midday is for music:
when the birds chirp aloud and you feel the sun on your skin.
your throat opens wide and you shine.
Album Travel Companions
music to listen to when you’re coming back home
#1. Sugar Plant, dryfruit (2018 Remastered Edition)
2000
- Warm ambient Japanese dream pop with soft poetic lyrics and whole minutes of thoughtful minimal orchestrations.
- It’s gentle with an edge that is soothing while still at times unpredictable.
- Perfect for dozing lightly on an early morning flight.
#2. Little Dragon, Little Dragon
2007
- Shifting lush rhythms with perfectly situated jazz-like melodies. One of my favorite albums of all time.
- Yukimi’s voice and lyrics bring an inner recognition while the band surprises with utter genius application. A great mix of ballads and moving synths.
- Perfect for journaling or flipping through a digital magazine in an aisle seat.
#3. Caroline Polachek, Pang
2019
- Thumb-on-the-pulse independent pop with expertly executed ethereal vocal explorations.
- The story here yearningly carries you from one place to another. You’ll find yourself resonating deeply with the lyrics while trying to suppress a hip shake in your seat. I never travel without it.
- Perfect to silently cry, sing out loud in the car, or play sudoku on your expanded tray table.
#4. MICHELLE, Songs About You Specifically
2024
- An energetic alternative pop gathering of multi-vocalists and instrumentalists.
- This album delivers a boost of fun and sexy synths to help you remember who you are.
- Perfect for revitalization when the trip starts to feel long and impatience creeps in.
#5. Mon Rovia, Bloodline
2026
- A tender bouncing folk memoir with honey coated vocals.
- Be held by this exploration of ancestral ties, social injustices, and making sense of how you belong.
- Perfect for watching the trees breeze past the window of a bus.
#6. Hiatus Kaiyote, Tawk Tomahawk
2013
- A funky neo-soul trip with out-of-this-world composition.
- Hiatus Kaiyote crafts a masterpiece of offbeat tunes that make their own rules.
- Perfect for making art, driving fast, and ending the journey as a more complex person than when you began.
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by calleyluman 5/6/26