Telegraph Hill Mixtape

Sidetrack mixtape

Telegraph Hill is the quiet romance of south-east London: two parks, a long view, and the feeling you’ve slipped out of the city without leaving it. This mixtape is for Upper Park benches, sticky fingers, and that last wash of light over the skyline when the day goes honey-coloured. Local, a little flushed, slightly in love with the neighbourhood — press play and walk slower.

Tracklist

1. The Only Living Boy in New York — Simon & Garfunkel For that first sit-down when London feels far away and the skyline softens.
2. Northern Sky — Nick Drake Gentle enough for the breeze through the plane trees; big enough for the view.
3. Fade Into You — Mazzy Star When the light goes peach and everyone speaks a little quieter.
4. Dreams — Fleetwood Mac Soft-serve weather, bare legs, and a skyline that pretends it’s a painting.
5. Holocene — Bon Iver Tiny human, huge city, perfect hill — the emotional zoom-out.
6. Pink + White — Frank Ocean Warm air, warm colours, that “we could stay another hour” feeling.
7. Motion Picture Soundtrack — Radiohead For the walk home when the park empties and the streetlights wake up.
8. Skinny Love — Bon Iver Slightly aching, very pretty — Telegraph Hill after the ice cream.
9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out — The Smiths Because some evenings on this hill feel like a private film.
10. Daylight — Taylor Swift Closing credits: city below, soft evening, already planning to come back.

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