Songs For Your Day

It may be a little early for me to be saying this in Atlanta, GA, but today I got my first whiff of Fall. The world seems especially green and the horizon is a somber grey. Blame it on the hurricanes, but things seem to be a bit more temperate around here. I have the urge to go through my closet and pack away all of my sandals, summer dresses, and bathing suits until next season. My cardigans are beckoning. Maybe it’s a girl thing.

But new seasons need new soundtracks. No offense to Rantings of Eva, M. Ward, or Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, but it’s time for some new tunes. It’s time to tone it down, throw in some new melodies (more violins maybe?) and creep away from the boisterous anthems of May-July. When my leaves start fading to yellow, red, and orange it’s the world’s signal time to dust off Armchair Apocrypha and Fleet Foxes. Seven Swans will fly out of storage and back into my record player and the Trees of the Feilds really will Clap their Hands.  But with this musical overhaul I’m about to embark on, what song to start with?

The Postcards have a song “Let Go” off of their debut album that’s the perfect seasonal transition song. Optimistic and lighthearted, it’s flute will twitter around in your head for days. It’s the kind of song that delivers you a final dose of summer’s enthusiasm, but in between Tim and her whimsical limited range will remind you that the edge of the leaves above are turning amber, and we are all on the brink of change.