA
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten – English Chamber Orchestra & Nigel Short1
Escapar – Enrique Iglesias2
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes) – Kim Carnes
Betty Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
5AM – Amber Run
Freehand – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Come to Me (Ofenbach Remix Radio Edit) – Lily & Madeleine
Stranger Things (feat. OneRepublic) – Kygo
Broken Glass – Rachel Platten
Pteryla – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Silvery – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Ontario – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Earth – Sleeping At Last
Weaving Spiders Come Not Here – Blueneck3
The Forbidden Spark – Collapse Under the Empire
Lilitu – Blueneck
Welcome to the Jungle – Novo Amor
Anatome – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Scars – Sam Smith
Shadow and a Dancer – The Fray

  1. Pärt and Britten are my favorite composers, how did it take me this long to find out this piece exists ↩
  2. The lyrics in the Spanish version are exactly as creepy as the ones in the English version. ↩
  3. It’s properly winter now, which means it’s time for the Music of Desolation ↩
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Playlist of the Month: October 2017

By my estimates, it has been roughly 96 days since the end of September.
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Haze – Amber Run
Wastelands – Amber Run
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
All We Need – Fyfe
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth
Animals – Tamu Massif
Black Or White – Yoe Mase
Sugar for the Pill – Slowdive
Waves – Hayden Calnin
Dancing In The Dark – Imagine Dragons
One Man Band – Albin Lee Meldau
No Answers (Acoustic) – Amber Run
Dark Side Of The Gym – The National
Carin At The Liquor Store – The National
Walk On Water – Thirty Seconds to Mars1
Say You Love Me – The Nor’easters
Falling Ashes – Slowdive
All Boundaries Are Conventions – Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil
White Mustang – Lana Del Rey
Saturn – Sleeping At Last
Firefly – BANNERS
Kesselring – Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil
Work Song – Hozier2
Bloodshot – Albin Lee Meldau
Cherry – Lana Del Rey3
Bike Dream – Rostam
Nobody Else Will Be There – The National
Sleep Well Beast – The National
I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner4
715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver
Unsteady – X Ambassadors
Gold Dust – BANNERS
Heathens (feat. MUTEMATH) – twenty one pilots
Lust for Life (feat. The Weeknd) – Lana Del Rey5
Dancing on My Own – Pentatonix
Sober – Lorde
EOS – Rostam
Warning Intruders – Rostam
When – Rostam
Slow It Down – The Lumineers6
Her Diamonds – Rob Thomas
Never Going To Catch Me – Rostam
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd7
Green Light – Lorde
Thatch Snow – Rostam
You and I – Toro y Moi
Coming Down – Bon Iver
Silence (feat. Khalid) – Marshmello8
So Clear (feat. Meeka Kates) – Kraak & Smaak
Do I Wanna Know? – CHVRCHES
ocean eyes – Billie Eilish
Cleopatra – The Lumineers
Kusanagi – ODESZA9

  1. I described this to someone as “centrist propaganda” the other day, and I stand by that remark. ↩
  2. A text message I sent a couple weeks ago:
    “Man I’m listening to “Work Song” and it’s creepier than I thought, like, ‘when my time comes around/ lay me in gently in the cold dark earth/ no grave can hold my body down/ I’ll crawl home to her’
    “like she’s just at home mourning the death of her beloved husband and his corpse crawls through the front door? that’s some Edgar Allen Poe shit right there” ↩
  3. I wish I could copy/paste the iTunes ‘explicit’ symbol in here, because honestly this song is just four minutes of Lana Del Rey cussing someone out ↩
  4. I wonder if Avicii heard this song and called Mike Posner like “oh my god dude I’m sorry I didn’t mean to pressure you, are you okay?” ↩
  5. This song has a nice melody for singing along to, but then you realize you’re walking down the street going “take off, take off, take off all your clothes” over and over ↩
  6. I think this song signifies fall in the same way that Blueneck signifies winter. ↩
  7. You don’t really notice until you try to sing along, but dang does this guy have a high voice ↩
  8. Probably my most-played song this month ↩
  9. This song is great for when you need a nap but only have time to put your head down for a couple minutes, it’s really relaxing. Also, I’m exhausted. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: September 2017

