Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mixtape #6: When It's Sleepy Time Down South

I fall asleep to music every night. It's a habit I've had for almost a year now. Usually when I fall asleep, I have all these thoughts floating around my head, taking my mind hostage, so I can never focus on just sleeping. These songs have always cleared my mind, and helped me out TONS.

Track 1. Louis Armstrong - "When It's Sleepy Time Down South": This was kind of the obvious choice, being that I live in the south, so that's usually where I am sleepy. (Wink wink.)


Track 2. Bon Iver - "Brackett, MI": This is an amazing artist. His music is so intricate and deep. This guy is definitely a keeper. I'm sure of one thing: you'll be hearing about about this guy for years to come.


Track 3. Iron & Wine - "Half Moon": The video doesn't do the song justice so I apologize. Sam Beam really took an interesting turn on this album, but it still has that old Iron & Wine charm. Also, the album art is absolutely fantastic. You can't see it very well in the video, so I'M BEGGING YOU to go to Google or something along those lines and look it up. It's AMAZING.


Track 4. The Ember Days - "Emergency": Half of their songs are instrumental, and totally beautiful.


Track 5. mewithoutYou - "Cattail Down": I don't think anyone would mind me saying that this band is . . . outlandish, but also amazing. One of my all time favorite albums. It's filled with folk instruments and food analogies . . . you'll just have to buy it and see what I'm talking about.


Track 6. Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart": This song is intense. I love how much it builds up and then just tears down. Probably the longest intro to a song, but it really erases your mind and you can just zone out. 



Track 7. Fleet Foxes - "Grown Ocean": I've actually stayed up all night listening to this album, so I guess this isn't exactly sleeping music in my case. But I do still find that it always soothes me. This whole album is phenomenal. Absolutely flawless. (Not to mention this beautiful video.) This also might turn out to be my favorite album of 2011 . . . Blog about that coming up soon!

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4 comments:

  1. the dull mirrorDecember 11, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Some cds that I like fall asleep to are: Cool Hand Luke-The Fires of Life (from start to finish), Damien Rice-O, Cool Hand Luke-Wake up Oh Sleeper, Plumb-Chaotic Resolve (don't know if that's your style), anything by Sleeping at Last, and various Imogen Heap songs.

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  2. the dull mirrorDecember 11, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Oh, and the song "Ghosts" by Frozen Ocean

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  3. Hunter BrownDecember 11, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I love Damien Rice and Imogen Heap, I don't think I've ever even heard of Cool hand Luke.

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  4. the dull mirrorDecember 13, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Cool Hand Luke used to be fairly popular around here(in MI), then they went on a hiatus, so a lot of people forgot about them. Look up the songs "Cinematic", "The Balancing Act," and "Skydive" on Youtube.

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