From The Vault: M3 Volume 2
[Polar Bear adapted from Threadless]
M3 Volume 2 shares some major similarities with OC Mix 4. I’m really sorry about this, I assure you it was unintentional. Around the time that I began working on V2 I was seriously into The OC, and I had gone on a downloading binge trying to get all the songs from the second season, and in the process of that I discovered a lot of great new songs, a couple of which ended up on M3 Volume 2 and subsequently, OC Mix 4. The mix opens with Bloc Party’s incredible “Little Thoughts”, which at the time was still considered a rarity, as it was excluded from the UK release of Silent Alarm and wasn’t released in the US until Silent Alarm saw a domestic release in late March of that year. Two tracks from OC Mix 4 follow, “Cartwheels” by The Reindeer Section (the side project of Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody), and Flunk’s otherworldly “Play”. Next up are two electro-pop gems, Postal Service b-side “Be Still My Heart”, which would later see release on the We Will Become Silhouettes CD-single, and Imogen Heap’s immaculate “Goodnight and Go”, another track introduced to me by The OC and music supervisor Alex Strapstavas. The album reaches its pinnacle with Phoenix’s “Run Run Run”, before moving through Shins’ b-side “When I Goose-step” and onto Radiohead’s indie classic, “High and Dry”. Ben Fold’s incredible cover of Dre’s “Bitches Ain’t Shit” offers another highlight, before things are closed out with Death Cab’s flawless and beautiful “Blacking Out The Friction”. Though M3 Volume 2 was probably the least well-received of the M3 collection, it’s still a great mix and entirely worth the download.
Download: M3 Volume 2 [follow link]
MP3s:
01. “Little Thoughts” – Bloc Party
02. “Cartwheels” – The Reindeer Section
03. “Play” – Flunk
04. “Be Still My Heart” – Postal Service
05. “Goodnight and Go” – Imogen Heap
06. “Run Run Run” – Phoenix
07. “When I Goose-Step” – The Shins
08. “High and Dry” – Radiohead
09. “Bitches Ain’t Shit” – Ben Folds
10. “Blacking Out The Friction” – Death Cab
April 4th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
oh sure, just steal art from threadless!
April 4th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
hey, can u help me plz, how can I upload files in blogger?
plz reply to:
juan_t226@hotmail.com
THAKS
April 5th, 2006 at 12:02 am
Superkhy, I always credit any designers whose images I use in my covers/artwork, but I got this one up in a rush and forgot. My bad, fixed now.
April 5th, 2006 at 8:33 am
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April 5th, 2006 at 11:23 am
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April 5th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Thanks for the tracks!
April 5th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
the songs are pure lushness, dcfc and TPS
April 5th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
oh I was asking myself about that polar bear too…
nice compilation, good to see Phoenix in there.
April 5th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
So if you truly support the notion of: “all music here is for sampling - if you like the song, support the band, buy the album” - why didn’t you just buy the OC Mix comps instead of going into a “downloading binge”… seems hypcritical to be telling us to “buy the album” when you don’t.
I’m just saying.
R. Iyayay
April 5th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
Anonymous, yes I do “truly support the notion” that all music on this site is for sampling purposes only. I own the vast majority of the albums on my iPod and all of the OC compilations, but what you seem to fail to grasp is that not every song on the OC makes it onto the mixes. In fact, the vast minority of the songs on the OC make it onto the music compilations they put out, as each episode features 4-10 songs and each mix has only 10-15 songs in itself. For example, during my “downloading binge” I came across Phoenix’s “Run Run Run”, which was featured on the show but didn’t make the OC mix cut. Shortly thereafter, I purchased their album and have been enjoying it ever since. Sorry to get you all up in arms, you don’t have to download the songs if you don’t want to.
I’m just sayin’.
April 6th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
alexandra *patsavas.
April 29th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
i mean thats a pretty good mix, even if it is like the oc.
September 18th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Definately your weakest work.
September 19th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
I would put-up some hackneyed quote about the nature of critics, but instead will use another, similarily overused, phrase - everyone’s a critic . . .
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