I have so much that I need to do and so little time; does anyone know where I can buy a time turner?
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Haze – Amber Run
Wastelands – Amber Run
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
All We Need – Fyfe
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth1
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – Fyfe
Animals – Tamu Massif
Thunder – Imagine Dragons
Black Or White – Yoe Mase
Sugar for the Pill – Slowdive
Waves – Hayden Calnin
Miracles (Someone Special) – Coldplay & Big Sean
A L I E N S – Coldplay
Dancing In The Dark – Imagine Dragons
Drive Slow – LUCASV
Hymn – Kesha
Praying – Kesha
Boots – Kesha2
One Man Band – Albin Lee Meldau
Chandelier – Sia
No Answers (Acoustic) – Amber Run
Drugs – Roach Gigz feat. DB The General3
Nirvana – TheSamLao
Rainbow – Kesha
Hunt You Down – Kesha
Dark Side Of The Gym – The National
Broken Glass – Sia
Carin At The Liquor Store – The National
Learn To Let Go – Kesha
Don’t Believe In Love – Mr.PottyMouth
Walk On Water – Thirty Seconds to Mars
Say You Love Me – The Nor’easters
Fools – The Nor’easters
Falling Ashes – Slowdive
All Boundaries Are Conventions – Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil
I Found (Acoustic) – Amber Run
White Mustang – Lana Del Rey
Saturn – Sleeping At Last
Firefly – BANNERS
Countdowns – Sleeping At Last
Kesselring – Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil
Work Song – Hozier
Bloodshot – Albin Lee Meldau
Cherry – Lana Del Rey
Bike Dream – Rostam
Space Between – Sia
Born To Beg – The National
Change – Lana Del Rey
Nobody Else Will Be There – The National4
The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness – The National
Sleep Well Beast – The National
No Longer Making Time – Slowdive
New York – St. Vincent5
Breakdown – Jack Johnson
I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner
Skinny Love – Bon Iver
715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver6

  1. One of my favorite things about this one is watching people try to pronounce the guy’s last name. ↩
  2. This is a great one if you’re missing that “classic Ke$ha” feel. And yes, spelling it “Ke$ha” instead of “Kesha” was deliberate. ↩
  3. At this point I’m just keeping this in here because it’s fun to have one song that really doesn’t fit the vibe of the rest. ↩
  4. Probably my favorite off this album, although “The System Only dreams in Total Darkness” is also very good. ↩
  5. “What, do you have a Song Exploder playlist?” – Chase ↩
  6. So, I use Workflow to automate the process of making these posts, because otherwise it’d take me a couple hours each time. The long and short of it is that it uses the iTunes Store’s search stuff, by dumping the full title of the song in, and then lets me choose the right one from a list.
    Somehow, given the full title of this song, iTunes’ search was unable to find anything, and I am utterly baffled by how that happened. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: August 2017

Classes have started and everything happens too much
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Haze – Amber Run
Wastelands – Amber Run
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
One More Light – LINKIN PARK
Dreams – Sunday
VPN ft Palmistry – Mr. Mitch
All We Need – Fyfe
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth1
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – Fyfe
Zero Summer – Dirty Nice
Animals – Tamu Massif
The Roman Call – Beshken
Thunder – Imagine Dragons2
The Ends and the Means – Robby Hecht
Leave out All the Rest – LINKIN PARK
Black Or White – Yoe Mase
Borders – Fyfe
Sugar for the Pill – Slowdive3
Waves – Hayden Calnin
Miracles (Someone Special) – Coldplay & Big Sean
A L I E N S – Coldplay
Walking The Wire – Imagine Dragons
Dancing In The Dark – Imagine Dragons
Drive Slow – LUCASV
Hymn – Kesha4
Overgrown – Oh Wonder
All I Can Think About Is You – Coldplay
Praying – Kesha
Boots – Kesha
One Man Band – Albin Lee Meldau
Chandelier – Sia
No Answers (Acoustic) – Amber Run
New York – St. Vincent
Drugs – Roach Gigz feat. DB The General5
Nirvana – TheSamLao6
Rainbow – Kesha

  1. Seriously, this song is so calming ↩
  2. I just really like this one. “Now I’m smiling from the stage while/You were clapping in the nose bleeds” ↩
  3. Another very calming song, I recommend it. ↩
  4. Kesha is the only person that ever makes me think “yas queen” ↩
  5. My sister played this while she was visiting and it got stuck in my head immediately. Which is okay overall, because I think it’s a pretty hilarious song. ↩
  6. Another one I can blame/thank my sister for. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: July 2017

