Fall Music

My favorite season of the year by far is the fall. In my opinion the other three seasons fail in comparison. September and October usher in more change in life than any other season. For seventeen years, Labor Day signaled the end of Summer in Virginia Beach and the return of classes. I was faced with a fresh set of challenges every year. New teachers/professors, new friends/enemies, and sometimes new cities all together. For me, each Autumn represents an opportunity to revamp all aspects of my life. A kind of subliminal reset button if you will. The dropping temperatures and humidity send a charge of energy through the air. My music tastes span a vast horizon of variety but my favorite music has always been heavily influenced by my favorite season. Road Trips are especially pleasant in the fall. Countless times I've traveled to Blacksburg VA for amazing football games and great times with my bros. Driving with the windows down on the hilly highways to a killer soundtrack is always one of the highlights of the trip.

Here are some of my "Fall Albums" in no particular order (except for the first cd)
Hope they might give you some fresh ideas for your next road trip.

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Sigur Rós - Heim
Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Volume I and II
Postal Service - Give Up
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth (and every other album)
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans, Greetings From Michigan
Avett Bros - Mignonette
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Mae - Destination Beautiful
Beirut - The Black Session
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
Promise Ring - Wood/Water
Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Radiohead - Kid A
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Pedro the Lion - It's Hard To Find A Friend

Please share some of your favorite fall road trip albums with us.

Keep Tripping,
Joe