A W A K E N I N G

I made this mixtape over the last couple weeks and I’ve been really excited to share it with all of you. 

It’s partially a mix to make up for the lack of posts lately but it’s also something I’ve worked on for myself to help me get through all of the stressful situations I’ve had to deal with lately. Hopefully some of you will find a similar use for it.

A W A K E N I N G [A Heart and Soul Mixtape]:

01 - yukon: “yr ghost”

02 - ALAK: “Soul Mates”

03 - elvis depressedly: “weird honey”

04 - Sight Seeing: “Crushed”

05 - Emily Reo: “Peach”

06 - Home Alone: “No One’s Awake”

07 - Cobwebs: “Untitled”

08 - r i o t _ m e a d o w s: “t h i s b r a n c h _ w i l l h o l d”

09 - cry guy: “gumdrop wishes”

10 - Spazzkid: “40 Winks”

11 - Shisa & Choongum: “Coral Reefer feat. Abigail Press”

12 - Yumi Zouma: “A Long Walk Home For Parted Lovers”

13 - Mmdelai: “Much Longer”

14 - Virusse: “Hounding”

15 - CAMP COUNSELORS: “02/05/11”

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Heart and Soul 2013

2012 seems to have gone by so fast and I just want to thank all of you who’ve supported the blog throughout the last year. Whether you’re an artist or you run a label or if you’re a reader, all of your support for this has been amazing and I hope you decide to stick around for 2013.

This year’s going to mark some changes on how I run things around here. Posts won’t be going up as frequently as I want to take more time with the tracks I listen to and share. I’m only going to be sharing the music that really moves me and will stick with me the longest. This will likely create some quality control in my posts and writing as well. On a more positive note, less posts will lead to more mixtapes and hopefully some new approaches to writing as I move forward with the blog. I’m really excited to try and share new things.

To kick off the new year I put together this mixtape highlighting some tracks I’d posted before, and really enjoyed, as well as some stuff I never got to write about.

Hope you all enjoy the mixtape. Let’s try to make 2013 wonderful.

Download (and stream) the 2013 Kickoff Mixtape here.

Track Listing:

01 - mgkrp - [welcome]

02 - Blithe Field - dont want to be here

03 - Infinity Crush - sober + showered

04 - wim (ウィム) - hum (c)

05 - /please/ - not really

06 - infinity girl - even if

07 - Winter - Nothing

08 - GEMS - All I Ever

09 - It is rain in my face. - Moor As Uncle

10 - Patchwork - Cigarettes

11 - Yume - Dreamt Of U

12 - Hazy Mountains - Eavesdrop

13 - Mister Lies - Cleam

14 - Friendzone - CHUCH

Today I would like to announce the rebirth of Brighter Sounds under the new name HEΔRT AND SOUL.

(Notice the URL change to heartandsoulmusic.tumblr.com)

Brighter Sounds has been an amazing experience to share with all of you and this is just an extension of that.  HEΔRT AND SOUL is the creation of the blog I always wanted to run. Thanks so much for being a reader whether you’ve just joined me or you’ve been reading since the beginning.

As a way to kick things off, I present to you the HEΔRT AND SOUL Launch Mix. This collection features tracks that I wrote about while running Brighter Sounds as well as some recent favorites, taking a look at the past while pointing towards the future. 

Stream it above and if you’re so inclined, download it here.

Track List:

01 - Katie Dill: “Things I Knew Before”

02 - Campfires: “C’est La Vie”

03 - Brice Woodall: “Small Victories”

04 - Fog Lake: “Painfully”

05 - Bedroom: “Concrete”

06 - Grandpa Was a Lion: “London”

07 - LOOM: “PROMISED LAND”

08 - Sea Oleena: “Untitled”

09 - Ouisa Hound: “The Clearing”

10 - Glass Vaults: “New Space”

11 - Twarr: “Ascend”

12 - Top Girls: “Urban Legend”

13 - Outlands: “Sisters/Lovers”

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