Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week, we have a collection of songs put together by Toronto, Ontario based artist Kenny Boothby of Little Kid.

You don’t have to sift far in our small music world before coming across Little Kid’s latest record A Million Easy Payments. Released earlier this year – their first via Orindal Records – Payments resonate with such ease, mirroring that of which passes us by everyday and reflecting on the moments often lost and forgotten. As an interchangeable and collaborative unit, Little Kid builds out from their textured and uncompromising folk stylings, beautifully capturing that triumphant feeling of making it through another rough day while still looking forward to the next. To accompany his playlist, Kenny shared a blurb about how these songs came together;

For the past three summers, I’ve been able to spend a few days completely alone on a solo camping trip. Nothing too impressive – I set up a tent and make a fire in a provincial park, with a cooler full of beer and hot dogs in my car – but the solid dose of alone time is so healing. I’ve found camping has a therapeutic aspect for me, in the sense that my only goal each day is to think about what I want or need to do in any given moment, and then do it for myself (this is helpful because as a teacher I spend most of my days monitoring and responding to other people’s needs and wants).

I also listen to a lot of music on these trips. I thought it’d be fun to make a playlist of the stuff I have come back to the most over these past few summers. Neil Young and Florist each show up twice on the playlist because those are the two artists I tend to spend the most time with on these trips. Nothing beats Neil and a beer, and those last couple Florist albums have an unparalleled quiet to them that fits so well when you’re surrounded by forest. Hopefully these songs can help someone else find a little peace and calm during these last few weeks of summer.