Caveat: Not an upbeat, happy-go-lucky summer playlist.

A 21-track mixed bag of up-and-down indie-pop and alternative tunes with a couple remixes to get you through the sultry heat that beleaguers summer.

The demonic dog days are but an unconventional reminder of the notion that too much clarity can also be blinding.

Here's to the disciplined pursuit of balance and insight in intermission, so that we may find what we have come for in the subsequent days.

21 tracks