High School

Young love, dumb love, fast cars, broken hearts. You’ve heard it all before. These are the crazy, silly, stupid, wild high school years.

1. Me and All My Friends by Walk the Moon
2. 17 by Kings of Leon
3. White Bread Boyfriend by Lemon Demon
4. Friday Night by The Darkness
5. Sand In Your Shoes by This Providence
6. Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John
7. Kids In Love by Mayday Parade
8. We Are Golden by Mika
9. We’ll Be Alright by Travie McCoy

Listen to this playlist here.

Shatter

When your heart breaks, it is rarely into two pieces. Often, explodes. It crumbles. Into a thousand pieces, it shatters.

1. Born by Over the Rhine
2. Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer
3. Yesterday by The Beatles
4. After Afterall by William Fitzsimmons
5. And Then You by Greg Laswell
6. Rain by Patty Griffin
7. Some Streets Lead Nowhere by Matthew Ryan
8. Illgresi by Sigur Rós (This song is in Icelandic, but it’s beautiful. You can find the translated lyrics here) 
9. This Time by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
10. When You Find Me by Joshua Radin
11. Gone Away by Lucy Schwartz
12. White Blank Page by Mumford and Sons
13. Glasgow Love Theme by Craig Armstrong (This song is instrumental and from the movie Love, Actually. It’s so beautifully done, I couldn’t keep it off this playlist)
14. Please Don’t Go by Barcelona (Possibly the saddest song I’ve ever heard)

Listen to this playlist here.

Autumn Walks

Autumn is by far in a way the best season for walking. This playlist is designed to open your heart to the color and wash your mind clean of thought. Open your eyes. Tilt your head back. Take a deep breath. It’s a beautiful day.

1. Half Acre by HEM
2. Be Here Now by Ray LaMontagne
3. Swans and the Swimming by Iron & Wine
4. Fairground by Joby Talbot
5. Criticism As Inspiration by Pedro the Lion
6. This Time by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
7. The Long Day Is Over by Norah Jones
8. Awake My Soul by Mumford and Sons
9. The Great Escape by Patrick Watson
10. Night Walk by Belle & Sebastian
11. Comfortable with the Silence by Andy Shauf
12. Sweet Song by Blur
13. You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are by Keaton Henson
14. All the Lines Erased by The Canvas Waiting

Listen to the playlist here.

It Isn’t Everything

We’ve all been or are teenagers. We know what raging hormones are like. This playlist simply stands as a statement: Sex Isn’t Everything…but man is it something.

1. Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Lepopard
2. Hot Blooded by Foreigner
3. Do You Wanna Touch (Oh Yeah) by Joan Jett
4. Sex On Fire by Kings of Leon
5. Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have without Taking Her Clothes off by Panic! at the Disco
6. Kiss by Prince (Glee remix, only because I actually like it better than the original. IMHO)
7. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ by Journey
8. Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye
9. I Just Had Sex ft. Akon by The Lonely Island

Listen to this playlist here.

I’m going to regret making this one, aren’t I.

Smoke and Hot Water

For the days spent in the bath and the nights spent taking in the smokey air. A little buzz, a little melancholy, a little soft.

1. An Island Now by The Canvas Waiting
2. Colorblind by Counting Crows
3. Mayday by The Icarus Account
4. Cinder and Smoke by Iron and Wine
5. Who Says by John Mayer
6. Hello, I’m In Delaware by City and Colour
7. Meteor Shower by Owl City
8. I Gave You All by Mumford and Sons
9. Eyes Closed by The Narrative
10. Rosie’s Lullabye by Norah Jones
11. Little Girl by Robert Francis
12. On Your Porch by The Format
13. The Great Escape by Patrick Watson
14. I Am Lost by Andy Shauf

Listen online here.