Thankfully, all these mixes were made by living breathing wonderful mortals. So there’s your shot of faith for this yuletide. Yeah, what fools these mortals be. Yet they’re so endlessly strong and yearning, even when their bones are frozen.
midwinter’s eerie light by ghoulnextdoor on 8tracks
A wintry mix to soothe gentle souls savaged by 24/7 Christmas jingles in your face all the time.
Image by Chris Van Allsburg from the“Ghosts” volume from the Time Life Enchanted World series. (personal scan)
Tracks:
The Last Christmas, Peter Broderick | Wind and Snow, Grouper | Winter Rhymes, Hexperos | Ashen Snow, Dirty Three | O Vis Aeternitatis, Hildegard Von Bingen | Silver Snow Fall, Oaqk | Winter Solstice, Ampop | The Winter, Balmorhea | Darkwood 2, David Darling | I Saw A Swete Semly Syght, Anonymous 4 | The snow prelude n.2, Ludovico Einaudi | Snow, Hauschka | Winter, Saunder Jurriaans And Daniel Bensi | 11 Winter 1, max richter | Sacrament, Adam Hurst | Silent Snow, Chiaroscuro | Es Kann Nicht Ewig Winter Sein, Bersarin Quartett | A v Jerusalime, Kitka | Hands, Be Still, Ólafur Arnalds | Snow + Light, Dustin O’Halloran | Snowdonia, Message To Bears | End (Snowing), Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Enjoy.
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