I totally understand.
same here!
also:
blanket of harmonium(?) drones, hushed voices from a snowed-in chapel—sounds a bit like having a bad cold
Mi Mye - Nightswimming and the Snow
Oh yeah, I forgot the Winter mix I did for this;
The whole of Philophobia reminds of winter. I have a vivid memory from that really snowy winter about 7 years ago of trudging through foot deep snow to the offlicence listening to this, and it just feeling like the entire world was deserted.
People posting all these songs with “December” in the title and claiming they’re winter songs is annoying me.
At any rate, surprised no one’s mentioned this one:
Made a little playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/dangeroussnails/playlist/2o0qerOo5B0IY7sLHvcCos
Few missing, some lovely stuff in there though.
The debut Beach House record is a winter record for me (as opposed to the more autumnal feel of the follow up). Perhaps because I discovered them when Apple Orchard started appearing on end of year lists in December, but also because songs like this have a very dark wintery vibe:
They produced stronger records and deservedly went on to greater success later on, but the debut is a very special lp chock full of atmosphere and feeling.