#grapecase fanmixes

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“I know someone who kisses the way / a flower opens,” — Mary Oliver, from I Know Someone

i. wrecking ball - midnight string quartert | ii. breathless - the corrs | iii. annie's song - john denver | iv. this must be the place - dad sports | v. mr. sandman - symyl | vi. you are gold - the national parks | vii. walking up slow - gabrielle aplin | viii. shut up and dance - walk the moon | ix the promise - samia, jelani aryeh | x. i'm so in love with you - jill andrews, seth avett | xi. i melt with you - modern english | xii. dandelions (slow + reverb) - ruth b., slater | xiii. for all you give - the paper kites, lucy rose | xiiii. harbor - vienna teng | xv. enchanted (the wedding violin version) - ana done

for @happyhauvillebday; wildcard: love - a spotify playlist about being loved by (and loving!) Farah Hauville & Felix Hauville.

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[She] has not a correct idea of my soul's depths and shallows. But if [she] did know them [she] would still be my friend -- Mary MacLane, "January 20", The Story of Mary MacLane

Chariot - Mega

Stand By You - Rachel Platten

We Go Down Together - Khalid, Dove Cameron

Wannabe - Spice Girls

look up - Joy Oladokun

Deep End - Holly Humberstone

I Melt With You - Modern English

Someone To Stay - Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Stayed At The Party - Hope Tala

How Beautiful Life Can Be (Single Version) - The Lathums

Fellowship - serpentwithfeet

You've Got A Friend - Carole King

Umbrella - Rihanna, Jay-Z

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Chosen Family (Acoustic) - Rina Sawayama

Good Time - Owl City, Carly Rae Jepsen

Hold Onto Me - Valerie Broussard

Heavy - Birdtalker

Spinning - GROUPLOVE

North - Sleeping At Last

for @happyhauvillebday; day 2: Friendship. A spotify playlist about loyalty, belonging, devotion, and finding joy even when the world is shit. Just best mates things!!

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A walking contradiction. There’s a lot known about the DramaWh*re lead singer: 1. The album ‘Here Kitty Kitty’ was just as easily a desire to lure your pets away from you as it was a euphemism 2. There’s a lot they’d do for a plate of tacos, to their manager’s dismay. 3. The Urban Appalachian was influenced both by being raised at the heart of NYC and at the feet of their South Carolinian neighbor. 4. Yet they have a set of pipes that’d, in my opinion, meld well on Broadway or a lounge club (and that’s meant as a compliment); however, they’ve never pictured any other stage but that of a rock concert’s. 5. There’s really not much known about Lala Sandoval, aka lala. 

Despite their loud, egdy leather and gothic stage presence, or their “chillax”, easygoing personality, an interview with Lala is like pulling teeth. It’s like corralling a herd of unruly kittens -- and it takes a good minute, along with some deep breathing, to realize that is purposeful. 

Maybe that’s why fans - known as the carnivores  - playfully call the DramaWh*re ‘an underbridge full of trolls’. They’re full fo jokes and sharp comments, rarely willing to give you the answers you seek. And it is clear that they take their cue from their lead singer. After all, it is likely for good reasoon why no one knows how the blasé lead singer truly feels about Seven Lawless outside of that one ‘great job’ tweet. 

And it is just as likely no small wonder about the positive rumoros regarding how well equally unbothered, unphased, and unstressed new drummer August Pierce has settled in ... 

[here on spotify]

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We all know that celebrities are on a different frequency when it comes to reality; we know this because that’s what we love about them. The dirty laundry, the drama extraordinare, and a level divaness that has us drooling with envy. And though she’s thoroughly familiar with the first two in all stages of her life, Darling of Promised Promises @infamous-if - ness (Infamousness? Infamousity? Certainly not infamy) is far from a diva.

Maybe it’s because she doesn’t see herself as having ‘made it’ despite the strong reception from fans and strangers alike. Maybe it’s the way she swans through life like it’s all rosy tinted and bubble gum gum drops. Yes, fans, Darling - also known as Alana Carita - is as dreamy-eyed romantic as the majority of her lyrics imply. Ex-bff Seven Lawless sure knew what she was doing when she picked that stagename. It’s a surprise that burgeoning fame and the aforementioned dirty laundry has done nothing to knock her from the stratosphere and back down to the earth. And, after speaking with her, I’m kind of glad for it. Sure, once you get to know her it’s easy to learn that her head’s steadier on her shoulders than it first appears but ...

[here on spotify]

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It is hard to say if it’s shyness or stoicness that causes  Bethany Josnel Coleman, best known to fans as Nova, to speak in measured tones. A consumate professional, the man  - whether intetionally or not - positions himself as a manager’s wet-dream. And an interviewer’s greatest annoyance.

