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New summer classics playlist: 15 artists pick sunshine tracks


From road-trip energy to lazy-days vibes, artists including Nia Archives, Joe Goddard, Beabadoobee, Arlo Parks and Lias Saoudi name the best summer tunes of the past decade

Photograph: Ani Liv Kampe, Agnete Hannibal Petri & ML BuchThe songs I listen to in the summer always have this bittersweetness and this eeriness, which gives a fuller, richer experience when you’re lying in the sun. Part of DIY art collective NiNE8, the west London artist released their debut album, Starface – a sci-fi concept record – on Dirty Hit earlier this year. The ideal scenario for the song is: you’re on the tube on the way to meet your mates, and you’re all going to a London day festival, followed by a working men’s club to play pool and do karaoke.

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