Gray Days and Gold, August 2021
Hello, friends. Delta variant got you sitting forlornly on the dock while the party barge of the damned sets sail? Fear not, for once again Gray Days and Gold has gathered the most intoxicating musical spices from the farthest trade routes and delivered them to your feet, while meeting (or exceeding) our ‘M4’ pledge: maximum melody, moderate melancholy.
You can listen to this episode via the embedded player just below in this post—if you don’t see it, try turning off your ad-blocker then reloading the page—or on the Mixcloud website, via the Mixcloud mobile app, on your Sonos system, etc.
There’s also a more barebones iteration of this episode’s playlist on Spotify (minus my commentary, as well as many songs that are missing from their library).
If you like what you hear, please support the artists. You’ll find buy links to all the tracks in the bulleted list below.
Gray Days and Gold, August 2021
- Manny, “De Loin” (2021) • BUY
- Glowalker, “Crest” (2021) • BUY
- Hélène Renaut, “Summer Love” (2021) • BUY
- Sir Orfeo, “Sometimes I See a Storm Come In” (2021) • BUY
- Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, “So Many Things (To Feel Guilty About)” (2021) • BUY
- Villagers, “Momentarily” (2021) • BUY
- Alex Pester, “Night” (2021) • BUY
- Virginia Wing, “99 North” (2021) • BUY
- Cain Price, “Enamel” (2021) • BUY
- The Magic Lantern, “Bound for Glory” (2021) • BUY
- Manny, “Simple Passant” (2021) • BUY
- Cereus Bright, “Please, Be Happy” (2021) • BUY
- Lucinda Chua, “Before” (2021) • BUY
As always, thanks for listening. If you have questions, suggestions, etc. please feel free to contact me. And if you’d like to receive these posts via email, you can sign up here. Take care.
[Artwork: Charles Gleyre, “Le Soir” (1825 – 1850)]
