Circle Staff Playlist #2: Autumn
Photo by Cora Flynn '26
Song Title & Artist: “Bailey” by Rachel Portman
Recommended by: Emma Denes, Editor-in-Chief
Description: The first track of the soundtrack for the film “A Dog’s Purpose,” this uplifting instrumental piece will put you right in the autumnal spirit. In fact, listen to the entire album while on a scenic drive through fall foliage, and you’ll know what I mean.
Song Title & Artist: “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac
Recommended by: Erin Holton, Co-Managing/Co-Features Editor
Description: Fleetwood Mac has always been one of my favorite bands to listen to in the fall, but this song in particular is my favorite. Perfect for sitting by the river and looking towards the treeline!
Song Title & Artist: “Montezuma” by Fleet Foxes
Recommended by: Andrew Breen, Co-Managing Editor
Description: Fleet Foxes may be the fall season incarnate as a band, full of lushness, melancholy, and beauty; if the autumnal cover art of their first three albums doesn’t convince you that they are the quintessential fall band, then “Montezuma” will.
Song Title& Artist: “I Know The End” by Phoebe Bridgers
Recommended by: Ben Leeds, Co-Campus News Editor
Song Title& Artist: “Delicate” by Taylor Swift
Recommended by: Luke Sassa, Co-Campus News Editor
Description: The introspective nature of this song, along with the sense of uncertainty it provokes, perfectly captures the vibe of the changing seasons.
Song Title & Artist: “Undone (The Sweater Song)” by Weezer
Recommended by: Emma Gaecklein, City/National Editor/Multimedia Assistant
Description: It’s giving angst. It’s giving yearning. Isn’t that what fall is all about?
Song Title & Artist: “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
Recommended by: Jamie Holzmann, Co-Features Editor
Description: In this song, any sort of scenic drive and sunset is enough to make a grown man cry.
Song Title & Artist: “Two Hearts In 3/4 Time” by The Avalanches
Recommended by: Kyle Esoian, Co-Opinion Editor
Description: “Since I Left You” is essentially the godfather of plunderphonics records, and “Two Hearts In 3/4 Time” is a song on it that I've always just associated with fall. It’s light, breezy and gentle. It reminds me of leaves being swept up in the wind.
Song Title & Artist: “Seventeen” by Stone Cold Fox
Recommended by: Cora Flynn, Co-Arts & Culture Editor/Multimedia Assistant
Description: I’ve been obsessed with this song for years. It’s all about moving on as things change, which captures the feeling of fall.
Song Title & Artist: “Can’t Go Back, Baby” by Troye Sivan
Recommended by: Miguel Rojas, Co-Arts & Culture/Copy Editor
Song Title & Artist: “Add Up My Love” by Clairo
Recommended by: Amanda Nessel, Chief of Graphic Design
Song Title & Artist: “Powers” by boygenius
Recommended by: Elizabeth Baumgardner, Photo/Copy Editor
Description: I think it just might be because this EP came out in the fall, but “The Rest” by Boygenius is such a fall EP to me. When the EP was released, I immediately declared “Powers” to be my favorite song on it. I just feel like I’m in this little indie short film that takes place in the fall whenever I listen to it.
Song Title & Artist: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” by Taylor Swift
Recommended by: Lea Papakosmas, Marketing Director/Multimedia Assistant
Description: This is self-explanatory for all my Swifties out there.
Song Title & Artist: “There She Goes” by The La’s
Recommended by: Hannah Tone, Multimedia Director
Description: This song always reminds me of the fall and the start of a new school year — a season of change that brings a sense of nostalgia and warmth. Listening to it on my way to class makes me feel like I’m living in an episode of “Gilmore Girls.
Song Title & Artist: “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” by Jeff Buckley
Recommended by: Isabella Loiacono, Graphic Design Assistant
Description: The beginning of this song will always take me back to the first time I listened to it in the fall of senior year. As depressing as the song is, it’s definitely my fall anthem.
Listen to the full playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.