Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2021

Filled mostly with songs from the past year beyond a trip down memory lane to acoustic soul baring songs by Damien Rice, Ray LaMontagne and Devendra Banhart plus an old gem by Radiohead. Give a  listen to my Romantic Songs Playlist for Valentine's Day 2021 on Spotify here.  

For further inspiration, visit my posts from past years:  2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.

1. "Never Tear Us Apart" – The National

2. "Guess Again" – Jeff Tweedy

3. "The Animals Were Gone" – Damien Rice

4. "Within You" – Ray LaMontagne

5. "Never Seen Such Good Things" – Devendra Banhart

6. "As the Sun Sets" – Sorry

7. "Crush" – Day Wave

8. "Pattern 17" – Jamison Isaak

9. "Love is All We Share" – Cut Copy

10. "Moonlight" – Future Islands

11. "One More Second" – Matt Berninger

12. "My Heart Bleeds" – Rhye

13. "Hurt" – Arlo Parks

14. "Fire for You" – Cannons

15. "Feel You" – My Morning Jacket

16. "Fake Plastic Trees" – Radiohead

17. "Apes & Children" – Lane 8

18. "Dawn Chorus" – Jon Hopkins

Summer 2020 New Music Playlist

Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "Crush" – Day Wave

2. "The World" – Pete Yorn

3. "Dear Stranger" – STRFKR

4. "Disco Kitchen" – Gardens & Villa

5. "Forced Convalescence" – Bright Eyes

6. "A Ghost" – Travis

7. "Motion Pictures (for Carrie)" – Steve Gunn

8. "The Wall & I" – Nation of Language

9. "Serpentine Prison" – Matt Berninger

10. "She's Stronger" – Nana Adjoa

11. "Knuckleduster" – Muzz

12. "Never Come Down" – The Neverly Boys

13. "Kyoto" – Phoebe Bridgers

14. "Running Red Lights" – Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu

15. "Reality Refresh" – Teen Daze

16. "Wandering" – The Album Leaf
17. "Exhale" – Jónsi
18. "Pattern 17" – Jamison Isaak

Summer 2019 New Music Playlist

Listen on Spotify, enjoy!

1. "Saw Lightning" – Beck
2. "No Bullets Spent" – Spoon
3. "Fade In Nylon" – A Beacon School
4. "Lava"– Still Woozy
5. "Heartbreak" – Unloved
6. "You're Not Always On My Mind" – Quivers
7. "Raspberry Jam" Allah-las
8. "Do Si Do" – Jenny Lewis
9. "Calm Down" – Pete Yorn
10. "Easy" – Tycho
11. "Rylan" – The National
12. "Elixir" – Tourist
13.  "Entendre" – Eluvium
14. "Sleeper" – Trentmøller
15. "Love Yourself" – Sufjan Stevens
16. "I Am OK" – Lea Porcelain
17. "Pattern 16" – Jamison Isaak

Spring 2018 New Music Playlist

Listen on Spotify or as a YouTube Playlist (except "Find a Way to Keep Me" by Field Music and bonus tracks "Shades of Blue," "You Are Here," and "She May She Might" by Yo La Tengo).

1. "Always Ascending" – Franz Ferdinand
2. "The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs" – Wye Oak
3. "Out of the Pool" – Yo La Tengo
4. "Lemon Glow" – Beach House
5. "Don't Move Back to L.A."  – Okkervil River
6. "Under the Wheels" – Calexico
7. "This Is That" – David Byrne
8. "Mr. Tillman" – Father John Misty
9. "Wait By the River" – Lord Huron
10. "Algernon" – A Beacon School
11. "Leave It In My Dreams" – The Voidz
12. "Runnin'" – Wajatta
13. "The Ceremony of Innocence" – Moby
14. "Emerald Rush" – Jon Hopkins
15. "Find a Way to Keep Me" – Field Music
16. " More" – Jamison Isaak