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Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

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Cigarettes After Sex distill the art of seduction into velvety dream-pop fantasies that are as evocative as the band’s name. On early songs like 2012’s “Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby” and their 2015 breakout hit, “Affection,” Texas-born frontman Greg Gonzalez veils his hopeless romanticism in moody erotic storytelling, intoning sweet nothings through a cloud of reverb-soaked guitar that lingers long into the night. But for all the smooth come-ons, there’s the inevitable comedown, too, as detailed on the softly swaying “Sunsetz” and “Apocalypse,” both minimalist in sound yet cinematic in scope.

Befitting his I-just-woke-up-in-these-clothes demeanour, taking things easy has been key to Canadian singer/songwriter Mac Demarco's success. By slowing down some power pop he'd been writing at the turn of the decade, he chanced upon an innate gift for beatific indie pop and sparkling soft-rock hooks. He'll often nudge his music off-kilter with psychedelic flourishes and tongue-in-cheek lyricism but, delivered in his warm, dazed croon, these gorgeous songs house plenty of emotional depth.

In a single song, Mitski can assemble an entire exotic world from an array of emotions and sounds. Her self-released 2012 debut, <I>Lush</I>, revealed such nuanced playing on tracks like "Liquid Smooth," in which her provocative poetics and trills dance across classical piano—reminiscent of a young Fiona Apple. With each successive album she's pushed her tales of love, loneliness, and cultural clashes in multiple directions. In the process, she's proven to be just as enchanting in a buzz of cathartic indie rock with "Your Best American Girl" as she is sashaying through disco-flavored pop on "Nobody."

“Hey Siri, play the Dinner Party playlist.”

A long walk can do wonders for the soul, prompting introspection, contemplation—and then some clarity. And wherever you choose to amble this winter—whether in atmospheric, frost-coated forests or along quiet streets in your neighborhood—let this playlist be your companion. With laidback and romantic tracks by indie artists and songwriters from across the generations, these songs have been selected to help transform the long winter months into a time of thoughtfulness and reflection.