falling for fall

i love music.

that's a bit of an understatement, actually, but whatever. i am quite a fan. i love the its ability to  entrance and emote, to move and soothe, to dictate and define. i love how certain seasons in my life are marked by different songs, or how certain songs are marked by different seasons. i find music's innate ability to grow itself and its listeners quite fascinating and i hope to one day explore its impact on my life.

i have a tendency to get 'stuck' on certain songs, listening to them over and over, allowing them to seep through, or sometimes even evoke, whatever thoughts and emotions i am experiencing at a given moment. usually, a song will last throughout certain seasons and i am finding that particular pattern very telling. consequently, i am trying to note it as an act of introspective self-discipline. what songs am i listening to right now? during this season of my life? why? most of the times, it's just 'cause they're just really good songs. but sometimes there are reasons behind my subconscious choice.

anywho. all that to say. i made a playlist. 23 songs i have been listening to this fall. if you ask me, i think they're pretty great. but you can check them out yourself.  i will let you judge.

because i don't know the best way to playlist share... here are two ways to get the files (i really hope i don't get in trouble for this...):

here is it on spotify: falling for fall
here it is on mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?rmgihq7xnqvxg

(mediafire screwed up the order... which i so carefully put together. seriously, i listened to it over and over until i got it right. so here it is for your casual perusal):

2 atoms in a molecule ... noah and the whale
love is all ... tallest man on earth
hysteric ... yeah yeah yeahs
blood ... the middle east
wash. ... bon iver
someday ... the strokes
sprawl II ... arcade fire
helplessness blues ... fleet foxes
too young to burn ... sonny & the sunsets
i will remain ... matthew and the atlas
marathon ... tennis
american nomad ... apache relay
sleepyhead .. passion pit
lost in my mind ... the head and the heart
lovers without love ... joshua james
dandelion wine ... gregory alan isakov
who are we fooling ... brooke fraser (ft. aqualung)
your hands ... j.j. heller
shroud ... nathaniel rateliff
king of spain ... tallest man on earth
starlight ... muse
i'm gonna be (500 miles) ... blake stratton
paradise ... coldplay