I actually remembered to do this on time so it would post on time! That’s a rare thing, you’d think I’d have a repeating reminder in Things by now or something.
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Real – Majik
Haze – Amber Run
Wastelands – Amber Run
Go (feat. Ed Droste) – Woodkid
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Battle Symphony – LINKIN PARK
Changed – JP Saxe
One More Light – LINKIN PARK1
Dreams – Sunday
Hope For Something – Panama
Hold Up, Rewind – Close Talker
48 Hours – Triangle Park
High On Humans – Oh Wonder
Parties – Jake Miller
Goodpain – YOKE LORE
VPN ft Palmistry – Mr. Mitch
All We Need – Fyfe
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – Fyfe2
Zero Summer – Dirty Nice
Make a Move – St. Humain
Animals – Tamu Massif
The Roman Call – Beshken
Thunder – Imagine Dragons
Holding On – GHOST LOFT
The Ends and the Means – Robby Hecht3
Leave Out All the Rest – LINKIN PARK4

  1. This song is even sadder now than it used to be. ↩
  2. Fyfe’s new album inspired me to bring back the first Fyfe I listened to. Good stuff. ↩
  3. Found courtesy of Welcome to Night Vale, a fun little podcast for when you’ve got… y’know, four days to kill, if you want to go through the whole backlog. ↩
  4. There were a few of their songs that seemed appropriate for the occasion, but this was the one that I finally went with. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: June 2017

I’m posting this a bit later in the day than usual, but I had to get up at 4:30 to drive people to the airport, so I went back to bed when I got home and I’m just now getting up and being functional again.
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako1
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Real – Majik
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Haze – Amber Run
Alps – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Wastelands – Amber Run2
Go (feat. Ed Droste) – Woodkid
Young – The Chainsmokers
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Ultralife (Acoustic) – Oh Wonder
Battle Symphony – Linkin Park3
Heavy – Oh Wonder
Changed – JP Saxe
Float – Will Morgan
One More Light – Linkin Park4
Dreams – Sunday5
Invisible – Linkin Park
Talking to Myself – Linkin Park
Only You – YOKE LORE6
Hope For Something – Panama
Hold Up, Rewind – Close Talker7
48 Hours – Triangle Park
Seasonal Friends – Close Talker
Heavy (feat. Kiiara) – Linkin Park
Talk – Kodaline8
High On Humans – Oh Wonder9
Parties – Jake Miller
Goodpain – YOKE LORE
slooow down – Mac Ayres
U – Slowes
VPN ft Palmistry – Mr. Mitch10
I’m Just Snacking – Gus Dapperton
All We Need – Fyfe11
Take Five – Patrik Almkvisth12
Relax – Fyfe
Cold Air – Fyfe
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – Fyfe13
Rise Up – Imagine Dragons
Rosa – Fyfe
Closing Time – Fyfe14
I Don’t Know Why – Imagine Dragons
Twin Peaks – Flyinglotus
Back to the Start – Jake Miller
Zero Summer – Dirty Nice15
Whatever It Takes – Imagine Dragons
Make a Move – St. Humain
The Endless Summer – Los Porcos
Animals – Tamu Massif16
Halfway – Jake Miller
The Roman Call – Beshken
Thunder – Imagine Dragons

  1. I sent this as a song recommendation to someone on Instagram the other day and they wound up doing a quick guitar version on their Story, so that was cool. ↩
  2. Again, probably my favorite song of the year. ↩
  3. My mom and I sing this one together in the car and it’s a great Family Experience ↩
  4. Probably my favorite song off the new album, and it’s one of those songs that makes me want to know what happened in the songwriter’s life that inspired the song. ↩
  5. Apparently this is a cover of a song? I didn’t actually know and my mind was slightly blown ↩
  6. Hey, remember Yoke Lore? They were in some of my earlier playlists ↩
  7. The chorus on this is so catchy, you’ve been warned ↩
  8. It’s back! This song is on my list of songs that makes me think of home – probably because it first showed up in my playlists right as we were moving to the new house. ↩
  9. There’s some good robo-voice in this, I appreciate it ↩
  10. I’m going to call this my favorite new addition that I got as a single song and not part of an album, it just sounds good, and the computer nerd in me enjoys the lyrics. ↩
  11. Best song off the new album, so far; I wound up throwing it in here for the “gloria in excelsis” bit, because I’m a big ol’ music nerd. ↩
  12. I’m ashamed to admit that this is actually a youtube rip in my iTunes library, I couldn’t find somewhere to legitimately buy this song. ↩
  13. The new album made me want to bring back the first Fyfe song I’d heard. It’s still great. ↩
  14. I’m gonna be honest I was kinda disappointed that this wasn’t a cover of the “Closing Time” that you’re thinking of. ↩
  15. This kinda reminds of Binaerpilot? Weird mental connection to make, I guess, but still. ↩
  16. Another really catchy chorus song. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: May 2017

