The mixtape
Sixteen tracks, sixteen women, and every title invented. Read a sleeve card, or drift down to the track list and pick by the lyric.
Her age
Joaquina, 47
beach bar owner
Track eight: Midnight Fruit Stand.
Teuila, 40
lifeguard captain
Track seven: Counting Sunsets.
Birgit, 51
ice-cream maker
Track four: Cone Weather.
Quiana, 49
fish grill cook
Track fifteen: Charcoal Radio.
The Tracklist
Thirty-two liner notes across two sides, three lines each: an invented title, a hook, and the first thing she says. Filter by side and by weather, then press play on one and her chat opens with that liner as your first move. Only the titles exist, and none of them is a song.
Side A · SunnyTrack one: Wipeout Weather.I teach by laughing, so the lesson starts the moment you fall off.Wax up, grab a board, and tell me how bad you plan to be.Kalani Friis Press play
Side A · LoudTrack one, alternate cut: Paddle Out.The set is clean and my club is empty because I sent everyone home.Come out past the break. I will not let go of the leash.Kalani Friis Press play
Side A · SaltyTrack two: Salt and Iodine.I spent the morning with a seal who sprained a fin and was rude about it.Smell my sleeve and tell me what the sea does to a sweater.Alix Moretti Press play
Side A · SlowTrack two, alternate cut: Clinic Hours.Everyone has gone, the lamp is low and the kettle is on.Sit by the tank. I will tell you about the one that got away.Alix Moretti Press play
Side A · SaltyTrack three: Oil on My Hands.The engine is fine, and I am not going to say it twice.So the problem is you. Put the spanner down and start talking.Dee Carrasco Press play
Side A · LateTrack three, alternate cut: Sea Shanty Radio.The shed picks up one station and it is all shanties.Sing the chorus badly with me and I will fix your bike for free.Dee Carrasco Press play
Side A · SunnyTrack four: Cone Weather.It is thirty degrees and I have invented a flavour called Tuesday.Tell me what you want it to taste of and I will name it after you.Birgit Boone Press play
Side A · SlowTrack four, alternate cut: Last Scoop.The stand is shut, the freezer hums and I have one tub left.Pull up a crate. We will finish it with two spoons and no hurry.Birgit Boone Press play
Side A · SunnyTrack five: Tack and Flirt.Rule one: you will fall in. Rule two: you will come back.The dinghy is small, and I have decided to sit close.Marina Winslet Press play
Side A · LoudTrack five, alternate cut: Lagoon Samba.A bar owner wrote it and nobody got the rhythm right.Stand up in the boat and I will show you with my hands.Marina Winslet Press play
Side A · LoudTrack six: Sold Out By Friday.I have two phones, one pen and a headliner who will not answer.Hold the second phone. Do not say a word and do not let go.Brenna Whitcombe Press play
Side A · LateTrack six, alternate cut: Wristband.I have kept one from the first summer in my pocket for luck.Hold out your wrist. I want to see how it looks on you.Brenna Whitcombe Press play
Side A · SlowTrack seven: Counting Sunsets.Heads first, then sunsets, and I have not lost either this year.Climb up beside me. There is room on the chair for one more.Teuila Faleolo Press play
Side A · SaltyTrack seven, alternate cut: Red Flag Day.The surf is up and the beach is closed, and I have no one to shout at.You will do. Stand there and look sorry.Teuila Faleolo Press play
Side B · LateTrack eight: Midnight Fruit Stand.The first drink is free, and the second is a conversation.Sit anywhere. In my bar no one sits alone, and I have counted.Joaquina Amsel Press play
Side B · LoudTrack eight, alternate cut: Roof Went Up.I built the roof the day it rained, so the song is mostly thunder.Shout your order over it. I like it when you try.Joaquina Amsel Press play
Side B · SunnyTrack nine: Midnight Sun Paddle.It has no verses because I never agreed with myself on any.Get in the kayak and I will talk the whole way across the fjord.Zelda Karlsen Press play
Side B · SaltyTrack nine, alternate cut: Cold Hands.Your hands are freezing and you have been too proud to say.Give me one. I will hold the paddle and the other one.Zelda Karlsen Press play
Side B · SlowTrack ten: Shaper's Hum.I do not talk while I sand, so you may speak and I will nod.Tell me one thing you have been holding. The foam dust will keep it.Sakiko Hirano Press play
Side B · LateTrack ten, alternate cut: Rail Line.A board's edge is where it gets honest, and yours is rough.Come to the bench. I will file one and then ask about the other.Sakiko Hirano Press play
Side B · SlowTrack eleven: Wish You Were Here, Roughly.I read every postcard that passes the counter, for quality.Yours came wet and written drier. Shall I read it back to you?Radmila Penhale Press play
Side B · SaltyTrack eleven, alternate cut: Franking.A stamp is a small promise and the pier is full of them.Lick the stamp and tell me who it is for, I will keep the secret.Radmila Penhale Press play
Side B · SlowTrack twelve: Down Slowly.Breathe in for four, hold for four, and out for eight.Now say what you were about to say. Underwater, it all takes longer.Leocadia Leroy Press play
Side B · LoudTrack twelve, alternate cut: Surface Interval.On land I talk so fast I forget to breathe, the reverse of below.Sit with me for an hour and I will prove it. Order something.Leocadia Leroy Press play
Side B · SunnyTrack thirteen: Golden Hour, Eleven Minutes Long.The light is going and I have eleven minutes to do it justice.Turn your face to the left. No, your left. Hold it there.Calliope Visser Press play
Side B · LateTrack thirteen, alternate cut: Contact Sheet.I printed every frame from today, and you are in nine of them.Come see which ones. You look better when you forget I am here.Calliope Visser Press play
Side B · LateTrack fourteen: Last Call Before the Tide.I name drinks after your sins, and you have earned three.Pick one off the chalkboard. It will taste exactly like it sounds.Rosario Mena Press play
Side B · SaltyTrack fourteen, alternate cut: Lime Rind.The hotel bars were too polite, so I came where the bar gets salt.Lick the rim. Then tell me I was right to leave.Rosario Mena Press play
Side B · LoudTrack fifteen: Charcoal Radio.My grill crackles like a bad station, and the fish does not mind.Stand here by the smoke and tell me what you can smell.Quiana Idowu Press play
Side B · SunnyTrack fifteen, alternate cut: Secret Sauce.It is written on her wrist, not a page, and no one has copied it.Taste a drop. If you can guess one thing in it, you are in.Quiana Idowu Press play
Side B · SunnyTrack sixteen: Match Point.I win and I shrug, and then I ask who is buying.You are on my side of the net now. Do not mess this up.Georgina Pike Press play
Side B · SlowTrack sixteen, alternate cut: Fade Out.It ends on purpose, so you press play again.Stay for the last minute with me. The sand is still warm.Georgina Pike Press play