Apparently, tomorrow is something called “Val-en’tynés” day—is that spelt right? I’ve never heard of it, but I’ve been told it’s quite popular; I dunno, there's something about swimming in February that doesn’t sound right to me.

Anyway, in honour of this swim meet, Jesse over at Under the Dog is graciously hosting a bevy of tunes, so here’s a three-sided mix.

A handy gizmo for my Firefox brethren, and m3u for you streamers.

Side A

Travis Morrison - What’s Your Fantasy 3:29

Polyphonic Spree - Section 22 [Running Away] 3:33

Cut Off Your Hands - Oh Girl 3:26

The Dismemerment Plan - The Face of the Earth 4:46

Bat for Lashes - Im on Fire (Springsteen Cover) 3:15

Side B

The Joykiller - Brainless 2:41

Bauhaus - The Passion of Love 3:54

The Coup - Baby Let’s Have a Baby... 4:24

Pixes - La La Love You 2:44

The Damned - Love Song 2:22

Side C

Jane’s Addiction - I Would for You 3:52

King Missile - The Miracle of Childbirth 4:20

Common - The Light 4:24

Tress MacNeille - Thank You 0:07

The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together 3:04

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Love Lost Frog

‘‘ So, I thought I'd try something a little less robotic…

Presenting an “Oh Penny Record” — The first in a series of tracklists honouring netlabels. Which means, every track is available for free under the following Creative Commons Licence.

OPR001 is dedicated to Tokyo-based Lost Frog Productions—hence the unimaginative title, Love Lost Frog—and contains 15 tracks from 10 releases. If something in particular soothes your ears, then head over to their beautifully crafted website for full package downloads.

≡ Oh Penny Record: Love Lost Frog

Download entire 64MB mix (above), stream track by track (m3u) or download mp3s individually courtesy of Internet Archive (below).