My family’s road trip to the North Carolina mountains gave us plenty of time for music. We had 22 hours of drive-time for the round trip, plus another 12 or so driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway and through Asheville and its surrounding areas.

To prepare us for these many hours in the car, each family member contributed to a master playlist which we played on shuffle. The playlist totaled around 26 hours, so we had few repeats over the course of the week. It also provided the endless excitement of guessing whose song would play next each time the current song ended.

Over the course of this trip, I realized that my two daughters have gotten very good at discovering new songs and bands. I wish I’d had access to a vast library of free music when I was their age. I’d probably be an even bigger music fan than I am now.

Over the next month, I’ll feature some of the songs my daughters added to our family’s Asheville playlist.

First, two weeks worth of songs picked by my younger daughter, Fiona, starting with today’s selection by Neon Trees.

Neon Trees is a Utah-based band whose first studio release came out in 2010. Like many of the songs Fiona likes, this is alternative pop with a killer chorus. Unlike most of her picks, this one had some chart success, reaching #13 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It was also performed on Glee, where Fiona first heard it.