Y’all will remember that making playlists can be a useful outlining and writing tool for me. And I hadn’t made one in awhile, not since way back when the novel had an entirely different name. I prefer writing to certain kinds of songs, so that’s the kind of playlist this one is, not necessarily one I hear as a soundtrack to the novel.
Well, it is, but not in an overt way. There’s way more slow, drawn-out quiet songs on here than there are chapters like that in the novel (I hope), but I like those for thinking and writing. They blend into invisibility easier. So, without further ado, here it is. Remember that my iTunes is all stuff I’ve downloaded since I got my computer last summer, so it’s all from music blogs and albums I’ve bought since then.
Warning also: It’s long. That means I don’t have to keep hitting repeat. Most tracks findable online at the Hype, if you’re intrigued by something.
Hotaru – Kama Aina
She Was a Girl, She Was in Love – Matt Baldwin
Splintering – Arizona
The Funeral – Band of Horses
Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix) – Feist
Minors – Flying
My Dad Is Rich – Brian Ross
This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life – Born Ruffians
True Affection – The Blow
I Turn My Camera On – Spoon (Live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on 8-12-2006)
Cursed Sleep – Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Crowd Surf Off A Cliff – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
Hunters Map – Fionn Regan
My Head Is Blank – François Virot
Hello Hello Hi – From Bubblegum to Sky
Rich Man – Ghostland Observatory
Holy Cow (demo) – Margot & The Nuclear So And Sos
On a Neck, On a Spit – Grizzly Bear
Wild is the Wind (Nina Simone Cover) – Cat Power
My Heart Is An Apple – Arcade Fire
I’m Just a Child – Coming Soon
Bonnie & Clyde – Headset
Citizens of Tomorrow – Tokyo Police Club
Gotta D.J. – Hot Springs
Strange Desire – The Black Keys
Winchester Gun – Katamine
Under the Gun – Kristin Hersh
Elephant Gun – Beirut
Vertigo – Kristin Hersh
Alaska – Camera Obscura
Everything’s Just Wonderful – Lily Allen
We Were Sparkling – My Brightest Diamond
I Can Get Us Out Of Here – Lucero
To Go Home – M. Ward
Volcanoes – Islands
Dancing Queen – Mantissa
Up To My Neck In You – Mark Kozelek
I Am Not Willing – Moby Grape
I Was Wrong – The Morning Benders
Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
Breathless – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Shade And Honey – Sparklehorse
Something of an End – My Brightest Diamond
Home As A Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always And Forever – Woodpigeon
Scientist Girl – North Atlantic
Cross My Heart, Hope You Die – This Is A Process Of A Still Life
The Fatal Flaw – Lucinda Kruy & The Sun-Ups
Song for Augustine Pt. 2 – White Flight
Celebration Guns – Stars
Wow, that’s a really evocative playlist! Makes me even more excited about reading the novel…
I tend to find one CD that matches the emotional mood of the novel and stick to it exclusively through a draft, so the last novel was written to a nonstop loop of Evanescence (romantic gothy angst), and the new one is being written to the Dr Who Series 1-2 soundtrack (big bombastic, happy adventure music).
I actually entered all the songs on that playlist (that I could find) into Rhapsody. Neat! Thanks for the tips. 🙂
Love the idea. Playlists are going to be key for Dave and my next project.