This is a Winter playlist. I know it’s not officially here yet, but we can feel it coming. 

With the exception of the Holiday Season, no one really likes winter. I in fact, love winter. I love the anticipation of the cold as you step outside. I love leaving my window open just a crack as I sleep, and getting all warm beneath the covers. I love the smell of firewood and the way your nose tingles when you breathe in the freezing cold air. I love mittens. I love drinking hot chocolate outside with mittens on. I love candlelight on window ledges, flickering against the frosted glass. I love taking long walks down my street while puffs of snow fall gently to the ground. I’m romanticizing, I know. It’s one of my many talents. I can romanticize the fuck out of most things. 

Any who, this is a winter playlist for you all. Look them up, download, etc. 

Happy Winter.

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Mumford & Sons - Timshel 

i) Stars - What The Snowman Learned About Love

ii) Robyn - Stars 4-Ever

iii) The Antlers - I Don’t Want Love

iv) Cults - Go Outside

v) Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing

vi) Miike Snow - Burial

vii) Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

viii) Ingrid Michaelson - Snowfall

ix) Broken Social Scene - Lover’s Spit

x) Candi Staton - You’ve Got the Love

xi) Animal Collective - Winter’s Love

xii) Rufus Wainwright - Pretty Things

xiii) Sarah McLachlan - River

xiv) Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes

xv) Travis - Love Will Come Through

xvi) R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful

xvii) Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song

xviii) Brandi Carlile - The Heartache Can Wake

xix) John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

xx) Pink Martini - Auld Lang Syne 

xxi) Neko Case - At Last

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Dustin O’Halloran - Opus 36