The Fall
ISSUE #25
Welcome to Halloweekly, my October theme. It's an opportunity for me to really immerse us in the spooky season by sending you one autumnal playlist at a time. It's finally here: the smell of fallen leaves; stepping over pumpkins; browns and reds and golds; driving around pumpkins; hay-rack rides; pumpkins in the bathroom; sweaters and jeans; swim through pumpkins to unlock your door. Fall shit.
Don't have much time today, and I'm sure your eyes need a rest after those long sermons on Harry Potter. For now, these are the best autumn songs to drive around to, in my favorite jacket, windows down. They all sound fundamentally fall to me, some because of their reverb, some because this was the season I first heard them, and some because that's just how Siouxsie Sioux and The Smiths have always been.
I'll be back next week to really extol the virtues of horror season. Until then, take a walk in the woods. This weather is so temporary, you gotta breathe it in every second you can. Your homework is to watch Over the Garden Wall tonight, especially if you haven't. You won't regret it. It's one of this world's truest delights.
Of all the seasons, fall descends—a cliché so apt as to buck the label. Summer’s elation settles and forms a gelatin of peace. The brain works better in these prime and perfect temperatures. Give your ears a bath with these songs of soothing shadow.