Here are just a few recent songs to listen to to accompany 2018’s two-year vibration, which when expressed positively embodies imagination, intuition, friendship, parenthood, romance, psychic capacity, caring, reflection, sensitivity, and the flourishing of emotion.
• Sufjan Stevens ‘Mystery of Love’ listen, ‘Futile Devices’ listen (from Call Me By Your Name, a perfect film for 2018, one to activate all of the above qualities). In fact, much of Sufjan’s recent work is perfect, for example, Carrie & Lowell (LP)
• No Mono ‘Tidal Fight’ listen
• Jake Bugg ‘How Soon The Dawn’ listen
• Mark Pritchard ‘Give It Your Choir’ (featuring Bibio) listen
• Underworld ‘Nylon Strung’ listen
• Wunder Wunder ‘Coastline’ (Goldroom Remix) listen
• High Highs ‘A Real Hero’ (College cover) listen
• Bombay Bicycle Club ‘Come To’ listen
LYRICS
I’m kneeling down to get closer to the sign
And you’re breaking my back every time
It’s hard to see it for all the rust
But I saw it fading and I have some faith in us
Don’t need to tell me you know this ai’'t nothing new
Of course I love you
Of course I do
To outplay is not to love
And yet I keep on coming back to call your bluff
It’s hard to see it for all the rust
But I saw it fading and I have some faith in us
Your evening eyes the rain outside the way I know
No fear that I’ll be fading out alone
Your evening eyes the rain outside the way I know
No fear that I’ll be fading out alone
Your evening eyes the rain outside the way I know
No fear that I’ll be fading out alone
It's hard to see it for all the rust
But I saw it fading and I have some faith in us
• and a song from so long ago, which says it all for 2018, Justin Hayward and John Lodge 'I Dreamed Last Night’ listen
Like a bird on a far distant mountain
Like a ship on an uncharted sea
You are lost in the arms that have found you
Don’t be afraid, love’s plans are made, oh don’t be afraid
If there’s a time and a place to begin love
It must be now, let it go, set it free