As the holiday (and, more importantly, festival) season approaches, every playlist must make the shift towards blissed-out beats and beach/barbecue/park friendly tunes. Stereogum, being devilishly clever and equally generous have released a 25-track, two volume mixtape full of precisely the kind of music the season demands.
This collection (which can be found here) represents all the most prominent movements in alternative music this year: Washed Out and Toro Y Moi give a strong showing for the mega-zeitgeisty chillwave movement, while Yuck and J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr) provide some good ol' fuzzy nostalgia. Overall, it's an impressive mix, with some real standout tracks, notably:
1) Still Sound - Toro Y Moi
2) Amor Fati - Washed Out
3) Queen of Hearts- Fucked Up
Perhaps the most interesting song on here, however is Frank Ocean's 'Songs For Women'. To anyone who has listened to OFWGKTA (for those under a rock, see: Odd Future), the presence of one of the wolf gang on a Summer Playlist is probably a bit of a curveball. Here, Frank Ocean's chart-smooth voice is in Drake or even Bruno Mars territory; surprising, really, seeing as the ubiquitous ringleader Tyler, The Creator, offered to 'stab Bruno Mars in his goddam oesophagus' earlier this year. It's early days yet, but the initiation of Frank into Odd Future as the group's sole singer would seem to represent an ever-so-slight softening, and a move into more commercial avenues.
I'm sure my opinion will change when an amp-dive from Tyler himself breaks my leg later today; either way, expect a LIVE REPORT on OFWGKTA tomorrow.
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