This one’s a bit shorter than usual, to be honest, because I didn’t have time to do anything with it while I was busy dying of finals. I’ve got a backlog of music to listen to, though, so I’m expecting next month’s to be a good deal longer.
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Real – Majik
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Haze – Amber Run
Alps – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Machine – Amber Run
Wastelands – Amber Run
Dante’s Creek – THEY.
Beauty – Down Time
Wasted My Love – Axel Mansoor
Don’t Say (feat. Emily Warren) – The Chainsmokers
Go (feat. Ed Droste) – Woodkid
Lies In The Dark – Tove Lo
Petals – Truitt
It Won’t Kill Ya (feat. Louane) – The Chainsmokers
Young – The Chainsmokers
On His Knees – Danny Elfman
Paris – The Chainsmokers
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo
Ultralife – Oh Wonder1
Carry You – Novo Amor
Ramada – Kidepo
My Friends – Oh Wonder
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Hold Me Down – YOKE LORE2
Ultralife (Acoustic) – Oh Wonder
Kill V. Maim – Grimes

  1. Having this one and the acoustic version on this playlist is fun, because it demonstrates really well that Apple’s shuffling algorithm isn’t the best at seeming random to humans. I’ve heard those two songs playing in a row something like 40 times over the course of the month? ↩
  2. This and Kill V. Maim are throwbacks to last summer; it happens sometimes. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: April 2017

April is wrapping up, which means I’m going to spend the next month being super-stressed, and then I’ll finish finals, and the sudden cessation of stress will probably make me melt. It’s a system, it’s fine.
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions In the Sky
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Real – Majik
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Haze – Amber Run
Friends (under the influence) – Majik
Hands Held High – LINKIN PARK
Performance – The xx
Alps – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett1
A Violent Noise – The xx
Are You Home? – Amber Run
Machine – Amber Run
In The Morning (Mura Masa Edit) – NAO
Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Hypnotised – Coldplay
Wastelands – Amber Run2
Wild (feat. Khai) – Kidswaste
Visions (ft. Leu Leu Land) – Danrell & Alec King
Dante’s Creek – THEY.
Words – School of X
Beauty – Down Time
My Type (feat. Emily Warren) – The Chainsmokers
Break Up Every Night – The Chainsmokers3
Wasted My Love – Axel Mansoor
Don’t Say (feat. Emily Warren) – The Chainsmokers
Not Afraid Anymore – Halsey
The One – The Chainsmokers
Go (feat. Ed Droste) – Woodkid4
Bloodstream – The Chainsmokers
Lies In The Dark – Tove Lo5
Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers
Petals – Truitt
Helium – Sia
Oh Wonder – Lose It (Jerry Folk Remix) – Jerry Folk6
It Won’t Kill Ya (feat. Louane) – The Chainsmokers
Young – The Chainsmokers
On His Knees – Danny Elfman7
Paris – The Chainsmokers
The Scientist – Corrine Bailey Rae
Last Day Alive (feat. Florida Georgia Line) – The Chainsmokers
Cruise (Feat. Andrew Jackson) – Kygo8
Ultralife – Oh Wonder9
Lifetimes – Oh Wonder
Carry You – Novo Amor
Zombie (Acoustic Version) – The Cranberries
Ramada – Kidepo
Anchor – Novo Amor
My Friends – Oh Wonder
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone10
Touch – Haux
Vulnerable – Midnight Pool Party
Rupture – The Cranberries

