It took me forever to get this out, but here it is! My playlist for Summer 2011 was a little more somber compared to this one, which is a little nostalgic, more upbeat, and tinged with the sixties. But like all my playlists, they establish my love for Soundtrack Music / Looking-Out-From-A-Moving-Vehicle music, which is the genre I made up (in my head haha) to describe the kind of music I love.
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- Closer Than This by St. Lucia | Oh my goodness, this song is just perfect, really.
- Chinatown by Kitten | Kitten’s vocalist reminds me of Karen O, and I kind of can’t believe she’s only 17-ish.
- The Only Place by Best Coast | Best Coast basically BLEEDS summer. I mean, who wouldn’t put a Best Coast song on a summer playlist. We have fun, we have fun, WE HAVE FUN when we please.
- Little Numbers by BOY | This song from the Swiss duo is so light and fun that you hardly realize it’s about a girl waiting for a guy to call. HAHA. I've re-arranged parts of my living room / But time is hard to kill since I met you.
- Les Plus Beaux by Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains | I think the fact that it’s French is only a bonus compared to the dreamy arrangement. It evokes a distant memory I probably never even had in the first place.
- Can’t Believe You Said That by Gemini Club | Gemini Club sounds like Ra Ra Riot’s cousin, and that’s cool.
- Don’t Gotta Work It Out by Fitz and the Tantrums | I think I’m starting to like this Neo-Soul/Indie-Soul genre. Whatever it’s really called.
- Too Young by Ghost Beach | Ooh, this one’s new. Can’t wait to be driving around with this one blasting from my radio.
- Suburbia by I Heart Sharks | If you’re bored in Suburbia, burn down your house, let’s dance in the color of fire.
- Broad Ripple is Burning by Margot and the Nuclear So So’s | It’s a little anti-climactic to slow things down at this point, but this song. THIS SONG.
- Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men | Another great road trip folk-y, poppy song. It starts to get really great a little past the two-minute mark.
- Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix) by GROUPLOVE | This one is kind of old, but really, who cares. It’s still pretty catchy.
- Quiet by Non Tiq | I found this song a few months ago, and automatically saved it for a playlist. Why does so much amazing music come from Sweden?
- Traveling by Tennis | I thought I’d distance this a little from the Best Coast track cause they’re a bit similar at the start, but this husband and wife duo really just set themselves apart by slowing down at all the right places.
- Silly Fathers by Rubblebucket | I think I love this track 30% more than I first did now that I know it’s from an album titled “Omega La La”.
- I’m Not Ready by Surfer Blood | You wonder why you've got no one else to turn to / You know I'm only looking out for you
- I Wanna Go by Summer Heart | This song builds up so well; I don’t know what else to say. Oh, this guy’s Swedish. Whut.
- Days by The Drums | This one just hits you right in the soul, doesn’t it.
- Paradise by The Twang | More summer vibes for you, and you, and you.
- We Should Be Swimming by Zulu Winter | Zulu Winter is relatively new, I think. But there’s some wisdom in those riffs. Also, I really should be swimming. (Ba-dum-tss!)
- Bloom by The Paper Kites | Found this song a lifetime ago and didn’t know what to do with it. This playlist shall be its home. I recently heard it on an episode of Suburgatory and I was just so happy that it’s getting the recognition it deserves.
- Farmer & His Gun by Charlie Simpson | I cannot express my happiness at how glad I am to have found (thanks to a friend) Charlie Simpson’s solo effort. His voice really takes me back to 7th grade and my Busted obsession, which to be honest still exists. But his whole album really is amazing. This is my favorite off of it, cause I’m pretty sure it’s about his hiatus from Fightstar, the band which he left Busted for (haven’t forgiven him for that!).
- Traveling by Paper Lions | Makes me miss actually traveling, which is what my summers are usually made of. Also, this track gets perfectly trippy somewhere in the middle, and the guitar solo is to die for.
- The Earth Plates Are Shifting by Young Empires | Sounds like Foals, but still totally brilliant on their own merit, except for the fact the band’s symbolized by a hipsturr triangle.
- This Moment by French Horn Rebellion | I love that this track is really jazzy and really gets your mind to that “I love the world” place. In fact, I think I want the whole album.
- Take It by The Spinto Band | I first heard The Spinto Band in February last year, and I found their music somewhere between “just okay” and “kind of good”. Their latest album Shy Pursuit, is levels better than what I heard last year. It’s quirkier, lovelier and this first single (and its cute video) proves that.
- Sugar High by Coyote Shivers | This is from Empire Records, a movie I watched for the first time in 2005, I think, and even then I was about 10 years too late. And I still can’t get over this song. The chorus. The CHORUS. Renee Zellweger sings a bit in the film version of this song, but I can’t find a decent copy of that one.
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