Since 2014, I’ve tried to keep track of songs that have impacted or defined my year (see all those posts tagged in the “Retrospective” section). The songs that I pull into this playlist are usually favorite discoveries of mine that blow my mind (and embarrass me occasionally, as in “why didn’t I listen to this sooner?” Lots of that in this post here), obsessions that I sink into like quicksand (usually new songs that come out that year) or more rarely, soundtracks to true moments that I’ll forever associate with said song. I still have records from 10 years ago that I associate with some mundane or every day happening, but it warps me back there all the same. I spend nearly my entire day listening to music. Mostly in headphones, soundtracking my time on the computer, cooking, walking around the city or in basic leisure time. It’s no wonder I get these things all twisted up in my mind.
As a quick aside, I wanted to say thanks to all the readers of the blog out there. 2021 was by far Warm Visions’ best year yet, cresting past 10k views for the year. I know that’s pretty chump change, but look at it this way: in 2016, Warm Visions had 1,440 views total. In the month of December 2021, Warm Visions got 1,397 views. I realize that an accumulation of posts will help draw more people in in general and I was still reeling from nearly abandoning the blog in 2013/2014, but it feels good to see people coming here to see me write about new music, especially now with so many “dead” blogs out there. Definitely keeps me going! Thank you to the readers, thank you to the musicians! I’ll keep trying my best too.
Check out the playlist of 100 songs that defined my year (in chronological order) and catch my overall listening stats for 2021, as well as my paltry “other” media consumption stats.
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