This Is So Great I Had To Share It With You 6-pack"

Via the ever amazing Sam at Exploding Dog, this illustration is titled "This Is So Great I Had to Share It With You".

These are orange-bursty sunshiney must share tunes for your your August summer days. Apologies to those in the upper coastal regions for their brutal weather lately, but fill up your kids pool and dip your legs in, then turn up the boombox. (They still make those right?)

I can't recommend the "Warm Heart of Africa" highly enough.

DOWNLOAD: This Is So Great I Had to Share It With You 6-pack.zip

Tracks

"It's the Sun (slow version)" - The Polyphonic Spree
It's a bootleg, so sorry about the blown out trumpet, but really try not to smile: "hey now, it's the sun, and it makes me smile, ba-da-da-ba-da, ba-da-da-ba-da".

"Warm Heart of Africa" - The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya&Radioclit) f. Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend
The longest artist title in the history of w(h)hc brings you this slice of afro-pop genius. Hints of Wyclef Jean and 80s Caribbean steel drums abound. No matter what the heat, you and your friends and your friends' hyenas will build up a sweat dancing.

"Seasun" - Delorean
It's just past sunrise. You're in your Delorean and driving towards the ocean. You put this on, hit the afterburners and drive so fast that you reverse time and get to the beach 15 minutes before you left, just in time to see the sunrise again.

"Things Will Never Be the Same Again" - jj
Synthy and afro-poppy. Time to get your feet back in the kiddy pool and laugh from heat exhaustion while you refill with PBR, Rainier & Tecate. (The Most Interesting Man in the World is going to wait til things cool down before coming out, thankyouverymuch).

"Swimming Suit" - Vetiver
Musically, it doesn't quite fit in here - it's a folky, banjo-plucked mid-tempo strummer. This one goes out to Sobier & Hart for buying me the green striped Parisian style swim trunks a few summers ago. Still going strong.

"Nice Day for Ducks" - Lemon Jelly
Because it is one.

"I'm Free" - Soup Dragons
It's summer time. You're free, to do what you want, any old time. Love who you want and hold who you want, just share the summer sensation with someone.