Mixtape No. 13: Long, Cold Winter Nights

I think I should start this mixtape post with a bit of a disclaimer. Arizona has been in the mid to high 70s since like October or November. We have been incredibly short on long, cold winter nights. That said, there are days where we reach average winter temperatures so I guess that balances out.

Thankfully last week there was a couple of cold, rainy nights which inspired this mixtape. A lot of the time I have trouble sleeping and I'm up late at night thinking or missing someone special. It's worse in the winter because not only is it cold but it feels like the night never ends. It can feel pretty lonely sometimes, and it helps to have music playing. I'm 100% a music mood person. If I'm sad the music is sad or serene, and that's what this playlist is. It's fully of folksy, indie tunes that really set a mood, a scene, and can even melt into the background when it all gets to be too much. There's also just something very moody about the combination of grey, dark winters and these types of songs. They just mesh perfectly together. It doesn't even have to be a long, cold night but just any grey, melancholy day. Just get some tea, turn on the tunes, and melt away.

Find the tracklist and links below.

1. Dancing in the Dark - Faye Webster

2. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez

3. Blood Bank - Bon Iver

4. I'm So Tired - The Beatles

5. Dancing On My Own - Calum Scott

6. Chrysalis - S. Carey

7. If You Need To Keep Time On Me - Fleet Foxes

8. Carry You - Novo Amor

9. Blood - the Middle East

10. The Waves at Night - Phosphorescent

11. Nicole - Gravenhurst

12. When You're Smiling and Astride Me - Father John Misty

13. Moody Cafe - Capricorn

14. I Need My Girl - The National

15. Enjoy the Silence - Carla Bruni

16. 28 #Strafford APTS - Bon Iver

17. passionfruit - yaeji

18. New Year - Beach House

19. O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me - Father John Misty

20. True Love Waits - Radiohead

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