If anyone ever doubted that the ex, Seven Lawless, was the voice of the band off-stage, this interview will dash those against rocks. Nevertheless, where Mr. Coleman was unwilling to share about his personal life (Who knew favorite colors were such highly guarded secrets?), he was more than happy to chatter on about his fans. Perhaps this is why despite the middling-to-fair reception of the general crowd at the @infamous-if BOTB, Nova’s most stalwart Fermatas [credit given to a fan who he refuses to name; ‘She knows who she is and how much I appreciate the name’, he assures with one of the few smiles of the night] have remained by his and the Notation’s side.

[here on spotify]

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Though self-described gym himbro Ori Zhou might have walked into the interview room with an expression a mix between the pikachu and Michael Scott mullet memes, there’s nothing empty-headed or meat-headed about the lead singer of Gains. Forgetful? Apparently. Artless? Sure. But that’s the kind of thing one expects from somene who spends a lot of focusing on the creative process of his art. 

You might be scoffing over my calling what some have summarized as a “loser’s anthem” -  something that brings a smile of pride to Ori’s face, by the by - and “no better than a pep-rock gym playlist” as art. However, I aim to convince you by the end of this interview. There is good reason none other than Gigi Reign and her equally talented wife have voiced their ardent support for this contender of the @infamous-if BOTB -- and it’s not just because of his dreamy brown eyes. It’s there in the way he translates his fiddly, puppy dog vibes into engergy-boosting bops. It’s there in the unpretentious optimism hidden beneath lyrics of self-depreciation and recklessness. It’s there in the way the worlds been needing just a lil bit of Sunshine Summertime .... 

[here on spotify!]

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a surprising collaboration with the hip hop group lvng mrch might put to rest the rumors that ex seven lawless was bunted from The Vespas because now solo lead singer, Hiyam cant share a mike with anyone but a back up vocalist (if that). Hiyam Vinke might have an unrepentant ego, it’s true but it appears they’re an unrepetant egoist that can play well with others. 

that’s arguably a touch better than most rock stars out there. 

though, who can blame her? if i was as much of a self-described (well-deservedly) powerhouse, i’d get rid of anyone tried to step a toe into my limelight. not that Hiyam admitted to such a thing; but i’m sure the snippy songbird would’ve if she wasn’t always accompanied by one of her baby-sitters. today, it was the staid manager, Orion Quinn ....

[here on spotify]

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Soon your touch will disappear/It's something that I recognize/Something that I should have come to fear/Trace the lines upon your face/ They tell the tale you can't erase

| fall in love with you | i found | shut out of paradise | shadow preachers | counting paths | war of hearts | gotta have you | pieces (hushed) | dust to dust | from eden | true love

a val montemer and adam du mortain playlist @ spotify 

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Please have mercy on me Take it easy on my heart Even though you don't mean to hurt me You keep tearing me apart

vs.

'Cause I know I don't let you see But you mean the world to me And I know that I can be pretty mean But you mean the world to me

a conversation between a hopeless romantic and an obstinate skeptic, a ‘the wayhaven chronicles ( @seraphinitegames) playlist @ spotify. 

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But there'll be oceans for us to tread/There'll be bridges for us to mend/But I'll stick through it/Oh, I swear

a pierre lin x felix hauville playlist 

1. The More I See You by Chris Montez 2. Dandelions by Ruth B. 3. Bridges by Aisha Badru 4. Let Me In by Skinny Living 5. Someone To You by BANNERS 6. Dandelions (slow + reverb) by Ruth B., slater 7. Need The Sun To Break by James Bay 8. Faster by Matt Nathanson 9. Can’t Pretend by Tom Odell 10. At Last by Etta James. 

a wayhaven chronicles (@seraphinitegames) fanmix on spotify. 

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If you'd have just kept walkin'/And we'd never got to talkin'/I could go on existin'/Not knowin' what I was missin'But you set the bar for this stubborn heart

a current yet future playlist for andy and mason. 

i  atlantis by noah gunderson, phoebe bridgers | ii  strawberries & cigarettes by troye sivan | iii  eyes off you  by PRETTYMUCH | iv i ain’t ever loved no one like that by donovan woods, tenille townes | v  stuck with u (acoustic cover) by adam christopher, paige maren | vi   the few things by jp saxe | vii  i walk the line by halsey | viii  i like me better by lauv | ix  second changes by gregory alan isakov

a ship fanmix for twc by @seraphinitegames

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Shall I write it in a letter?/Shall I try to get it down?/Oh, you fill my head with pieces/Of a song I can't get out

I. We Might Even Be Falling In Love (Interlude)

II. The More I See You

III. Autumn Leaves Town

IV.  Iris

V.  Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop 

VI.  Bloom - Bonus Track

VII. Stay

VIII. Can’t Help Falling in Love

IX. Too Good.

X. Like Real People Do.

XI. Until You.

XII. Gold.

a disgustingly in love playlist for kai baines x nat sewell on spotify!