Autumn Playlists

Autumn Playlists

If there’s anything I love more than taking photos, it’s creating playlists. I just realized that I have several playlists under private on my Spotify account…mostly because they’re all hot messes with a lot of mismatched vibes and whatnot. But then I thought to myself that usually those make for the best combinations because it keeps things interesting…also, I just really love autumn, hence my several fall themed playlists. I just made public my “autumn II” list, which you can listen to by following the link HERE or by visiting my Spotify @viktoriaswolves. I’ve also listed all of the songs below, for both of the autumn lists. Enjoy! 

*This is a subtle reminder that although everyone seems to be pushing for an early winter this year (like every year), it is wonderfully still autumn. This is just the darker side of the season. I’d like to imagine the first part of the playlist is for autumn at dawn, when everything is set in the golden hour and the trees reflect the vibrancy of the sun. The second position is more for dusk, when things are in shades of blue and your breath can be seen upon the cold air. I’m not sure why, but I just image an isolated corn field, fading lights, rustling branches and grey smoke. Clearly I love both times of day, but fall just makes it even more magical.  

AUTUMN I.
here.

M.F. (Interlude), Amber Run
Afterglow, José González
NFWMB, Hozier
Roll the Bones, Shaky Graves
Burning Pile, Mother Mother
Slow It Down, The Lumineers
Funeral Song, Laura Gibson
When the Night is Over, Lord Huron
O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me, Father John Misty
Talking Empty Bed Blues, Jay Farrar
Come Down, Sylvan Esso
Should Have Known Better, Sufjan Stevens
The Third Death, Isobel Anderson
Scarborough Fair, Simon + Garfunkel
Forget Her, Jeff Buckley
Young as the Morning/ Old as the Sea, Passenger
Swan, Monica Heldal
Himlen Blev Sort, Myrkur
Big Black Car, Gregory Alan Isakov
To Be Alone With You, Sufjan Stevens
Blood, The Middle East
Carry You, Ruelle
Gold Dust Woman, Fleetwood Mac
Heartbeats, José González
Attached to Us Like Butcher Wrap, Julie Byrne
Tenenbaum, The Paper Kites
Switzerland, Soccer Mommy
Welcome Home, Radical Face
We Never Chance, Coldplay
Simple as This, Jake Bugg
All I Want, Kodaline
Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues
All The Pretty, Girls, KALEO
The Truest Stars We Know, Iron + Wine
Can’t Pretend, Tom Odell
07. 11. 11. , José González
The Devil’s Part, All Our Exes Live in Texas
Stretch Your Eyes, Agnes Obel
Sweetheart What Have You Done to Us, Keaton Henson
Wicked Game, James Vincent McMorrow
To a Poet, First Aid Kit
You Sigh, Charlie Cunningham
Before the Leaving, Alela Diane
Sinking Ship, Glorietta
New Slang, The Shins
Turntable, Dead Horses
Broken Tongue, Joshua James
If You Need to/ Keep Time on Me, Fleet Foxes
Paul, Big Thief
The Pursuit of Happiness, Beyries
Saving Us a Riot, Phoria
Nancy From Now On, Father John Misty
Circles, Passenger
In My Veins, Andrew Belle
The Fold, Wickerbird
Riverside, Agnes Obel

AUTUMN II.
here.

