from Makoto Shinkai’s The Garden of Words

New mixtape/mp3 playlist!  This one’s Songs from the Apartment Complex, and I have to say this is probably one of the quirkiest mixes I’ve made in a while.  The Apartment Complex story (still working on the title, folks) has evolved into an unexpected direction for me.  Unlike previous book-centric playlists where most of the songs are there to set a mood, many of these tracks here are aimed at specific characters and what kind of person or being they are.  Hope you enjoy it!

1. The Sound of Arrows, “Stay Free”
2. U2, “Get Out of Your Own Way”
3. Ra Ra Riot, “Water”
4. Beck, “Dreams”
5. Elbow, “Firebrand & Angel”
6. Gang of Youths, “What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?”
7. The Naked and Famous, “A Still Heart”
8. U2, “13 (There Is a Light)”
9. Embrace, “Love Is a Basic Need”
10. The Sound of Arrows, “Don’t Worry”
11. Shame, “Friction”
12. Elbow, “One Day Like This”
13. GoGo Penguin, “Strid”
14. Eels, “There I Said It”
15. U2, “You’re the Best Thing About Me”
16. The Sound of Arrows, “Beautiful Life”
17. Love Tractor, “We All Loved Each Other So Much”

EDIT: As you may have seen over at Welcome to Bridgetown, I’ve put the Apartment Complex story on hiatus as I’m having even more problems with it than I thought, and need to put it aside for a while. Frustrating, yes. VERY frustrating. But I’m still keeping this up, because I think it’s a pretty interesting mix, and something I’ll listen to when I come back to the project. [And I *am* coming back to it — I just don’t know when.]