Article: July 2026 Monthly Chill Songs Pickup
July 2026 Monthly Chill Songs Pickup
July's Monthly Chill Songs Pickup!! is now updated.
Apologies for the delayed announcement, but July's Monthly Chill Songs Pickup!! is now updated, as always at the start of the month.
This month's theme is summer after the rainy season lifts. The playlist moves through arrangements and beats that capture that feeling, crossing genres freely along the way.
This Month’s Playlist
- Tonight, the Night – BONNIE PINK
- I'd Be Lost – Thee Marloes
- Love Yourself – TAKESY
- Slow Sunday – Rebecca Mardal
- Sereno Groove – LoFluent
- We Don't Talk About Nothing No More – Snake City, Mimmi Bangoura
- Motion (2019 Sessions) – YOUR SONG IS GOOD
- Introspection – Resonant Circuits, denada.
- warm sand – J.Kobee, very noise person
- i love me – Joy Rhodes
- Atarashii Yuubokumin – Toshifumi Hinata
- Westside Boulevard – harryfaoki
- Kiss Of Life – Nujabes, Giovanca, Benny Sings
- Sunset Tide (Jazz Arrangement) – Chiais
- Menigheten – Kronstad 23
- Begin Again – Shabason & Krgovich, Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich
- Shirahae – UQiYO, mica bando
- Soft Spot - Acoustic – keshi
- Now That Everything's Been Said – The City
- C'mon People (We're Making It Now) (feat. Liam Gallagher) – Richard Ashcroft, Liam Gallagher
Tags: #pops #soul #chill-hop #guitar-chill #electro #instrumental-rock #new-age #smoothjazz #surfrock #softrock #alternativerock
20 tracks, about an hour, spanning all of the above in a chill mix.
This Month's Highlights
(2) → (3): Straight from Thee Marloes' new album (more on them below) into a near-brand-new single by TAKESY. Both tracks carry the momentum of this month's flow with outstanding quality — about as perfect a chill experience as it gets.
(10) → (11) → (12) → (13): A #soul #new-age #smoothjazz #chillbeat run that opens with a gorgeous chill/soul moment at (10), drifts through an '80s–'90s breeze, and eases into a modern bridge leading to a Nujabes joint track at (13).
This Month’s Featured Artist
Track 02｜Thee Marloes
I'd Be Lost
This month's second pick, also featured last month — Thee Marloes. A three-piece band from Indonesia rooted in '60s–'70s soul, with a lounge-y feel and a mellow, sweet texture that's just right. "I'd Be Lost" has an arrangement made for the beach — pure summer chill.
Their profile (via Spotify) included this line from the album description:
"Rather than explaining those tensions outright, the songs aim to feel them."
That idea — music that lets you feel rather than explain — really resonated with me. And with a Tokyo show coming this September, I'm already looking forward to it.
Give it a listen!
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Written by Chiai Nagano
