You can call me cliche or hipster or both. It doesn’t change the fact that I love those bands to no end.

The bands I post are popular for a reason, because they are GREAT bands. Stop with your pretension that people listen to Sigur Ros, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, or etc because they want to be “popular” or accepted. Fuck that, good music is good music. You might think it’s shit or overplayed or mainstream or whatever bullshit adjective, but I don’t think that. I genuinely love this music, because it inspires me, brings joy to my heart, and gets me through the worst of days. And besides the music, I admit that I love the hipster scene. Hipsters are awesome in every way. I have a blast every time I get drunk on PBR in a concert in Willamsburg or get high in a Bushwick loft party and discuss the genius of The Smiths with red-flannel-wearing bearded friends. So stop judging, bro. If you love Justin Bieber, I ain’t going to hate on you for it, he’s popular for a reason too. If you love some obscure chillwave band only ten people have heard about, I ain’t going to hate on you because you think it’s dope music and that is all that matters. Fact is people only listen to music they like. Even if they are listening to fit in. It’s great to listen to music in order to connect with friends more or to enter a new community or dive into a new scene. Music is both a personal and communal experience.

So in conclusion, just shut up and enjoy the music.

Gobbledigook - Sigur Rós

Most of our days consist of putting on a facade, whether it’s in order to get ahead in our overly-competitive world or shielding ourselves in fear of getting hurt in places that no doctor can heal. This facade becomes a mile-high steel-reinforced concrete wall separating us from the true beauty of the world. But at the end of the day, we all just want to be free of everything. We want to run around naked through the woods, with no shame or fear weighing us down. We want to feel every breeze and the bright rays of the sun trickling through every inch of our bare skin. We want to be free, once and for all. Liberty for the mind, body, and soul!

“Lalalala lalalala”

Sæglópur - Sigur Rós

Have you ever had someone that no matter what you do you can’t stop thinking about them? All of a sudden, everything you encounter is a reminder of them and how much they mean to you. They become the center of your universe, the harbinger of your constant bliss, the keeper of your pounding heart. It’s as though they have set up a cozy nest in your mind. Thoughts of them keeping you warm when they are not around. It’s a surge of love pumping through your veins, taking you over completely and making you go crazy for them. It’s the best feeling in the world. Sigur Rós makes music for this exact reason, to remind you of what and who you love.

“Kominn heim.”

Winter Has Arrived And All I Need Is You (8tracks Playlist)

In the dead of winter when the world is in a slumber as it’s blanketed by the snow, all I need is you wrapped under my arms. All I need is your warm soul touching mine. All I need is your smile to light up the grey skies outside. All I need is you and only you.

Track Listing:

1. Perth - Bon Iver
2. The Plains/Bitter Dancer - Fleet Foxes
3. The Funeral - Band of Horses
4. We Won’t Need Legs To Stand - Sufjan Stevens
5. Easier - Grizzly Bear
6. Sé Lest - Sigur Rós
7. Lakehouse - Of Monsters and Men
8. Minnesota, WI - Bon Iver
9. Yellow Light - Of Monsters and Men
10. Detlef Schrempf - Band Of Horses
11. The Past And Pending - The Shins
12. La Noyee - Yann Tiersen
13. Avril 14th - Aphex Twin
14. Fuck Me - Yann Tiersen
15. Horchata - Vampire Weekend
16. Generator ^ First Floor - Freelance Whales
17. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes
18. Fine For Now - Grizzly Bear
19. Smoke - Moddi
20. Armchairs - Andrew Bird

“One kind word can warm three winter months.” -Japanese Proverb

Sé Lest - Sigur Rós

It’s rare to meet someone that when you’re around them time slows down. Where the moment right before a kiss feels as though you can savor every single second to the fullest extent. Where the instant both lips touch everything is suddenly illuminated, the world fades away and you drift into eternal serenity. Where a slight touch electrifies you. Where a single smile becomes the torch that lights the darkest parts of your life. Where every moment spent together is a lifetime of joy. That is a beautiful thing.

“A kiss seals two souls for a moment in time.” -Levende Waters

Njósnavélin - Sigur Rós

A letter written a long time ago:

I’m writing you a letter because I’ve always been better expressing myself in the written word rather than the spoken one. When I’m around you, I feel like the world has stopped. That time itself has ceased to be and every second with you is a lifetime of joy. We don’t talk much, our words are sparse. Maybe because we are still getting to know each other. However, I don’t feel like our encounters need to be filled with grandiose conversations. It might sound crazy. Hollywood movies tells us that when we find someone truly special you will never have to endure a silence with them. Many people find silences uncomfortable, as a failure to be interesting enough to make worthy conversation, but when I’m with you it’s different. That silence we share is calming. Just being in your company, taking a stroll through Central Park right by your side, seeing your smile, is enough for me. I’ve never felt this way about anyone else before. You make me feel calm. All of a sudden everything around me is not important, it’s just you and I, together in peace. When we are together, regardless where we are, we leave the world to carry on without us. All this time I thought I wanted grand romance, the stuff you read in bestselling novels or see in multi-million dollar films, but I realized I just want to be in tranquility with you and only you. Forever feeling calm by your side.

“In this lake of souls I lose all fear.”

Glósóli - Sigur Rós

I would love to just lie in the grass with a girl and listen to Sigur Rós all day. The afternoon sunlight glimmering down our faces. The summer breeze softly passing by. The green grass gently caressing our backs. I want to slowly let the soothing melodies wash over us as it cleanses our spirits. To savor the Icelandic lyrics, which we have no idea exactly what they mean but would still be utterly beautiful to our ears. I want to share the beauty of music and nature right by your side. That alone would make me the happiest man in the world.

“I awake from a dream to find my heart pounding.”