I don't know if anyone out there cares about the mixes I make, but it doesn't really matter. For me, they are perfect time capsules; digital soundtracks, to very specific moments in time. I was just re-listening to the master playlist that collected all my mixes from 2021 and it brought back a lot of sensory memories, good and bad, from a time that wasn't that long ago, yet feels like it was a decade back.
That said, I always test the mixes out before I publish them, and I can say with confidence this one features some pretty great tunes. AND an unintentional theme. I think most of us are sick of the "complainers." The perpetually, supposedly infallible finger-pointers (aka frauds and imposters) out there. So this mix started with Infinity Song's "Hater's Anthem," (which perfectly captures what these people are really like) and grew from there. With song titles like: Life Is A F-ing Miracle, Philosophy, Gaslight, I Came To See The Wreck, Keep Going, and so forth... This one definitely tells more of a story than my previous mixes and it all formed organically. And you know what? The Truth Is Out There.
It also doesn't get much better than that last home stretch with Vertigo (the new single from LUSH frontwoman Miki Berenyi), going into new Pearl Jam, a rare Mark Lanegan collaboration with Warpaint and Martina Topley Bird I just discovered, Trent & Atticus for Challengers and finally Thom Yorke.
2024, Vol. 3: The Truth Is Out There
1. Blackbird by Beyonce
2. In Circles (Diary - At London Bridge Studios) by Sunny Day Real Estate
3. Running by Pearl Jam
4. Life Is A F*****g Miracle by James
5. Hater's Anthem by Infinity Song
6. Philosophy by Middle Kids
7. Gaslight by Travis
8. I Came To See The Wreck by Ride
9. Keep Going by Guster
10. Teenagers Forever by Durry
11. Ok? Ok!? Ok? Ok! by Mannequin Pussy
12. Pheurton Skeurto (Diary - At London Bridge Studios) by Sunny Day Real Estate
13. Application For Release From The Dream by Thursday
14. But You Said by Plutocracy Planet featuring onelinedrawing
15. QWERTY by LINKIN PARK
16. Fallout by Sleep Theory
17. Hidden Agenda by Manuela
18. Change Shapes by Lauren Mayberry
19. This Is Nowhere by The Black Keys
20. Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
21. I Know Why by Daniel Davies
22. Shuttle Astronaut by Firewoodisland
23. Baby I'm the Wolf by Ha Vay
24. Guy I Used To Be by Lawrence
25. Team Side by Alan Walker & Sofiloud
26. Vertigo by Miki Berenyi Trio
27. Metamorphosis by Infinity Song
28. Won't Tell by Pearl Jam
29. Crystalised by Martina Topley Bird featuring Mark Lanegan
30. Compress / Repress (MIXED) by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
31. Knife Edge by Thom Yorke
