Monthly Mix: July 2014

"Rest stops have always made him strangely happy. He couldn't say why. Just the idea of everyone on their way somewhere, united by wanderlust, no one belonging more than anyone else."

United By Wanderlust from marvelousmaggie on 8tracks Radio.

1. Trembling Hands – The Temper Trap
2. God Made Man – Young the Giant
3. Sahara Mahala – The Jezabels
4. I Wait for You – Right Away, Great Captain!
5. Petardu – Delorentos
6. Colour – Wild Cub
7. Houdini – Foster the People
8. Breezeblocks – alt-J
9. What You Want – Bombay Bicycle Club
10. Somebody – Hannah Georgas
11. So Much Trouble – Matt Pond PA
12. Bloom – The Paper Kites
13. Bloodflood – alt-J
14. Young Blood – The Naked and Famous
15. Fools – The Temper Trap
16. Satan Is a Vampire – Fierce Creatures
17. Atlas Hands – Benjamin Francis Leftwich
18. This Must Be the Place (Live) – Talking Heads

The quote above is from Jonathan Tropper's One Last Thing Before I Go, which I finished reading while at home a week or so ago. As someone who has taken her fair share of long drives (here's looking at you, six-hour drive to Austin), these lines made me smile. There is a weird sort of camaraderie among people on the highway, isn't there? Maybe that's just me.

Anyway, this particular mix was largely inspired by that quote and my impending seven-hour drive to Colorado Springs next weekend to see Dillon and Shelby. I suppose us bloggers are united by wanderlust, too.

-Maggie