The story continues next Monday when friends have an incredibly busy and ultimately life-changing day over the next couple of chapters! (Sorry for the delay, but the story will flow so much better without a pesky weekend in the way, heh.)
In the meantime, here’s the mixtape that I created at the start of writing this novel back in the spring of 2018. It features a lot of songs from that era with a few oddities mixed in. I tried to pick out music that would fit each major character, with a few songs that would fit as ‘soundtrack’ music for the Studio Ghibli-produced movie of this story that lives rent-free in my head. Hope you enjoy it!
- The Sound of Arrows, ‘(Opening Titles)’
- The Sound of Arrows, ‘Stay Free’
- U2, ‘Get Out of Your Own Way’
- Ra Ra Riot, ‘Water’
- Beck, ‘Dreams’
- Elbow, ‘Firebrand & Angel’
- Gang of Youths, ‘What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?’
- The Naked and Famous, ‘A Still Heart’
- U2, ’13 (There Is a Light)’
- Embrace, ‘Love Is a Basic Need’
- The Sound of Arrows, ‘Don’t Worry’
- Shame, ‘Friction’
- Elbow, ‘One Day Like This’
- GoGo Penguin, ‘Strid’
- Eels, ‘There I Said It’
- U2, ‘You’re the Best Thing About Me’
- The Sound of Arrows, ‘Beautiful Life’
- Love Tractor, ‘We All Loved Each Other So Much’