Fall is the kind of season that makes you want to curl up on the couch with a cup of warm tea, reading books or watching TV. Each of these songs was picked with care to evoke that mood, leaving you relaxed and wrapped in a bundle of calm ambient sounds. Most of these artists are up-and-coming, and chances are you’ve probably heard of them or heard their songs. Other artists are already well established, but have existed on the outskirts of the mainstream. Well, now’s your chance to give all of them a listen.
1. The Funeral – Band of Horses
Popular Song(s): “No One’s Gonna Love You”
If you like them, you might like: Iron & Wine, Of Monsters & Men
2. Sweater Weather – The Neighbourhood
Popular Songs: “Afraid”, and “Let It Go”
If you like them, you might like: I honestly don’t know what sounds like The Neighbourhood. However, if you like The Neighbourhood’s aesthetics then you’ll probably like The 1975, who show up later in this list and both bands have toured together.
3. Cool Kids – Echosmith
Popular Songs: “Tell Her You Love Her”, and “Come Together”
If you like them, you might like: Misterwives, Betty Who, Oh Honey
4. Buzzcut Season – Lorde
Popular Songs: “Royals”, “Team”, and “Tennis Court”
If you like her, you might like: Banks, MØ
5. Lua – Bright Eyes
Popular Songs: “First Day of My Life” and “We Are Nowhere And It’s Now”
If you like them, you might like: Monsters of Folk
6. Amnesia – 5 Seconds Of Summer
Popular Songs: “She Looks So Perfect” and “Good Girls”
If you like them, you might like: All Time Low, The Vamps, Forever The Sickest Kids
7. Constant Conversations – Passion Pit
Most Popular Songs: “Talk A Walk”, “Sleepyhead”, and “Little Secrets”
If you like them, you might like: MGMT, Grouplove
8. Scene Two: Roger Rabbit – Sleeping With Sirens
Most Popular Songs: “If You Can’t Hang”, “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn”, and “Do It Now, Remember It Later”
If you like them, you might like: Pierce the Veil, Hands Like Houses
9. Robbers – The 1975
Most Popular Songs: “Girls”, “Chocolate”, and “Sex”
If you like them, you might like: Haim, Walk The Moon
10. No. 1 Party Anthem – Arctic Monkeys
Most Popular Songs: “Do I Wanna Know”, “R U Mine?”, and “Crying Lightning”
If you like them, you might like: The Kooks, The Last Shadow Puppets
11. Clairvoyant – The Story So Far
Most Popular Songs: “Quicksand”, “Roam”, and “Empty Space”
If you like them, you might like: Neck Deep, Real Friends
12. Habits (Stay High) – Tove Lo
Most Popular Songs: “Not On Drugs” and “Out of Mind”
If you like her, you might like: Charli XCX, Kiesza
13. Cigarette Daydreams – Cage the Elephant
Most Popular Songs: “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”, “Shake Me Down” , and “Come a Little Closer”
If you like them, you might like: Cold War Kids, The Bravery, Silversun Pickups
14. Chicago – Sufjan Stevens
Most Popular Songs: “To Be Alone With You”, “Casimir Pulaski Day”, and “Futile Devices”
If you like him, you might like: Bon Iver, Peter and the Wolf
15. Truce – Twenty One Pilots
Most Popular Songs: “Holding Onto You”, “Car Radio”, and “Guns For Hands”
If you like them, you might like: Nothing sounds like twenty one pilots. The only way to describe their sound is schizophrenic-electro-ukelele-piano-rap, and I’m quite positive Wikipedia doesn’t have a page for that genre.
Hopefully after listening to these songs you feel at ease and have a clear mind. Make sure to enjoy the beautiful days the fall brings, and although summer has officially left the building, fall is here and ready to receive you with open arms.