A close friend sent me this Spotify playlist, created by Julia Roth, a Middlebury College student and the daughter of a close friend of hers. Let me just say, there is nothing better than diving into the lengthy playlist of a smart, sensitive, musically-in-tune liberal arts college student. The depth, the range, the meaningfulness, the intensity of feeling!
I finally - after about five years - got New Year’s cards out to friends this year. I played this on repeat while addressing cards.
Thanks to Julia, I discovered Waxahatchee, renewed my love affair with Leon Bridges and also discovered a couple of songs to add to the PrimeCrush compendium of songs you can f*ck to. (Stay tuned for those.) It is a great, wonderful revisit to the year in new music and — frankly, made me feel young and cool.
Here’s what Julia wrote in her introduction to the playlist:
"2024 was a very exciting year for music. This spring, I found myself immersed in the impressive wave of pop albums, each vying to define the zeitgeist. I also discovered a love for Argentine pop, fell head over heels for Waxahatchee’s new album, and listened obsessively to “I Blame Myself” by Sky Ferreira.
Meanwhile, this fall, I returned to my Middlebury roots and listened to a lot of songs with banjos and mandolins. As Spotify Wrapped would describe, I moved through my “Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop phase,” my “Heatwave Potpourri Latin Pop season,” and my “Pumpkin Spice Mandolin Indie Folk moment."
Dive in. Enjoy!
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