*Playlist: Campfire

You might remember my 'Hipsters Go Surfing' playlist I wrote about a month back, some alternative surf rock dedicated to the feelings of summer.

Well, music is seasonal. And now, fall is peeking in like a nervous freshman in the advanced sophomore-filled English class.

This might be a little weird, but I think my music interest changes with the season. It could be some inner energy change from the colder weather and toned down exposure to Vitamin C. Or it could just be what I'm physically doing differently as the seasons change. Sitting on my ass in sweatpants watching terrible Netflix horror movies in the fall, laying on my childhood Rocket Power towel and romanticizing how many true summers I have left as a kid in the summer. These actions, or ways of thinking, elicit the need for different types of songs.

And that's where playlists come in.

Every Thanksgiving and Christmas break for the past four years -- those precious weeks when fall is making its final mark and handing off the torch to impatient winter -- my dad, my older brother, and I have sat by the fire pit, late at night, in our suburban D.C. backyard. (If you can even call it that, it's like 10 square feet).

We sit in our Adirondack chairs, arranged in a circle, scarf down IPA's and watch our confused, little fire show off its crackle to the Bethesda bugs.

And we just chat. Like about how disappointing the remakes of Star Wars were. Or why Louis C.K. is the greatest comedian of our time.

But we also play this game where we pass around my laptop and take turns playing songs. And just about every time, we almost exclusively play acoustic folk tunes, the kinds of songs I associate with the crunch of fall.

Campfire, 134 acoustic folk songs and counting.

Here's some samples. If you like the vibes, check out the rest!

Blitzen Trapper - Furr

A Dylan sounding acoustic riff with a melody that catches on from the first line.

The Shins - New Slang

Possibly The Shins' greatest tune that feels like it's about everything and nothing at the same time.

The Tallest Man On Earth - Honey Won't You Let Me In

This song on Swedish singer-songwriter Kirstian Matsson's 2008 LP, Shallow Grave, feels like it was written in a Northwestern European forest.

Wilco - One Sunday Morning

When you're listening to this 12 minute record, you forget you're actually listening to a song. As you lay back on your front porch with your dog and watch neighbors walk by, you just think, this is what life is now. And you're happy about that.

Fleet Foxes - Oliver James

Nothingabout this song from Fleet Foxes' first LP intimidates. An easy listen to get your friend going who doesn't listen to a lot of music.

First Aid Kit - You're Not Coming Home Tonight

This sounds like the opening theme for a TV show about a group of teenagers who got lost in the woods and started a new life living in cabins and eating Dinty Moore.

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York

A great closing scene type song for your late drive home from Thanksgiving dinner. This is the band that every Youtube commenter refers to when describing contemporary indie folk music.

*Playlist: Campfire