While I miss the good old days of scouring the internet to find music, I must admit that I do enjoy having Spotify deliver a custom list of tunes every week. Spotify nailed my Discover Weekly this week with “I Wanna Take You Away Now” by Norwegian indie pop duo, Alfred Hall.

I discovered this tune on the heels of a weekend trip to Galicia. It was one of those perfectly chill weekends thanks to a shared “go with the flow” attitude. I feel like that sentiment is well represented by both the music and lyrics here.

Dark days, they always pass
Shine some light upon my face
I want to wake up
I can’t sit here alone
Afraid to do the things I used to
What is going on?
Somewhere somebody’s hoping
To put an end to all the fun tomfooleries
I know they can’t destroy it
Though delusions somehow manage to live on

I wanna take you away now
We can just leave tonight
I wanna take you away now
Nothing could be more right
Do as we like, do as we like
Have a good time

Dark clouds, they always pass
Still I go around thinking how they might not
Somewhere down the line
This will only be a sad distant memory

I feel slightly forlorn that the trip that I had been looking forward to is now over but I appreciate the little reminder that dark clouds always pass and will plan another trip to “do as I like.”

Alfred Hall has plenty of other chill dream-pop tunes that were made to go with the flow. “Foreign Coast” and “Since I Saw You” are two that will undoubtedly be stuck in heavy rotation for a while.