The eeriest part about staying up all night–whether because you couldn’t sleep or because you were out exploring the world or because that’s just how you roll–is that moment when the sun starts to rise before you are really ready for it. These are the songs that I always seem to come back to as I fall asleep just as the light starts to dawn.
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I really love the art direction on this playlist!
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Log in to replyahh, Broken Social Scene and the Lovin’ Spoonful
Log in to replyPerfect for tonight.
Log in to replyWow, the playlist artwork looks gorgeous!
Log in to replyAnd isn’t the above scene when Lux gets left behind in the field? Or maybe I just have Sofia Coppola-on-the-brain. :P
Haha, no, you’re right! That, (in all honesty) was the reason I clicked here.
Log in to replyThis is so appropriate for me. I stayed up all night to watch the Olympics opening ceremony & I loved it! Sonic Youth, Simon & Garfunkel, Dum Dum Girls all in one playlist. Yes.
Log in to replyThis is perfect because I’m staying up all night tonight and then flying home early in the morning (like the background)!! My sentiments exactly
Log in to replyThis makes me want to stay up all night! Simon & Garfunkel! :)
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Log in to replyso perfect
Log in to replyAphex Twin makes hypnotic grooves, and you know it’s legit because Flea listens to them. Do you take in playlist submissions? :)
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Log in to replyP.S Avril 14th is stunning, and everyone should watch four lions and really feel it
Log in to replyThis is awesome ! Perfect for summer nights ! TV on the Radio <3
Log in to replySIMON AND GARUNKEL :):):):)
Log in to replySweet, My Bloody Valentine and Aphex Twin!
Personally I would have added a Team Sleep song(especially from the demos) and a Boards of Canada song to the list: a lot of their music ‘feels(to me at least)’ like sunset, nighttime and sunrise.
Log in to replyNever listened to either of them! Which songs would you recommend?
Log in to replyFrom Team Sleep I’d recommend Doomed User from their 2005 demos.
I remember listening to ‘doomed user’ 2 years ago, when my boyfriend brought me home. It was just him and I, cycling, in the dead of night, not a soul around, only accompanied by the road and street lights. I gave him my headphones and said: ‘listen to this, doesn’t this fit the atmosphere perfectly?’
Team Sleep also has a great self titled debut album: from the album I would recommend the song ‘BLVD Nights’.
Picking a Boards of Canada song is pretty difficult, (I rather recommend a whole album) but I would go with Peacock Tail from their album The Campfire Headphase. I listened to this album a lot when I used to cycle to work in the early morning, somewhere around mid spring, when the days are finally getting a little longer and you’re about to get a glimpse of the upcoming sun.
Log in to replyI always thought that was the best part of going to work early haha!
1969 is a good boards of canada song and also ‘pete standing alone’ and you HAVE TO GET INTO THEM if you aren’t yet!!
Log in to replyDayvan Cowboy is a personal favorite of mine, and it has some awesome vids too, e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8
and, totally unrelated but totally necessary, Pulp’s Sunrise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXgnXC6oFgE
perfect perfect perfection!
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Log in to replyI LOVE this! Beautiful playlist, thanks for sharing :)
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I laughed when I saw Avril 14th on that list. I soundtracked a scene from my book in which the protagonist is driven home at dawn after a night of mischief for which she wasn’t prepared to that song.
Log in to replyThis is absolutely perfect. It makes me want to be all scandalous and sneak out my window at 12:00 to meet a guy. Also Gettin’ some major Sophia Coppola vibez. Avril 14th <3. One of my fav tracks from Marie Antoinette.
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