Music Monday

So last week morning temperatures finally hit the 60s and 70s here in Florida.

This can only mean one thing: 

Yes, laugh all you want, my Northern friends,

this is as cold as it is likely to get down here in sunny Florida

{Okay, maybe it will get a little colder}

And of course, 

I had to break out my winter tunes.

You know the ones I'm talking about-

they're soft, pensive, 

slightly moody-

they just feel like winter, somehow. 

Bon Iver, 

Iron and Wine,

Counting Crows, 

They just make me want to curl up in bed on a gray day

with a warm tea and a good book. 

This is beginning to sound quite cliche so I'll stop for now. 

But one of Snow Patrol's first albums,

Final Straw,

takes me back to crisp November mornings 

when my brother and I would drive to high school in our Grandma's gold volvo

that was so old it's AC didn't work,

shivering, moody and so not ready for class.

We'd pop in our tape deck converter, and blast Final Straw the whole drive over. 

How to be Dead and Same are both gems

But Spitting Games was probably my favorite :)

after all, it's the song that introduced me to this awesome band.

Ah, memories!

Have a great week, Peter!

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