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Liner Notes
Goners is a mixtape with a homespun sound about the outward bound.
It’s warm and worn-in. A home away from home. Small towns and big sounds. New songs and old souls. Philly and Jersey.
The bygones have gone by. They’re getting gone. They’re going away. Getting wasted. Wasting away.
The dead ends. The dead leaves. The dead leave.
Cut the record and run. Leave tracks. Make a scene.
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→ Most of the songs on Goners were released in 2026. And many were released within the past couple of months. Nothing is older than 2020. The mix highlights some of my favorite up-and-comers and was built around murderer’s row of musicians known as Historic New Jersey: Star Moles, Rubber Band Gun, Sam and Louise Sullivan.
Tracklist:
Avalon – Sam and Louise Sullivan
Anywhere – Ratboys
Overdog – Star Moles
Jerry Race Car – Rubber Band Gun
Miffed It – Way Dynamic
In The Morning – Improvement Movement
Plum – Widowspeak
Kick Stones (The Boys) – Westside Cowboy
Matter of Taste – Tyler Ballgame
Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon) – Julia Jacklin
Never Go Away – John Andrews & The Yawns
New Slack – Michael Nau
Further Down the Road – Sylvie, Marina Allen
Spiraling – Tōth
Back to the Wind – Whitney
unlearning everything – Martin Luke Brown
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If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy:
☊ The Bend — Jangling fall-weather indie rock dipped in dreamy emotionally raw honey.
☊ Departures — Lost in transportation.
☊ Waxwings — Songs about people just passing through by people who were just passing through.
For more fall weather music, check out:
☊ Hydes — A fall weather mixtape about keeping up appearances.
☊ Sways — Modern nineties sounds for the fall.
☊ In My Room — Dan Svizeny’s highlights of lo-fi.
For more between-season songs, check out:
☊ After Ours — Bittersweet sunsetters for the end of the summer.
☊ Common Wealth — Intimate indie music about the ordinary in love, luck, and city life.
More writing from me:
Some comedy for McSweeney’s called I’m Your Three-Year-Old Interior Designer and This Is Your New Home Makeover.
Born to Run at 50 and the album Springsteen nearly released instead
And remember: We are the mixtape makers. And we are the streamers of streams.