A good playlist and a gorgeous sunny day: two of my favourite things on this planet. There’s nothing like a sunshiney day to make me feel creative, motivated, and on top of my life. And a sunshiney playlist just makes it all better. When I woke up this morning to a beautiful blue sky I felt that common urge to compile all of my favourite summer songs into this playlist. For me these songs evoke the feeling of sun on skin, sitting in a grassy park, standing front row at a festival stage, driving with the windows down. There are Canadian songs, songs that remind me of past adventures abroad, and songs I’ve had the pleasure to hear live (special distinction to those I’ve gotten to dance to in a crowded field with friends). I feel like I grew up with a lot of these songs, and while there probably won’t be much park-sitting or festival-going this summer, this playlist is a big-time mood booster for sunny days at home.
Wakin On a Pretty Day – Kurt Vile; Shuffle – Bombay Bicycle Club; Who Knows Who Cares – Local Natives; This Must Be the Place – Talking Heads; Holiday – Vampire Weekend; Forever – HAIM; A Little While – Yellow Days; I Feel It All – Feist; Yer Spring – Hey Rosetta!; Adult Diversion – Alvvays; Friends (feat. Bon Iver) – Francis and the Lights; Where U Goin’ – Arkells; The Wolves – Ben Howard; Feels Like We Only Go Backwards – Tame Impala; Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake; My Silver Lining – First Aid Kit; Habits – Barrie; Talk Too Much – COIN; Shake – The Head and the Heart; Barefoot in the Park (feat. ROSALÍA) – James Blake; Hurricane Drunk – Florence + the Machine; Coastline – Geoffroy; Weekend – Smith Westerns; Happy Faces – The Maccabees; Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac; All Hands – Tim Baker; Gibraltar – Beirut; Canyon Moon – Harry Styles; Paint Me Silver – Pond; Heavy, California – Jungle; Weighty Ghost – Wintersleep; It’s Real – Real Estate; Tieduprightnow – Parcels; On + Off – Maggie Rogers; Red Eyes – The War on Drugs; We Broke Free – Metronomy; My Music At Work – The Tragically Hip; Sun It Rises – Fleet Foxes; Pools – Glass Animals; No Matter Where We Go – Whitney; Loving Is Easy (feat. Benny Sings) – Rex Orange County; Call Me in the Afternoon – Half Moon Run; Boots of Danger (Wait Up) – Tokyo Police Club; Wetsuit – The Vaccines
