sweet treats

so, you know how i tell you just over there to the right of my page that you can call me katie dazzle? i actually have another decidedly sugary nickname - katie cupcake. i adopted this alias when i was working at the jam factory, and luckily for all concerned, i'm actually not too shabby when it comes to baking these delicious mini sweet treats myself.

in fact, i made the best cupcakes just the other day, jam doughnut cupcakes. seriosuly, have you ever seen three consecutive words that looked so good together? while i was whipping up these flavour bombs, i made myself a mixtape of the sweetest songs i could think of, and in an equally sweet gesture i'm going to let these tracks tantalise your eardrums as well. don't forget to brush your teeth x

life is (super) sweet - cara beth satalino

sweet song name, sweet artist name, sweet voice, sweet lyrics, sweet melody. cara beth is just all sorts of licking your lips after eating a cinnamon doughnut sugary goodness.

spoonful of sugar - of montreal

not your mary poppins type of spoonful, but a healthy measure nonetheless of sweet indie-pop courtesy of kevin barnes et al. funnily enough i find the album title this "songle" comes from, horse & elephant eatery (no elephants allowed), kind of crass, weird.

honey honey - feist

listen to the opening strains of feist uh-ahhing in this song, and it's like viscous, golden honey slowly dripping out of your speakers and into your ears. watching the video clip is a slightly different experience - fish bones and gnarled gnome-like elders anyone? but i think it's actually quite beautiful.

sweet dreams, sweet cheeks - los campesinos!

how sweet can a song really be when the lyrics contain the words f**ked and sh*t in the first verse, and said lyrics are sung with an undeniably welsh twang? the violins are pretty cute though. plus i actually use this phrase in real life.

blood sugar love - the real tuesday weld

stephen coates likes to refer to his particular brand of electro-pop as antique beat. cute. in this song he sings about how life is good when you're filled with blood. especially if your blood-sugar levels are quite high i'd imagine. and again with the violins, i'm digging them this week!

syrup & honey - duffy

dudes - this girl is amazing. the sweetest, most soulful voice i've heard in such a long time, especially for a welsh whitey.

it could be sweet - portishead

portishead sing some of the saddest songs i know, but beth gibbons voice is like a lovely, silken ribbon wrapping it's sweet self around and around me everytime i have the pleasure of listening to it.

sugar - wooden birds

the wooden birds are a recent discovery - one of those gems you stumble upon and you don't quite know how or where or why, but what you do know is that the entire album glows from start to finish. get your ears around their debut magnolia as soon you can - super sweet, toothache not included.

sweet november - sarah blasko

what's not sweet about sarah blasko, i mean really? i haven't seen her perform live, but apparently she gets about like a cute little puppet on marionette strings. i wish it was november already.

sweet disposition - the temper trap

the official vid clip to this one is awesome, and you should check it out here. however, the link i've given you above has an extra power punch of sugar crystals set against stills from the upcoming and much hyped flick 500 days of summer. apparently it doesn't turn out as sweetly as you might expect.