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| The "It might be too hot" starter pack
It's hot. At least in the UK it is. Like, proper hot. Too hot. I'm in the camp known as the "lucky bastards" who work in an establishment with fully functioning air con, but, despite that, it's still bloody hot. Here's some albums to try and face the heat with. | | 1 |  | Beach House
Bloom
Lot's of people prefer Teen Dream but this is my favourite BH, the perfect summer pop record with enough hipster swag to rep until the end and it glosses through the air like a hand glider on acid (but good acid). | | 2 |  | Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Some might disagree with me here that this is a summery album and they're wrong. While there are cold moments, there are plenty of warm moments too (and the cold moments only serve to make the heat bearable). Listen to Blue Ridge Mountains and tell me that piano tone doesn't cool you down - it sounds like cracking ice. | | 3 |  | maudlin of the Well
Part the Second
I remember the first time I heard this, I was getting ready to go on an expedition for Duke of Edinburgh (for non brits: they make you walk around fields so you can meet a royal for 5 seconds at a fancy ceremony) and I thought, dear Lord, this is magnificent. I had seen it advertised as being free and, being the scavvy mess that I am, snapped it up. It was beautiful. Similar to the fleet foxes album - maudlin's clean tones (on this and other albums) sound like breaking glass and it cuts through the heat like a knife cuts through butter - pretty well! I listened to it the entire expedition. | | 4 |  | Sade
Diamond Life
It's so elegant. It makes me feel like a grown up in the eighties, meeting people in seedy jazz clubs and swapping details, writing them up in my filofax. Then back off to the yuppie apartment building where I cry myself to sleep. Coast to coast, La to Chicago and all that jazz. | | 5 |  | Chromatics
Cherry
I put in Cherry but what I really mean is: loop Shadow for around 3 hours while imaging you're in an as yet untitled David Lynch movie based on your life. You're able to control shadows with your mind and make them dance the Macarena but this power begins to corrupt you and ultimately will be your downfall. Hey! | |
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