Now playing// Soundtrack to a grey sky summer

When summer arrives, I’m never usually completely satisfied. I have romantic visions of sunny parks brimming with flowers, barbecues and pimms. FRISBEE. The sickly sweet smell of suncream. Maybe even the chance to venture outside without a coat on.

I forget the reality. Skin prickled with goosebumps, the sun staying stubbornly tucked under a cloud. The feeling of water splashing up your legs as you plunge a sandled foot into a muddy puddle.

Constant never-ending DRIZZLY rain.

THIS MISERY WILL NOT DO.

The grey weather is no excuse to be glum, merely a reason to get snug. I’ll pop on a chunky cardigan, make a coffee, light a candle, stay inside and peep at the grey clouds from behind glass.

A soundtrack to sombre skies:

1. First Aid Kit – America
2. Hozier – Cherry Wine
3. Kings of Leon – Pyro
4. Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
5. America – A Horse With No Name
6. Kygo, Maty Noyes – Stay
7. DJ Snake, Bipolar Sunshine – Middle
8. TV On The Radio – Happy Idiot
9. Rusted Root – Send Me On My Way
10. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
11. Half Moon Run – Call Me In The Afternoon
12. Tom Odell – Wrong Crowd
13. MisterWives – Riptide
14. Maroon 5 – Misery (acoustic)
15. Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetry Sings

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