After taking a brief break over the holidays, A Tender Praise is back and we are pleased to present you our first of several “mix tapes.” A Tender Praise Mix Tape Vol. 1 is creatively entitled “chill” and contains a seamless flowing selection of some of our favorite “chilled out” and ambient songs. This mix is perfect for relaxing on the beach with your ipod or as a nice background soundtrack while you chug away at work. The “mix tape” cycles though an eclectic mix of our favorites and starts and ends with tracks by Deerhunter.

You have two options for listening to the mix. The easiest way is to press the play button before the first song below (”Dr. Glass by Deerhunter”) and the “mix tape” will conveniently play in your browser. You can also download each song by “right clicking” on the song text and saving the linked file. You can then organize the songs in your itunes.

If you like a song on this mix tape, we encourage you to support the artist and go out and buy the album the song is on. Enjoy!!!

MP3: 1. Deerhunter: Dr. Glass

MP3: 2. Yo La Tengo: Green Arrow

MP3: 3. Panda Bear: Search For Delicious

MP3: 4. Atlas Sound: Recent Bedroom

MP3: 5. Burial: Near Dark

MP3: 6. Boards of Canada: Dawn Chorus

MP3: 7. Tim Hecker: Chimeras

MP3: 8. Four Tet: Hands

MP3: 9. The Knife: Na Na Na

MP3: 10. Deerhunter: Heatherwood