winter’s song
Whenever I’m asked what kind of music I listen to or like the most, I reply: winter music. You know, the kind you want to wrap around yourself and enjoy like a mug of tea. (We’ve come a long way, Nirvana.) New summer music comes in each year, saturates the airwaves, and then fades out along with strawberries and tan lines. I can’t even remember the perky tunes I’m sure I hummed all last summer.
I’ve been listening to a few wonderfully wintery, warming bands lately, but I’ve put them on such heavy rotation that now I’m kind of itching for something new. These bands are:
Bowerbirds
Iron & Wine
Bon Iver
Sea Wolf
Fleet Foxes
Portishead (You didn’t think I could leave the 90s well enough alone, did you?)
What wintery music are you listening to right now? I’d love to know.
Beach House. Which doesn’t sound like it would be wintery music, but I think it fits in nicely with the ones you’ve listed…
yep, those are pretty much what i’m listening to too! including Blind Pilot.
Ray LaMontagne this week for some reason. “Empty” gives chills. And whenever I type “fleet foxes”, I first type “fleet oxes” by mistake. Which pleases me.
Was just listening to Fleet Foxes in the snow yesterday and it was perfect.
Beach House is a great choice too, their new album sounds terrific. I’m a big fan of kings of convenience in the winter time as well, then again I’m a big fan of them in the summer as well.
Lovely blog by the way.
Love all of your music too. My brother just introduced us to the Dodos and we are loving them right now. Happy New Year! xoxo