m.spring i

as promised, our seasonal list of tracks, built on vibes across these months of bloom & renaissance, while sat on windowsills with warm tea with milk & sugar in hand.

as midwestern babies, we understand the weight of spring. during much of our adolescence, it was overlooked as simply a prelude to summer. when in truth, the spring has much greater power: it serves as a strong reawakening, a start button, a time to start back up, fish out the running shoes, dust off the work waiting for the warmer weather, and get going. as adaptive slow living people, we try to utilize all of our time with love & efficiency, but winter dogs us down. it has its place in the grand sphere of building something new. sometimes however the unforgiving number of gray days really puts a pressure on your soul. then the sun peaks its head through the clouds for the first time and relieving that stress, making that initial taste of spring air and smell of lilac in the streets all that much better.

there's an invincibility in the spring time.

01. downtown // magical cloudz

02. face like thunder // the japanese house

03. marco polo // boyscott, n/a

04. lifetimes // oh wonder

05. die young // sylvan esso

06. truth lies low // andrew bird

07. idle town // conan gray

08. want you back // haim

09. monsoon // hippo campus

10. beans smell // o k h o

11. more // jess best

12. young hearts // NoMBe

13. without you // oh wonder

14. turnin' me up // bj the chicago kid

15. diddy bop // noname

16. heavy // oh wonder

17. demo day // moonrise nation

18. walk on the wild side // lou reed