Tan Lines: a Soundtrack for Late Summer

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Inspired by K&TG's Summer Madness & Nate Patrin's Stereogum column on the classic:
"At some point soon, daylight’s going to feel precious and scarce, even if it’s still shorts weather. There’s not necessarily a go-to soundtrack for this particular moment - for times when the sun’s going down earlier than you’d like, and daytime 70s recede to evening 50s, zoning out to a good song that sneaks some autumnal wistfulness underneath its effortlessly sunny summer vibe is a solid prescription... and few songs really capture that feeling without words like Kool & The Gang's “Summer Madness,”... It’s an emotionally versatile song — euphoric from one angle, mournful from another, contemplative and deeply alive all at once."

www.stereogum.com/2014699/breaks-with-tradition-summer-madness/franchises/breaks-with-tradition/