Quarter Two 2023 was lighter, fuller, and just better overall. I had found a serious girlfriend, my first year back in college was coming to a close and I was deeply enjoying my classes. The music was hitting, too. Eight months later, things have changed drastically (the girlfriend isn’t a thing any longer; the classes are still enjoyable), but the music from this particular Playlist I come to more often than all the others.
“Dirt Boy” by Peach Face & Not Charles is the perfect thumping start. Hidden gems like “Little Boxes” by Walk off the Earth and “Thunder in the City” by Future Generations became songs to stop upon when skipping through the sludge of older, macabre playlists. Add to the ear-pleasures the likes of IAMDYNAMITE and Mikaela Davis‘s harp ballad “Other Lover” and the balance of this Q2 playlist hits the highs and lows of a varied 2023.
Not to mention that HONEYMOAN became a playlist all its own in my personal collection; that band is a cacophony of sound and emotionality that strikes to the core of my musical longings. Be sure to check out “Sorry Like You Mean It” from their new album of the same name.
Like much of 2023, Q2 was a huge hill to climb. The results were a much more mundane trickle into Q3, which you can sample here. Funny how a playlist tells so much about the time it was created in our lives, you know?
Click on the big SPOTIFY logo below for the Q2 -2023 Playlist!
- “Dirty Boy” by Peach Face, Not Charles
- “Everything Goes (Wow)” by BROODS
- “Orpheus” by The Beaches
- “Still Here” by HONEYMOAN
- “Little Boxes” by Walk off the Earth
- “Pink Chateau” by In The Valley Below
- “Solar Power – Spotify Singles” by Glass Animals
- Tell Me What You Want” by Caroline Rose
- “Sorry Like You Mean It” by HONEYMOAN
- “DAYLIGHT DOOM” by MOTO BANDIT
- “Paresthesia” by Wild Ones
- “Losing My Mind” by Montaigne
- “Thunder In The City” by Future Generations
- “Colors” by Anaïs Cardot
- “Bloom” by IAMDYNAMITE
- “Other Lover” by Mikaela Davis
- Sleepwalkin’ – Daydreamin’ Version” by Better Oblivion Community Center, Phoebe Bridgers, Conor Oberst
- “Sit Right” by HONEYMOAN
- “Not A Go” by foamboy
