#springtime playlist

It’s mainly run on ~vibes~ that feeling of winter turning away, the sun finally shining, searching for the warmth that’s coming, little green sprouts pushing out of the ground. I tried to pick songs that even hit the topics in their lyrics on top of having that vibe of renewal and growth. Nothing too aggressive or fast, or so slow that it is wholly melancholy, slower to medium vibes for that sense of wonder and curiosity.

Nina Simone – Turn, Turn, Turn (to everything there is a reason)

Jesse Woods – Gold in the Air

Glass Animals – Gooey

Afterlife – Sunrise

Wilson Pickett – Hello Sunshine

Anni B Sweet – Take on Me

Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On

Caroline Pennell – Follow the Sun (Acoustic)

Alina Baraz & Galimatias – Fantasy

Hozier – From Eden

A Fine Frenzy – Now is the Start

Christine and the Queens – Saint Claude

The Well Pennies – Nothing to Do

Louane, Jean-Philippe Massicot, & Tristan Salvati – Avenir (Radio Edit)

Cassandra Wilson – Shelter from the Storm

James Bay – Hold Back the River

Emiliana Torrini – Sunny Road

Josh Ritter – Snow is Gone

Fleet Foxes – Ragged Wood

Linda Perhacs – Parallelograms

BOY – Little Numbers (Acoustic Version)

Simon & Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)

Henry Jamison – Sunlit Juice

Waxahatchee – Lilacs

Dirty Projectors – Search for Life

Love You Later – Growing Season

Miley Cyrus – Wildflowers (Spotify Session)

Beach House – Take Care

Melody Gardot – Morning Sun

Healy & Becky and the Birds – Back on the Fence

John Hiatt & Jerry Douglas – All the Lilacs in Ohio

Blossom Dearie – They Say it’s Spring

I really thought that my first week back from Spring Break was going to be a slow and painful one. But to my surprise this week has flown by. Maybe this is due to the fact that I only have four days of actual class a week. Monday through Thursday until 3:55pm. Fridays off! Just the way I like it.

At the beginning of the week, I was feeling really down about coming back to school. Per usual, my breaks always seem to fly by when I am having fun.... My mom and I are able spend some long over due quality time. I am able to cook more, work more, workout more, and relax. In high school I spent 4 years of my life living away from home because I went to boarding school. Well, I was a 5-day boarder so I came home on most weekends, except when we had mandatory weekends. At the beginning of the week I was feeling so over about living on campus, eating college cafeteria food, and being overly OCD about communal bathrooms (lame... I know, especially since I spent the last 4 years of my life dealing with this). But I am happy to report that I have fallen back in love with Mount Holyoke College. Not that I even fell out of love with the school itself... I just took for granted the things that I really love about this school. 

Sometimes it takes a leisurely walk around the campus, engaging classes, and professors to make you fall back in love with your school. 

In other events: I kicked ass on my Russian politics midterm! HEY gurl, hey! I have been keeping up with my gym workouts which my two friends roommates have been joining me in, and this spring semester actually looks promising. I am hopeful that I will break  the curse of the Springtime slump. 

Also I have created a playlist that has totally gotten me in the mood for the Spring. It consist of:

Ed Sheeran's, Lego House

Macklemore & Ryan's, Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)

Emeli Sandé's, Next to Me

Pink's, Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

Train's, Mermaid

JT and Jay-z's, Suit & Tie

JT's, Mirrors

Philip Phillips', Home & Gone, Gone, Gone

Hope the sunny weather is doing wonders for you too!

xo,

Röyksopp - Miss It So Much (feat. Lykke Li) (by lalababa89)