This is a mix to remind you of the winter. Start it knowing full and well that it’s cold out, but forget that and take off your clothes and feel the music anyway. Then, remember the cold and enjoy the frost-bite!

Tracklisting:

1. Evangelicals – Snowflakes - This mellow song about the snow in the air and on the ground will get you in that comfortable mood as the surreal music plays with those soft vocals that soothe you into a daze.

2. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ghost in the Graveyard - Then, let the daze continue with the dissonant fuzz of these siblings from Philadelphia. The far-off vocals let you slip out from reality (and the cold), and into your own little world.

3. The Owls – Welcome to Monday - Now you’ve left the cold and you listen to this light twee pop song that literally welcomes you. It may seem too calm, but that’s just how the music gets you trusting enough to undress.

4. Shocking Pinks – Second Hand Girl - The grooves begin now with this upbeat song. It still has the calming vocals and fuzzed out guitars that should win you over completely.

5. wheat – Move=Move - And, if you haven’t fallen captive to the music yet, this is the one to do it. The serene voice of Scott Levesque assures you that “the things that you love come naturally” and you know it with how easily this song enters your heart.

6. Vampire Weekend – M79 - The cold is long gone as you listen to M79, easily the most catchy, complex song from the amazing debut by these guys from Columbia College. It is truly magnificent with its fleeting strings and Ezra Koenig’s unrestrained yelp-y vocals. If you haven’t started undressing yet, you soon will.

7. The Tough Alliance – The Last Dance - Once the dancing begins, the clothes start coming off. Close your eyes and jump around the room to the synth-ed out music from this Swedish duo. Know, however, that this is not your last dance, as the song’s title suggests.

8. Studio – Out There - Contradicting the previous song’s title, the dancing continues in a much more dazed out manner. Perhaps this is because the cold starts to come back to you just a bit, but the clothes are still falling off, as the music commands. Another Swedish group, Studio takes their cues from New Order and makes incessantly groove-able electronic music. For these 16 minutes, the music works itself into you, and that’s exactly what you want.

9. Les Savy Fav – Comes & Goes - As soon as Studio ends, Les Savy Fav brings you back to the real world with the help of Emily Haines, and the clothes are all gone! You don’t mind too much as this bittersweet song assures you that it’s better not too care too much and let it all happen as it should.

10. Yeasayer – Wintertime - Then, Yeasayer kicks in with their post-apocalyptic music that brings the frost in full effect. The chill sets in with Chris Keating’s vibrant vocals giving you a sense of unease as this mix comes to a close and you are completely frozen. However, just know that it’s all solid, solid gold.

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