Apologies for the lateness by over a week – I’ve been on some much appreciated holidays. On the bright side, you’ll be getting another mix from Laura this coming weekend as well. MP3s raining down everywhere.
Since I’m in a relatively relaxed state of mind (I’m not sure I can ever be completely relaxed – it may require something like the twenty T3s I took after I got my wisdom teeth out a couple of weeks ago), I’ve decided to make a compilation of some breezy, summery tracks. In a way, it’s a complement to Laura’s last mix. What says summer to me? Genres like twee, indiepop, ambient, chamber pop, folk, yé yé, and its Japanese off-shoot shibuya kei. They’re gentle and soothing, and you can imagine yourself swinging in a hammock, swimming in soft focus 60s film reels, or perhaps riding an old-fashioned bicycle with a basket through a European city whilst wearing a cardigan. Ahh…I feel dozy and shambolic just thinking about it.
You get some 60s cool courtesy of Margo Guryan; an underrated glam ballad from John Howard; neo-yé-yé from Coeur de pirate; light, sometimes trippy shibuya kei stylings from Flipper’s Guitar, Dimitri From Paris, and Hong Kong in the 60s; twinkling indiepop from Richard Hawley’s old band Treebound Story and from Stevie Jackson’s solo work away from Belle & Sebastian; dreamy folk by Breathe Owl Breathe and Nick Drake; the chamber pop whimsy of Owen Pallett; and apparently the most calming song in the world by Marconi Union. And of course, quite a bit more.
Download Myxotmatosis #11 here.
You Can Take a Heart, But You Cannot Make It Beat – Hong Kong in the 60s
Summer Beauty 1990 – Flipper’s Guitar
Watercolours Into the Ocean – Destroyer
Swimming in the Heart of Jane – Treebound Story
Dead Man’s Fall – Stevie Jackson
E is For Estranged – Owen Pallett
Champagne Coast – Blood Orange
Swimming – Breathe Owl Breathe
No One Likes a Nihilist – The Most Serene Republic
English Electric Lightning – The Wild Swans
Smiling in Slow Motion – Daniel Land and the Modern Painters
Stand Where A Fruit Tree Drops the Things It Doesn’t Need – Snowblink
