Summer’s coming to an end, and we’re feeling lazy, overheated and a touch melancholic. We’ve still got some time, but it’s like one long Sunday — a free day, but a hot and sluggish one, marred by the dread of Monday and the thought of having to pull ourselves together. So here’s a playlist of hazy, sad, nostalgic and lo-fi tunes to listen to while you write in your journal or gaze out windows solemnly or do whatever glum August activity you’re up to.
- “Summertime Blues“ — Eddie Cochran
- “Just From Chevron” — Dirty Projectors
- “When We Swam“ — Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
- “Sunny Afternoon“ — the Kinks
- “Mi Negrita” — Devendra Banhart
- “Our Last Summer“ — ABBA
- “When Will You Come“ — Wavves
- “I’ll Be Seeing You” — Billie Holiday
- “What To Say” — Born Ruffians
- “Sunday” — Earl Sweatshirt feat. Frank Ocean
- “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” — Father John Misty
- “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” — the Shirelles
- “Postcards From Italy” — Beirut
- “Chicago (Adult Contemporary Version)” — Sufjan Stevens
- “Adult Diversion” — Alvvays
- “I Know Where the Summer Goes” — Belle & Sebastian
- “God Only Knows” — the Beach Boys
- “Irene” — Twin Peaks
- “Silhouettes” — the Rays
- “Summer Mood” — Best Coast
- “When Did Your Heart Go Missing” — Rooney
- “Please Do Not Go” — Violent Femmes
- “Summertime Sadness” — Lana Del Rey
- “Beach Comber” — Real Estate
- “Summertime” — Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
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