This Winki's Giveaway: I Could Smell the Weather

This is my first post in 2009 and I’m glad to see it is about a new mixtape. As you might have already known, winter is definitely my season of the year (only if it snows). I could always get along with it pretty well, I can adapt myself to the cold but can never stand the summer heat. Everything about summer, ‘cept holidays and travelling is stinky and greasy while winter is not surprisingly cool: the environment becomes acoustic, the streets are less crowded, people don’t make a lot of noise and the city is more static and calm, and there’s nothing more beautiful than snow and more delightful than the sound of boots on the snowy ground. I didn’t find time to say merry Christmas to all my Christian readers but I guess this new third mixtape of This Winki’s will compensate.

The Mood
This time, unlike the other two mixtapes which dealt hugely on ambient soundscapes and futuristic electronic space music, we have an 11-track collection of mostly acoustic indie folk songs intensely suitable for snowy days and winter chills. I’m happy to have put my favorite Pooy & His Broken Army track (my friend Pooyan Tavasoli’s DIY project) called “A Handful of Lies”, a genuine heartfelt confessional acoustic ballad on failed romance. We also have three wonderful tunes by California Snow Story, Days and The Felice Brothers, Ron Sexsmith, Castanets as well as some other valuable works of indie folk that you might have never heard of. Enjoy the mixtape! Here’s the tracklisting followed by the download link (through the lovely MediaFire):

Tracklisting
01 California Snow Story "Out of Time" (2:43)
02 Days "Simple Thing" (2:18)
03 Pooy & His Broken Army "A Handful of Lies" (3:15)
04 The Felice Brothers "Wonderful Life" (4:02)
05 Blue States "The Last Blast" (4:04)
06 June Madrona "Five Views of Rainier" (3:11)
07 Ron Sexsmith "Hands of Time" (3:16)
08 Tabasco Stockholm "Cashflow" (3:57)
09 Micah P. Hinson "Jackeyed" (3:45)
10 Castanets "This Is the Early Game" (3:12)
11 My Broken Frame "No One" (2:37)

Download
I Could Smell the Weather (.zip 33 MB)

Also see all other free mixtapes.