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25 Indie Wedding Songs

Modern Wedding Posted: June 24, 2014

Looking for something unconventional for your wedding? Consider adding some of these indie wedding songs to your wedding playlist.

Indie rock, or independent music, is widely considered “non-mainstream music”. This style of music has expressive vocals, quirky instruments and poetic lyrics””which means it’s perfect for brides who are looking for something different! Finding and deciding on your wedding songs can be tricky business so we recommend sitting back and just listening to each potential wedding song in it’s entirety. Imagine yourself in the moment with the potential wedding song playing and if it feels right then it probably is!

Here are 25 indie wedding songs that you might consider for your wedding day playlist:

1. Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

2. Yellow – Coldplay

3. We Found Each Other in the Dark – City and Colour

4. This Year’s Love – David Gray

5. Ho Hey “” The Lumineers

6. You and I – Wilco

7. January Wedding “” The Avett Brothers

8. Angel – Ernie Halter

9. Jackson (cover) – Florence & The Machine (Feat. Josh Homme)

10. Waste – Phish

11. We Could Happen – AJ Rafael

12. You Really Got A Hold On Me” (cover) – She & Him

13. Walking on a Dream – Empire of The Sun

14. For You – Sharon Van Etten

15. By Chance (You & I)” – JR Aquino

16. All This and Heaven Too – Florence & The Machine

17. Five Years Time – Noah And The Whale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YCSJpF4g4

18. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) – My Morning Jacket

19. I’ll Follow You – Jon McLaughlin

20. Eyes – Rogue Wave

21. Sea of Love – Cat Power

22. The Luckiest – Ben Folds

23. Ambulance – TV on the Radio

24. Sleepwalking – Modest Mouse

25. Publish My Love – Rogue Wave

For more wedding music ideas visit our wedding songs page and for more indie wedding songs check out  Wedding Songs for the Alternative Bride

Feature Image: Photography by Christine Pobke & Jason Wong

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