updated my muxtape (in an act of procrastination, clearly).
1. yo la tengo - how to make a baby elephant float (from: summer sun, 2003)
a track taken from “summer sun,” ylt’s chill-out album. if this mixtape were a cd, the cover would be the picture of an elephant lying on its back in a bright yellow inflatable tub, floating in the pool. with sunglasses and lemonades and what not.
2. smashing pumpkins - dreaming (from: the aeroplane flies high, 1996)
d’arcy opens on this cover of the blondie classic with her mellow vocals. then billy chimes in with his equally languid discourse. the whole song has a sleepwalking feel, befitting a hot summer afternoon.
3. kings of convenience - i don’t know what i can save you from (röyksopp mix) (from: versus, 2001)
i don’t think i even need to explain this one. it just screams summer.
4. styrofoam - microscope (ft. blake hazard) (from: a thousand words, 2008 )
i guess this track is where things start to pick up. this is a magical song, like “such great heights” but with (slightly) smarter lyrics. i think it’s just a matter of time before the song is used in some trailer or film or teen soap and catches fire.
5. jason collett - out of time (from: here’s to being here, 2008 )
“very nice, rob. a sly declaration of new classic status slipped into a list of old safe ones. very p**sy.”
- barry in high fidelity
6. albert hammond, jr. - in transit (from: yours to keep, 2007)
7. broken social scene - 7/4 shoreline (from: broken social scene, 2005)
summer in the city, and summer on the seashore highway (funny how the album covers represent the opposite imagery though).
8. groove armada - at the river (1997)
call me nostalgic or whatever… to me this is still the ultimate summer song.
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