  1. This works surprisingly well as a vocal warm-up. ↩
  2. But seriously, this is probably going to wind up as my Favorite Song of The Year, I just love the lyrics so much. ↩
  3. “This isn’t a healthy relationship you’re in,” I mutter to myself every time I listen to this song. ↩
  4. “This song is two guys singing to each other; the chorus is them, like, trying to break up, and the verses are basically just them sexting. And it’s backed by a youth choir. It’s so twisted and I love it and I want to be Woodkid when I grow up” – me, describing this song to a friend ↩
  5. Warning: will get stuck in your head. ↩
  6. I’m going to bet this song won’t survive into next month’s playlist, and there’s a single reason for that: I recognize one of the synthesizers the artist used, and it kicks me out of being able to listen to the song every time I hear it. ↩
  7. I’m gonna be honest, at least half of the reason this song is in here is because I’m a twelve-year-old and laughed at the title. ↩
  8. I blame Chase playing this song for the reason that I have this entire album. ↩
  9. New Oh Wonder! I am excited. ↩
  10. It’s just a classic, okay? ↩
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Playlist of the Month: March 2017

Happy April Fool’s Day, the Worst Holiday.
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions In The Sky
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Half Light – BANNERS
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Afterthought – Close Talker
Ghosts – Blueneck
Real – Majik
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Lullaby – ö
Haze – Amber Run
Fickle Game – Amber Run
Friends (under the influence) – Majik
Oh Brother – Saint Raymond
Hands Held High – LINKIN PARK
On Hold – The xx
Replica – The xx
Performance – The xx
Saved – Khalid
Alps – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett
Brave For You – The xx
A Violent Noise – The xx
Dream – Imagine Dragons
White Lie – Amber Run
Are You Home? – Amber Run
Machine – Amber Run
In The Morning (Mura Masa Edit) – NAO
Wild (feat. Khai) – Kidswaste
Island – Amber Run
Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay1
Hypnotised – Coldplay
Body High – Harrison Brome
Wastelands – Amber Run2
Allaround – Parcels
Visions (ft. Leu Leu Land) – Danrell & Alec King
Dante’s Creek – THEY.
Words – School of X

  1. This song popped up about two days after Chase pointed out that there wasn’t any Coldplay in my playlist at the moment. Chase, point out the lack of new Explosions in the Sky next, okay? ↩
  2. We’re talking about romanticism in my music history class at the moment, and I keep wanting to bring this song up, because “And I know you’ll fall in love again/ When you do, I hope you’ll find somebody/ Who you can love like I love you” is just ugh so beautifully romantic ↩
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Playlist of the Month: February 2017

There are more links this time! I changed how I’m doing them, it was a whole thing, don’t ask.1
5AM – Amber Run
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the Sky
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Half Light – BANNERS
Gods in Heat – Tobacco
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA2
 22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
Neptune – Sleeping At Last
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Afterthought – CloseTalker
Ghosts – Blueneck
Real – Majik
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Play Dead – Tom Walker
Lullaby – ö
Stranger – Amber Run
No Answers – Amber Run
A Little While – Yellow Days
Haze – Amber Run
Beretta – Matt Black
Fickle Game – Amber Run
Friends (under the influence) – Majik
I’m At The Bottom of The Ocean – Soleil Soleil
Oh Brother – Saint Raymond3
Hands Held High – Linkin Park4
On Hold – The xx
Perfect – Amber Run
Harder – OLIVER RIOT
Replica – The xx5
Performance – The xx
Saved – Khalid
Alps – Novo Amor & Ed Tullett6
Brave for You – The xx
Wayfaring Stranger – alextbh
A Violent Noise – The xx
Smile – Imad Royal
Dream – Imagine Dragons
White Lie – Amber Run
Are You Home? – Amber Run7
Machine – Amber Run
 In The Morning (Mura Masa Edit) – NAO8
Wild (feat. Khai) – Kidswaste
Island – Amber Run

  1. The short version is I’m switching to iTunes links, since Amazon Music was fairly hit-or-miss, and I never actually use it myself beyond finding the links for these things. And I’m putting links on everything now, because it’s significantly easier with iTunes than with Amazon. ↩
  2. At some point I’m going to figure out the actual lyrics to this, because there’s one line that every time I hear it makes me doubt my understanding of the whole song. ↩
  3. This one is so fun to sing along to ↩
  4. Chase goes “y’know, they wrote this song about George Bush. Sucks that it’s relevant again.” ↩
  5. This album is so good, 10/10 would recommend ↩
  6. I really like this one but it’s hard to listen to while I’m out listening around because the slightest background noise and it’s just utterly inaudible. ↩
  7. I honestly haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but so far this is one of the strongest contenders for being my favorite song off the album. ↩
  8. I’m a big fan of this one, as well. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: January 2017

