If you're like me, you HATE the majority of the songs on the radio. So, with the help of Spotify, I have been working to curate the perfect summer playlist. While it is still ever-growing, here are a few songs that are currently on my 2018 summer playlist:
1. La Luz by Coastal and Jackie Mendoza
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This song's bass and vocals is bound to get you moving. It's currently my dancing-in-the-shower song.
2. Biking by Krsraga
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This song is the perfect song for sitting around with friends on a late night.
3. Sum of My Cares by The Long Faces
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With such a jazzy feel, I love listening to this song with my windows rolled down when I'm running errands around town.
5. Moments by JABS
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The guitar in this song gives such a beachy vibe that it's a must listen when you've got your toes in the sand.
6. Night Ride by The Growlers
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The chorus in this song is bound to get stuck in your head when lounging around your house.
7. Holiest by Glass Animals and Tei Shi
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This is my favorite song at the moment. It's my go-to song when I'm coming back from work late at night. It seems to take me to a different headspace, one where I'm hopelessly in love with some sultry stranger.
8. Being No One, Going Nowhere by STRFKR
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This is the perfect song for driving down empty roads on summer nights.
9. What's Your Secret by Jasper Bones
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THE perfect bubble bath/relaxing/you-day song. This song always calms me down. I can honestly listen to this song on repeat for hours.
10. Piledriver Waltz by Arctic Monkeys
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Every time I listen to this song, I feel like I'm in a movie and this is the soundtrack that plays in the background (am I the only one that does that?) Also a great song to listen to while lounging by the pool.
11. Swimming by Lunar Vacation
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This is a song to listen to when your summer crush breaks your heart, or anything of the sort happens. Even with the sunny weather, everyone needs a good sad song they can mope to every now and then.
12. Petals by Bibio
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This is the newest song I recently started to listen to. Yet another great song to listen to wrapped in a blanket, sipping tea or coffee, listening to the rain pelt the windowsill on a particularly wet day.
13. The Reservoir by Small Forward
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Here's a great coffee-in-the-morning type song--if you're up before the temperature hits eighty!
14. Colored Emotions by Night Moves
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For those lucky enough to have a screened-in porch, this is the song to unwind to after dinner while listening to the cicadas.
15. Runaway (U & I) - Yacht Club Remix by Galantis
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Are you on the way to a concert/music festival and want to be pumped up? This is the song for you! I think it is physically impossible not to dance to this song.
16. Million Miles Away by Washed Out
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This is such a lovely song for if you find yourself around a city.
17. Make Me Your Queen by Declan McKenna
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This uber cute song is perfect for when you find yourself relaxing by the lake with close friends or family.
18. Headphones by Walk the Moon
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Need a song that you can head-bang to? This is the one. Nic Petricca's vocals and insane guitar riffs are killer and will definitely get you bobbing your head.
19. King of the Clouds by Panic! at the Disco
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This song is from Panic!'s new album "Pray for the Wicked" and, like all of their songs on this album, this one is destined to be added to your playlist
20. I Fall in Love Too Easily by Caleb Belkin
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This song mixes my two favorite things: Chet Baker's velvet voice and a modern beat. I love when people find ways to fuse the old with the new, and this song is the perfect example of that.
