Warm Visions

For this rendition of Trevor lists a few albums and writes a bit of about them, we’ve got something that perfectly aligns with my album review style – describing things completely in semantics. “Well why does this album rank above the other one?” Heck if I know, it just feels that way. Here I’m getting into albums that remind me of the mild weather of autumn, with days that fluctuate from humid, sticky days to unreasonably cold and wet ones. The feeling of layered clothing, the heat in your car starting up for the first time in months, the pumpkins and squash everywhere, the crunching leaves, the turning of the years, all coming together in one beautiful harmony.

Winter and summer seasonal albums are easy. There are some albums that clearly evoke feelings of summer, say for instance In Colour by Jamie xx and those that are for winter, like Mount Eerie’s Sauna. Fall is a bit more abstract. I asked a panel of Facebook & Twitter friends to supply their fall favorites to confirm I’m not crazy in finding added meaning behind records when it’s autumn time. I got a ton of responses, which you can find below my picks, with an accompanying sample song embedded in the album name.

As for my picks, the theme of light, folky style music is predominant. There’s a sense of that as well with other recommendations – that and jazz. Introspective music. Calming music. This is the kind of music you listen to while sitting down to do homework, stuff to listen to while hiking in the woods, while just sitting and watching the rain fall. What else are you gonna do? Sitting inside, exploring outside, watching the leaves change? Might as well put on a record to keep you company.

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