After ending an amazing tour of the East Coast, I ended up in Brooklyn to find the world had frozen over. New York was starting to resemble Hoth. Dallas looked like the Winter Olympics. Lake Shore Drive looked like a scene out of a disaster movie. My travel plans were pushed back, forcing me to explore parts of the city I had never been to before with my trusty iPod in tow. I had recently put a bunch of music on there I hadn’t listened to for a while. Some of the tunes I had never heard at all.
This new bank of music jived perfectly with the ice wind I was breathing on my walk through Astoria. That’s when I started to put together Songs For a Frozen World. The songs are slow, sparse and probably have to do with some broad. Hopefully you can find time to pour some whiskey out on the tracks and stare out your window praying for spring or the phone to ring.
Track Listing:
M Ward – Post-War [via Post-War]
Whiskeytown – Empty Baseball Park [via Faithless Street]
Band of Horses – Factory [via Infinite Arms]
Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You [via Garden State OST]
Local Natives – Who Knows Who Cares [via Gorilla Manor]
Tears For Fears – Gas Giants [via Elemental]
Pat Metheny – Last Train Home [via Still Life Talking]
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