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If you believe it (what with howling gales, wild waves and belting rain) this month marks our ascent into Spring. And after a horrid winter of despair, disillusion, destruction, death, false prophets and fool’s gold I’d say we’re due a little sunshine and promise. So here it is, the new mix. A delightful double CD bright with new beginnings in celebration of the beautiful and true – past present and future. Hey gods? Let’s pump up the volume on this!

Side A

1. Origin of Love ~ Hedwig and The Angry Inch soundtrack …last time I saw you we had just split in two…
2. Begin Again ~ The Veils  …to feel it all, to feel no pain when I do fall…
3. After The Storm ~ Mumford and Sons  …with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair…
4. (don’t) Tremble ~ Low Anthem …for I am waiting…
5. Above the Bones ~ Mishka  …our hearts open as the endless sky…
6. Cradle Song ~ Shriekback …may you hold to your truth as you walk the dark night of unreason…
7. (I’d Go The) Whole Wide World ~ Wreckless Eric …my mama said to me: there’s only one girl in the world for you…
8. Oxygen ~ Willy Mason …cause we speak in silence every time our eyes meet…
9. No Urgency ~ Eric Himan  …for feelings you show are met with no compromise…
10. All Time High ~ Rita Coolidge …we’re two of a kind, we move as one…
11. We Will Shine Like Gold ~ The Beautiful Girls …love is free and it will find a home…
12. Safer ~ Just Jinger …a heart that warmed to me like no other…
13. Tuesday Morning ~ Everlast  …we’re only separated by a few degrees…
14. (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? ~ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds …I knew you’d find me, ’cause I longed you here…
15. Roll On Arte ~ The Felice Brothers …my arms are strong and that’s where you belong…
16. True Blue ~ Bright Eyes …I don’t know much about you but I like you because…
17. Universal Hall ~ The Waterboys …if high stream of dreams and truth be told…
18. Heart to Heart ~ John Denver …love is everywhere: always safe, always true…
19. Valkyrie Missile ~ Angels and Airwaves … if it’s true then you’ll feel the message …
20. Now We Are Free ~ Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer

 …we wrapped our arms around each other  * trying to shove ourselves back together…

Side B 

1. Can’t Take It In ~ Imogen Heap …weightless in love, unravelling…
2. All My Days ~ Alexi Murdoch …now I see clearly it’s you I’m looking for…
3. At My Most Beautiful ~ REM …I count your eyelashes, secretly…
4. VCR ~ The xx …and you, you just know, you just do…
5. Flower Parts ~ Bob Schneider …a soft touch and an open heart…
6. Thrown Right At Me ~ The Tallest Man on Earth …we live so close that we probably seen the same bird, the same time…
7. All The Wine ~ The National …put together b-b-beautifully…
8. I Do ~ Placebo …this hope that you and I will bloom…
9. Love Song ~ The Cure …you make me feel like I am whole again…
10. The Ancient Common Sense of Things ~ Bishop Allen …book to shelf and foot to shoe and likewise I belong to you…
11. I Like The Way This Is Going ~ Eels …I can only see my love growing…
12. The Passenger ~ The Jolly Boys …everything was made for you and me…
13. Do Ya ~ Neil Nathan …I never seen nothin’ like you…
14. Hotel Yorba ~ The White Stripes …said 39 times that I love you to the beauty I had found…
15. Unison Falling Into Harmony ~ Great Lake Swimmers …is gravity the same for you? or have you fallen deeply too…
16. Home ~ Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros  …holy moley, me oh my: you’re the apple of my eye…
17. If My Heart Was a House ~ Owl City …you’d be home…
18. 2 Bodies 1 Heart ~ Noah and the Whale …only ever hoping I can be there for you…
19. I Really Need Love ~ The Bees …you know that you love me when every step’s a yes…
20. Partner’s H.P. ~ Xavier Rudd …she will come and take your hand and help you understand…

…I think we’re superstars * you say you think we are the best thing…