This post is all Leigh's fault.
A little while ago (ok, a long while ago) I did an "Oddly Specific Driving Mix" that was Driving at dusk on a really nice & warm day with the windows rolled down. I had teased more Oddly Specific playlists, but never really followed through. And then today, I got the following tweet.

LeighE:
@kirkofdoom I need to make an Oddly Specific Playlist for a gray spring day in Vancouver when the traffic outside sounds like the ocean

And so that got the hamster wheel spinning at top speed, and I came up with a collection of songs what were kind of chill, but not too mellow. The kind of songs you'd be listening to on a grey, but not miserable day. It's calm, but there is something just under the surface waiting to break through -- much like the weather on a Vancouver spring day.

The Sun by Aidan Knight
This is Easy by Dead Child Star
Next Train by Miracle Fortress
Television Set by Joel Plaskett
On The Hood by Matt Mays & El Torpedo
Bystander (acoustic) by Jets Overhead
Calm Before The Storm by Imaginary Cities
Galactic Tides by The Dears
Night Windows by The Weakerthans
Please Forgive Me by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ease Your Mind by Shaun Verreault

Much like the last one -- or any playlist I make, really -- the track ordering was carefully crafted, with the flow of the songs in mind (because I'm music-OCD like that). So if you download the handy zip file located right below, then make sure you listen in the "correct" order!
At least once. Then you can listen in whatever order you want, all willy nilly.

Download it here.

Enjoy, and if you have any suggestions for future instalments of Oddly Specific Driving Mixes, let me know!

A while ago I had the idea to make some driving mixes. But not just your average driving mixes; oddly specific ones.

For my first mix, I have chosen: Driving at dusk on a really nice & warm day with the windows rolled down. Initially, for this I was thinking: music that has an intensity to it, but is not over the top. Slightly subdued, but still powerful. Focusing on the sounds, perhaps instrumentals, but not necessarily.

I think for the most part I hit the mark; there are maybe some that do go over the top, but perhaps that those work well within the mix. But anyway, enough of my ramblings, here is the playlist, which runs about one hour:

"What We Wanted" by Black Diamond Bay
"Welcome, Ghosts" by Explosions in the Sky
"Suburbia" by Matthew Good Band
"Bring It On" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Come and See" by Young Galaxy
"Hearts Trompet" by Brasstronaut
"Starálfur" by Sigur Rós
"Heart of Hearts" by !!!
"The Universe!" by Do Make Say Think
"Meet Me In The Basement" by Broken Social Scene
"La Façade" by Karkwa
"No Cities Left" by The Dears

I have also included a zip file (see below) of all the songs compiled together for your convenience.
I didn't just throw them together, though... I put them in that order specifically, working on creating a flow and progression to it. So all I ask is that if/when you listen, you do so in that order. At least once, then you can listen in whatever order you want, all willy nilly.

Download it here.

Enjoy, and if you have any suggestions for future instalments of Oddly Specific Driving Mixes, let me know!

Oddly Specific Mix. Volume Two.

Oddly Specific Driving Mix . Volume One.