04/19 - Sometimes Passions In Winter Turn To Cold Soundless Moments

There's really very little going on. The city and work take it out of me. Ambitions wither. Feelings become muddled. It is a time of ascetic waiting.

Scott Walker - Two Ragged Soldiers

You cling to the sentimental moments in a day. Adorn them with Scott Walker arrangements and the odd perfect little phrase. You drag your heels through fantasies...

Nick Drake - Fly

For a foreigner like me, it's sometimes hard to tell whether this song exists because of sudden sunlight in English gardens, or whether sunny English gardens were invented to accompany this song.

Frank Ocean ft. Andre 3000 - Pink Matter

Really, I wanted the remix that has Big Boi on it as well, because it's just perfect, but there Spotify let me down once more. Nevertheless, Dre's rap and Frank's melancholy wail combine like warm milk and honey, creating something like a hazy memory of sex.

Radiohead - A Punch Up At A Wedding

I used to think this was one of the weaker tracks on Hail To The Thief. But sometimes a song just waits for its time to shine. Suddenly the barely suppressed fury and frustration, sung through clenched teeth, is just the injection of life I need this anaemic season.

Björk - Ambergris March

Transition from Radiohead to this courtesy of iTunes shuffle. Those fluttering toy-imitations of drumrolls give me shivers. Here's to marching for a waxy sperm whale secretion!