Lay Down in the Tall Grass, Timber Timbre
Lose Your Soul, Dead Man’s Bones
Demon Host, Timber Timbre
Harlem River, Kevin Morby
Red Right Hand, Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds
Black Water, Timber Timbre
Come Undone, Isobel Campbell
Hayloft, Mother Mother
Special Death, Mirah
My Body’s a Zombie For You, Dead Man’s Bones
Où va le Monde, La Femme
Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
Flickers, Son Lux
Lavender Moon, Haroula Rose
Harsh Realm, Widowspeak
Lala Lala Song, Cemetery Girls
Sail it Slow, Gaurds
Hyspoline, La Femme
Tear You Apart, She Wants Revenge
Blood Gets Thin, Pete and The Pirates
Season of the Witch, Donovan
Sisters of the Moon, Fleetwood Mac
Sugarland, Papa Mali
Come as You Are, Nirvana
Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater
Wolf Like Me, TV on the Radio
Time of the Season, The Zombies
Leaves in the River, Sea Wolf
Vampire Again, Marlon Williams
Baby You Ain’t Looking Right, PowerSolo
Witchy Woman, Eagles
Black Magic Woman, Santana
People Are Strange, The Doors
Tainted Love, Hannah Peel
House of the Rising Sun, Lauren O’Connell 

winter wrap-up

Books Read in Winter 2017

  • Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
  • Veins of Magic (#2) by Emma Hamm [series rating 4/5]
  • Circe by Madeline Miller [4/5]
  • Flux by Orion Vanessa [3/5]
  • The Sun & her Flowers by Rupi Kaur [5/5]
  • Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett [4/5]
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [3/5]
  • Cry of the Firebird by Amy Kuivalainen
  • Ashes of the Firebird (#2) by Amy Kuivalainen
  • Rise of the Firebird (#3) by Amy Kuivalainen [series rating 3.5/5]
  • Shadowsong (#2) by S. Jae-Jones [3.5/5]
  • The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser [5/5]
  • Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen [3/5]
  • The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip [5/5]
  • A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson [4/5]

—All in total, I’d say winter 2017 was a decent reading season. I tried to read some books I’ve never heard of before I stumbled upon them, and even a few sequels here and there. The Faerie Queen was thrust upon me in my Renaissance Literature class, but I loved it enough (and the book is large enough) to warrant a place on this list! Flux and The Sun & Her Flowers are both poetry, while Pond is an autobiography. The rest are fiction, and I believe out of all of them I enjoyed Circe the most, no matter the 4 star rating. I hope spring brings just as many positive reads as winter did! (You can find reviews for all of these books on the homepage.)

Movies Seen

  • It, (dir.) Andy Muschietti
  • Mother! (dir.) Darren Aronofsky
  • Captain Fantastic (dir.) Matt Ross
  • The Lure (dir.) Agnieszka Smoczynska
  • Lady Bird (dir.) Greta Gerwig
  • Very Good Girls (dir.) Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
  • Call Me by Your Name (dir.) Luca Guadagnino

—I’ve been watching reruns of my favorite show, Vikings, for the most part of winter, but in the meantime these amazing movies found their ways into my heart…especially Captain Fantastic. Lady Bird and Call Me by Your Name were amazing as well, and I cried during both. I’m going to see Black Panther this weekend and I have a feeling it’ll be another winter hit to add to the list! The Lure is a Polish rock-opera type film with mermaids who work in a strip club. Yeah, you just read that.

New Favorite Music

  • gun shy / widowspeak
  • portuguese knife fight / cage the elephant
  • fountain of youth / local natives
  • sure as spring / la luz
  • in the aeroplane over the sea / neutral milk hotel
  • i’m writing a novel / father john misty
  • the spell / naomi punk
  • deer creek canyon / sera cahoone
  • always forever / cults
  • so says i / the shins
  • all apologies / nirvana
  • ancient names (part 1) / lord huron
  • sister / the black keys
  • miracle mile / cold war kids
  • congratulations / MGMT
  • tangible intangible / fly golden eagle
  • happiest man on earth / broken back
  • ruby carol / dan sartain
  • silver lining / guards
  • fire in the sky / palace
  • st.walker / young the giant
  • black beak / young blood hawke
  • so what / the mowgli’s
  • the deep end / hurricane bells

—A bunch of these are fairly old but it’s my first time really getting into the vibe of them. The rest are all recent hits that I’ve been subjected to listen to while working at Free People… and needless to say they’ve grown on me. I really love Widowspeak and Cage the Elephant. You can listen to this playlist here on my Spotify.