How is the first month of 2017 already over? I’m still writing “2014” on papers!
5AM – Amber Run
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the Sky
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Sight – Sleeping At Last
Half Light – BANNERS
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – FYFE
Kusanagi – ODESZA
Gods in Heat – Tobacco
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
 22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
White Ferrari (Vasta Remix) – Frank Ocean
Neptune – Sleeping At Last
Small Crimes – Nilüfer Yanya
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Afterthought – CloseTalker
Landslide – Oh Wonder
the mood – stefan
White Blood – Oh Wonder
Hypnos – Blueneck
Ghosts – Blueneck
Real – Majik
Snow – Sleeping At Last
Get Away – Saint Motel
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Move Magic – Julian Maverick
Falling – ursa major
ODESZA – Bloom (Live) – Day for Night
MNYMS – DENIAL – Day for Night
Play Dead – Tom Walker
Lullaby – ö
Stranger – Amber Run1
Let It Snow – Filous
No Answers – Amber Run
A Little While – Yellow Days
Haze – Amber Run
Beretta – Matt Black
Lonely Lullabies – Kweku Collins
Fickle Game – Amber Run
Friends (under the influence) – Majik2
I’m At The Bottom of The Ocean – Soleil Soleil3
Bright Lights – Vandelux
Oh Brother – Saint Raymond4
Hands Held High – Linkin Park5

  1. I’m very excited for when the full album comes out. ↩
  2. Pretend I put a link on here, because I’m in a wifi so slow as to not actually qualify as wifi, and I’m not willing to spend two hours waiting for Amazon pages to load so I can get them. ↩
  3. Ditto for the link on this one. ↩
  4. And again, insert your own link here. ↩
  5. This isn’t at all a new song but it’s one I felt like listening to, and so it’s back. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: December 2016

Y’know, I mentioned at some point that it’d be fun to do some sort of analysis of my playlists over the course of the year. However, I’m sick, so I really don’t have the energy for that. Maybe next year.
5AM – Amber Run
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the Sky
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Sight – Sleeping At Last
Touch – Sleeping At Last
Half Light – BANNERS
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Shadow and a Dancer – The Fray
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – FYFE
Kusanagi – ODESZA
Stay High – One Room
Gods in Heat – Tobacco
Haunt / Bed – The 1975
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA
Worth It – Moses Sumney
 22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver
715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver
White Ferrari (Vasta Remix) – Frank Ocean1
Neptune – Sleeping At Last
29 #Strafford APTS – Bon Iver
Sun – Sleeping At Last
Small Crimes – Niliüfer Yanya
Brooklyn Baby – The Code2
Hallelujah – Pentatonix
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Coventry Carol – Pentatonix
Coldest Winter – Pentatonix
Afterthought – CloseTalker
Landslide – Oh Wonder
the mood – stefan
White Blood – Oh Wonder
Heart Hope – Oh Wonder
Belong – Roosevelt
Say That You Want It – Abroad
Ivy (Air Zaïre Remix) – Frank Ocean
Ferns – Iris Temple
Down – Buster Moe
Open Up – Jack Eagle
Earth – Sleeping At Last
Six Feet Under (Jerry Folk Remix) – Billie Eilish
Menswear – The 1975
Hypnos – Blueneck
I Heard the Bells – Sleeping At Last
Ghosts – Blueneck3
What Child Is This – Sleeping At Last
Real – Majik4
Snow – Sleeping At Last
You Are Enough – Sleeping At Last
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Sleeping At Last
Same World – YATES
O, Holy Night – Sleeping At Last
Get Away – Saint Motel
Mercury – Sleeping At Last
Water Flow – Klyne
Technicolour Beat – Oh Wonder
Move Magic – Julian Maverick
Other Gods – Blueneck
Plans – Oh Wonder
From Beyond – Blueneck
Rats in the Wall – Blueneck
Falling – ursa major
Southern – Sleeping At Last
ODESZA – Bloom (Live) – Day for Night
MNYMS – DENIAL – Day for Night
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Pentatonix
Slow Motion – Saint Motel
For Elise – Saint Motel5
White Iverson – Post Malone (Jake Miller Cover) – Jake Miller
Turn Off My Love – Xander Singh
Without You – Oh Wonder
Play Dead – Tom Walker
Waiting – Midnight Pool Party
Source – Tycho
Lullaby – ö
The Rain – Oh Wonder

