Rise Against and Swing Life Away land like the rare punk song.
Mellow
The production stays clean and close and with jangly acoustic guitar.
My favorite Mellow songs from the past year.
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The hush of a late commute or a room full of second thoughts.
While the coffee cools and the rain taps the window.
Beth Orton drops "Pieces of Sky" like a late-night signal flare: hushed.
A long commute, a slow Sunday, or any hour.
José González turns "Heartbeats" into the sort of song.
The Mourning Dew hour perfectly, equal parts fragile and stylish.
Queue this up when the coffee goes cold and the inbox gets rude.
The coffee goes cold, the inbox stalls, and you want something.
James Blunt turns Goodbye My Lover into the kind of breakup single.
The office gets too bright and the rain starts acting up.
The track moves with clean and uncluttered guitar.
Stars turn Your Ex-Lover Is Dead into the kind of breakup anthem.
The vocal sits close to the mic.
When you need a reset from inbox noise and bad dates.
Magnet turns "Where Happiness Lives" into the kind of surprise.
My favorite Mellow songs from the past year.
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