Spent a lot of last night finishing off / packaging a mixtape I made for a friends birthday. I very quickly came up with the idea of using Mogwai – Punk Rock as an opening track and then calling it “This is our Punk Rock”. Not a hugely original or interesting idea I agree, but it definitely got me quite a way to making one of the most intentionally pretentious mixtapes ever.

I tried my hardest to make it flow reasonably despite being quite varied in style so hopefully there aren’t too many overly jarring transitions. Until quite a distance through it’s creation I kind of forgot that the point was that the intended recipient should enjoy the thing, so a bit of a rehash to add in some more instantly enjoyable tracks led me to this final track listing.

This is our Punk Rock

1. Mogwai – Punk Rock
2. Explosions In The Sky – The Birth And The Death of Day
3. The Mountain Goats – Riches and Wonders
4. Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi
5. My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep
6. M83 – Teen Angst
7. The Postal Service – Clark Gable
8. Efterklang – Step Aside
9. Kevin Shields – Goodbye
10. Patrick Wolf – Wolf Song
11. Los Campesinos! – We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
12. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Hey Paul
13. St. Vincent – Paris Is Burning
14. múm – Dancing Behind my Eyelids
15. Metronomy – My Heart Rate Rapid
16. Portishead – Magic Doors
17. Regina Spektor – Après Moi
18. Avishai Cohen – Elli
19. Radiohead – Life In A Glasshouse