Monthly Mix - February Disappeared Under a Haze of Hearts and Arrows.
A music mix made just for you.
My Dearest Friend,
Please find enclosed your latest monthly mix. This is, in fact, the second monthly mix I made for February. The first remains buried for another day as it was so good it’s over two hours long and I couldn’t figure how to cut it. Something to look forward to when I whittle it down or increase it to a double cassette edition!
Here we have an eclectic mix, a pick-and-mix bag of all sorts in which I hope you’ll find something you like. Or more hopefully, something that you’ve never heard of before but are glad that I’ve made part of your world.
There is, of course, the obligatory Taylor Swift track, it’s actually probably one of my favourites and I hope you like it. I very nearly added a bonus track that would have taken it just over the time limit (I hated that so much - tape running out mid song on home made mixes that weren’t calculated) and made a mockery of the also ridiculous and self-imposed “no doubling up of tracks from the same artist unless there’s a collaborative point of difference” rule - it’s False God also by T.S in case you were wondering. I love the 80’s / early 90’s feel it has with the sax, but I’ll save that for some other time.
As always, the mix comes in under an hour and a half (because that’s all you can fit on a C-90 tape and I’m old-school about the idea if not the delivery vehicle of the thing).
I’d love for you to share the artist that would make it onto every mix you’d ever make over on Notes…
If you love a list or don’t have Spotify, the playlist is below.
Savour the glimmer of newness that shines in on your everyday. I hope you enjoy the mix and it can become part of the soundtrack to the changing seasons all around us at the moment.
V.V
P.S the red background on the playlist was completely coincidental and serendipitous, not Valentines intended at all.
Osaka Loop Line - Discovery
Sleeping In - The Postal Service
History Of Man - Maisie Peters
Cinnamon Girl -Lana Del Ray
October Passed Me By - girl in red
Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) - The National, Bon Iver
From the Dining Table - Harry Styles
Flowerdance - Aether
Promises - Cleo Sol
Going Out - Loma
Last Day On Earth - beabadoobee
Truth - Jungle
Back To Oz - Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine
Love and Hate in a Different Time - Original - Gabriels
One More Night - Michael Kiwanuka
Hayling (Radio Edit) - FC Kahuna
Alive - Dirty Vegas
Soul Food - Martina Topley-Bird
Broadway - Sebastien Tellier
Stranger - MOTHXR
Daniel - Bat For Lashes
Dress - Taylor Swift
The Monthly Mix is a love letter to the mix tapes of my youth. Carefully curated and crafted, just for you. You can find more playlist joy right here. To make sure you don’t miss the next one…
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This month’s mix. Love it? Hate it? Recommendations? I’m here for all of it, please do share your thoughts in the comments below.