Sound Contours

My mood at the end of an era. This Best Of 2016 mix offers neither the very best songs nor representation for the very best albums of 2016. Instead it condenses some of the year's very best tracks from some of the year's best albums into a cloud of sentiment--a Top 40 mix defined by its vintage, covering the songwriters and producers I like most (plus a few one-offs). Enjoy. Tracklist: Laura Mvula - Bread, Chairlift - Crying in Public, Jenny Hval - Period Piece, Cross Record - Steady Waves, Radiohead - The Numbers, Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞n), Mitski - Your Best American Girl, Suuns - UN-NO, Tobacco - Human Om, Gobby - Mysterioso, Alex Smoke - Dire Need, Nicolas Jaar - Three Sides of Nazareth, David Bowie - Lazarus, Flamingods - Anya, Cloudland Canyon - An Arabesque, Morgan Delt - Don’t Wanna See What’s Happening Outside, Animal Collective - Golden Gal, Danny Brown - Lost, Mark Pritchard - Beautiful People (Feat. Thom Yorke), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Rare Things Grow, James Blake - Choose Me, Bibio - With The Th