  1. Chase keeps complaining about my choices of remixes and I keep ignoring him, and that’s how that goes ↩
  2. It’s like “I kinda want to punch this guy in the face for being like this” condensed into song form ↩
  3. I have multiple songs named “Ghosts” that I really like. Does this say something about my taste in music? ↩
  4. Probably one of my favorite ones on here, go listen. ↩
  5. I get the feeling I’m going to be hearing this one around the music department a lot when school starts back up. ↩
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Playlist of the Month: November 2016

It’s been a busy month, and the next one is going to be even busier. Fortunately for you, dear reader, the second half of next month should, if everything goes according to plan, lead to a lot of fun travel posts.
Anyhow, the playlist from this month has the beginnings of Christmas in it. Hey, I’m in Europe, it’s not like they celebrate Thanksgiving here.
5AM – Amber Run
Your Hand In Mine – Explosions in the Sky
Team (Lorde Cover) – Matthew Mayfield
Smoke Filled Room (Acoustic) – Mako
Home (Tim Palmer Mix) – Blue October
Sight – Sleeping At Last
Touch – Sleeping At Last
Half Light – BANNERS
Be Somebody – Kings of Leon
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Shadow and a Dancer – The Fray
When The World Sleeps – Lowland Hum
Better Man (Feat. Peter Gregson & Iskra String Quartet) – FYFE
Kusanagi – ODESZA
Stay High – One Room
Division – Tycho
Gods in Heat – Tobacco
Haunt / Bed – The 1975
Two Blue Eyes – Tall Heights
Fallingforyou – The 1975
Where’s My Love – Syml
Killer Queen – FIL BO RIVA 1
Doing the Right Thing – Daughter
Worth It – Moses Sumney
Slack – Tycho
 22 (OVER S∞∞N) – Bon Iver 2
Receiver – Tycho
 715 – CRΣΣKS – Bon Iver 3
White Ferrari (Vasta Remix) – Frank Ocean
Field – Tycho
Neptune – Sleeping At Last
29 #Strafford APTS – Bon Iver
Sun – Sleeping At Last
Small Crimes – Nilüfer Yanya4
Brooklyn Baby – The Code
Hallelujah – Pentatonix
Emphasis – Sleeping At Last
All We Do – Oh Wonder
Horizon – Tycho
Epoch – Tycho
Coventry Carol – Pentatonix5
Coldest Winter – Pentatonix
Rhythm & Blues – The Head and the Heart
Afterthought – CloseTalker
The White Strip – Blueneck6
Landslide – Oh Wonder
Robbers – The 1975
the mood – stefan
White Blood – Oh Wonder
Heart Hope – Oh Wonder7
Hold On – Chain Gang of1974
Dancehall Remix – Horses Heaven
Belong – Roosevelt
Say That You Want It – Abroad
Ivy (Air Zaïre Remix) – Frank Ocean8
Good Grief – Bastille
Power – Bastille
Ferns – Iris Temple
Down – Buster Moe
Open Up – Jack Eagle
Give In Ft. Airling (Golden Vessel Remix) – Xavier Dunn
Miko – Chain Gang of1974
Earth – Sleeping At Last
Six Feet Under (Jerry Folk Remix) – Billie Eilish
Menswear – The 19759
Dark Days – Local Natives
Transformations – Sleeping At Last
One In Ten – Sleeping At Last
All We Ever Knew – The Head and the Heart

  1. I find this name oddly hilarious. If it wasn’t in all caps it wouldn’t be nearly as funny, either. ↩
  2. People give me concerned looks when I walk around the school singing “it might be over soon” quietly to myself ↩
  3. seriously the names on this album are so pretentious ↩
  4. Knowing how to type umlauts before I started learning German was quite helpful. ↩
  5. This is a great christmas song for singing along to. ↩
  6. I consider Blueneck to be vaguely christmas music, which is… weird, to say the least. ↩
  7. No seriously just get this whole album okay ↩
  8. I just really like the way that lowercase-i-with-umlaut looks ↩
  9. The link caption for this one is “Amazon: Menswear” which makes me feel like I’m just linking to the online version of a department in a Macy’s. ↩