Chapter, Fashionably Light
Sep 24 2013
This is the soundtrack of my October.
The rules: Ten tracks. Only one song per artist or album. No repeats from last month.
I used to walk by Newbury Comics every Saturday, and each week I would buy a new album, usually based on album art or friends’ recommendations. Then I’d listen to that new album each morning in my yellow boombox. Little Earthquakes was the first of these spontaneous buys, and as it was near the end of September, “Crucify” became the sound of autumn.
Gaga is back. And with this song she transports – it feels otherworldly and fantastic while at the same time the lyrics bring us back to human earth.
Maybe it’s because I just read Eleanor and Park and just watched Back to the Future, but I’ve been nostalgic for the mindfulness of the pre-digital age. I think my dream world is an 8bit fairy tale.
Another song that feels like autumn. The simple guitar leading the jaunty steps of the musical journey. Autumn is about a journey, beginnings, long walks in the woods. Let’s go!
More bouncy beats. After years of listening to Far on Spotify I finally bought the album for myself. I have a feeling songs from that album might sit on this playlist for a while.
This song sounds like a sleepover.
Totally evokes a Victorian novel for me. Cosy up under the covers and read for hours by candlelight, get lost in an unrequited love story told on crisp hardcovered pages. It is the album cover, basically. (Oh and you can download for free!)
Add to sounds of autumn. Can we all perform this around a campfire please?
The campfire after-party.
One of the songs featured in PunchDrunk’s The Drowned Man. It’s lovely and warm.
P.S. Here’s September.
