Early Spring Playlist

March has been peppered with days of glorious sunshine and a cool breeze, spring is around the corner. 

Lorde / Green Light

Lawrence / Come On Brother + Albi 

Father John Misty /I Went To The Store One Day 

Dear Evan Hanson / Waving Through a Window

Alt J / 3WW

Janelle Monae / Isn't This The World

Kishi Bashi / In Fantasia

Local Natives / Colombia 

Francis Lung / Oh My Love

Tom Rosenthal / It's OK

January Playlist

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I spent a lot of January either travelling by train or alone in my house, I've listened to a lot of music.

Space Oddity - David Bowie
This Must be the Place (Naive Melody) -Kishi Bashi 
Death with Dignity - Sufjan Stevens
Easy - Commodores
Problem/Regulate - Hozier
Ooh Ahh (My Life be Like) - Grits ft tobyMac
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Wherever, Whenever - Mundy
Rocket Man - My Morning Jacket
Silk - Dustin Tebbutt ft Thelma Plum
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley 

DIY Record Display

I recently bought a record player, the Steepletone ST918, which I wholeheartedly recommend. However my small record collection has been living in a tatty old box and the great cover art was hidden away. This diy is cheap, easy and provides free art for your walls. 

All you need are 1 inch nails, thread, a hammer and records. I plotted out where the nails should go by using my biggest record, which meant they would all fit. After you've marked the spots on the wall, hammer the nails, making sure there is enough room for the records to sit. Then I wrapped thread between the vertical nails, tying knots to make it more secure. Four times later and my records were on my walls and looking good. 

Roadtrip

Cairngorms National Park

I would give my left arm to be on a road trip right now but I am searching for a job because university is crazy expensive, and also I don't have a car. However, I am living vicariously through my roadtrip playlist. There's something about guitars and folky sounds that make me instantly think of the wind blowing through my hair whilst I'm looking out of the window at the most amazing view.

Besides the songs in my playlist I also recommend Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Bears Den, Mumford and Sons, Ray LaMontagne, Hillsong United and Mac Demarco.  

You can listen to my spotify playlist here.

Revision Playlist

I'm still awake when the sun rises \\ St Andrews

Exam time is upon me and I cannot study without music to block distractions out; here are some of my favourites

Frank Ocean: Channel Orange is one of my favourite albums, and it's the perfect sound for studying. I'm also a big fan of Swim Good.

Mumford and Sons: Their new album Wilder Minds was released recently and although there aren't a lot of banjos I like it. I love their earlier albums, add a banjo and I'm hooked. 

Bon Iver: The perfect music for revising and focusing. His Stems Project album is especially good.

I listen to music predominantly through Spotify and there are some really good ready-made playlists, I listen to the ones categorised under 'focus' often. 

My favourites are Atmospheric Calm, Cinematic Chill Out and Mellow Beats. In other playlist categories I recommend; Dinnertime Acoustics, Have a Great Day! and Sunny Side Up. 

November Playlist

St Andrews, Scotland

I listen to music pretty much constantly, whether that be when walking to class, cooking dinner or studying at the library. I've had a week of deadlines and these songs have been my saviours. 

In Dreams \ Ben Howard
Limits Lie \ Jamie T
You are the Sun \ Hurricane Love
English House \ Fleet Foxes
Bad Blood \ Bear's Den 
I Wanna Get Better \ Bleachers
Never Gonna Give You Up \ The Black Keys
Out of the Blue \ Prides
Torn Apart \ Bastille
Cherry Wine \ Hozier

If you're looking for some new music I recommend Hozier, he's amazing.

My Summer Playlist

I go through stages of listening to the same album on repeat for weeks until I move onto the next one. Here are the songs I've been loving in May and June. 

Border Line// King Krule

Nothing Stays the Same// Luke Sital-Singh 

The Death of Queen Jane// Oscar Issac

Sweet Life// Frank Ocean

Oats in the Water// Ben Howard

avf// Stromae

Partition// Iggy Azalea+Beyonce

Cheer Up//Miles Fisher

My commute to work is around forty minutes all together which means I get to listen to one whole album before and after work. My album of the month is most definitely Racine Carrée by Stromae, it has the perfect mix of upbeat and slower songs.

My Christmas Playlist

Sufjan Stevens// Auld Lang Syne, more of a Hogmanay song than Christmas but it's my playlist so it can stay! 

She & Him// There's no denying that I am a huge fan of She & Him, Zooeys voice is perfect, so a lot of their songs are my Christmas favourites. I recommend their Christmas album; A Very She & Him Christmas but here a my top picks. Baby, It's Cold Outside, I love the twist they do on a classic Christmas song. Little Saint Nick, and last but not least Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Maverick Sabre// Fairytale of New York, I am a huge fan of the original version but I also love this one!

Queen// Thank God it's Christmas, everyone loves a bit of Queen, don't try and deny it.

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles// Let It Snow, a nice retro sounding version.

Mindy Gledhill// Patapan/O Come, O Come Emmanuel, a unique touch to the Christian lyrics.

Bastille// Oh Holy Night, Having seen Bastille twice I can vouch for their talent, plus it features dialogue from Home Alone at the start!

Eliza Doolittle// Xmas in Bed, a modern sounding Christmas song which is very catchy!

As you can probably tell I've gone for the more unusual and eclectic Christmas songs but I also recommend the old favourites such as Wham!, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley etc..