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The Anti-Summer Playlist

For when you don't want to just hear about babes, beer and beach days.

May 30, 2016

Stonehill College

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The Anti-Summer Playlist

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While it may be the unpopular opinion, summer is coming and I can't say I haven't been wishing for the colder weather to come back. Although I prefer the cold winters of New England, I also have a bone to pick with 'summer music.'

The trend for music that is considered suitable for summer is that it is all happy melodies and vapid lyrics about the sun, a hot girl, and at the peak of sophistication, a summer romance. Lyrics are incredibly important to me when listening to music, and therefore I tend not to gravitate to the typical summer music heard pouring out of car windows and being carried on the wind at the beach.

So, I decided to make an Anti-Summer Playlist, a tongue-in-cheek title to showcase some of my favorites for summer; songs that sound happy, but aren't quite so when given a closer listen lyrically. So, whether you enjoy the heat and blazing sun or not, try listening to these 25 songs to get more out of your music this summer than a vague description of a perpetually happy babe on the beach:

1. "Anti-Summersong" by The Decemberists.

2. "Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths.

3. "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" by The Beach Boys.

4. "Nancy From Now On" by Father John Misty (VIDEO: NSFW).

5. "Paul Is Alive" by EL VY.

6. "Feeling Ok" by Best Coast.

7. "Avant Gardener" by Courtney Barnett.

8. "Hey Jealousy" by Gin Blossoms.

9. "Are You What You Want to Be?" by Foster the People.

10. "Bitin' the Bullet" by Grouplove.

11. "She's Thunderstorms" by Arctic Monkeys.

12. "Myth" by Beach House.

13. "Disorder" by Joy Division.

14. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure.

15. "Bullets" by Editors.

16. "The Love Club" by Lorde.

17. "Shine" by Wild Belle.

18. "Summertime Sadness" by Lana Del Rey.

19. "Holland, 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel.

20. "How Can You Luv Me" by Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

21. "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen.

22. "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon.

23. "99 Luftballons" by Nena.

24. "Reality in Motion" by Tame Impala.

25. "Hey Ya!" by OutKast.

Stream the playlist on Spotify right here:

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