i hope y'all like sad songs

Sad songs say so much (or so I am told).

Strange - Galaxie 500 (album: On Fire) Ever been high at the convenience store? I haven't, so this might be the closest I'll ever get. For now, I'll presume it's one of the most magical experiences you can have.

Strange

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How Come - 박혜진 Park Hye Jin (album: How can I) Park Hye Jin's grove-driven beats retain the kind of introspective direction I always appreciate in music. Love feeling like I'm underwater while a stuck record sings above the waves.

How come (official audio)

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ナイトクルージング (Night Crusing) - Fishmans (album: 空中キャンプ) The world's best jam band will forever be Fishmans. This melancholic trip through someone else's automotive dream lives rent-free in my head.

Night Cruising

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Antonio Carlos Jobim - Heatmiser (album: Cop and Speeder) Most people with similar tastes to me know Elliott Smith (my fav artist in high school), but not many have checked out his earlier work with Heatmiser. This song is great, I love the line "don't say you mean it when you know you don't."

Antonio Carlos Jobim

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detonate - charli xcx (album: how i'm feeling now) If my silly song thread is where you discover charli xcx I feel bad for the rock you've been living under, because that rock deserves some bangers! btw don't just listen to brat, she's been making great music for a decade.

Charli XCX - detonate [Official Audio]

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Will Anybody Ever Love Me? - Sufjan Stevens (album: Javelin) The first time I heard this I wept like a baby. Perfectly captures a feeling I was seemingly born with and refuses to depart despite my best efforts. If you've ever felt incapable of being loved, this hopeful tune is for you

Sufjan Stevens - "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?" (Official Music Video)

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Skull - Sebadoh (album: Bakesale) Embarrassing fact: when I first listened to Sebadoh in high school I didn't like it because I thought lo-fi music sounded dumb. Turns out I was WRONG (but this is one of the least lofi Sebadoh tracks 😅).

Sebadoh - Skull

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Quick Canal - Atlas Sound (album: Logos) Another slow burn! Laetitia Sadier voice gets subsumed into an incredible Brandon Cox (Deerhunter fame) structure. It may be long, but damn if this track isn't an easy listen.

Quick Canal (W/ Laetitia Sadier)

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Red Vines - Aimee Mann (album: Bachelor No.2) I don't like licorice that much, but damn I could always go for an Aimee Mann track. Her songwriting is always on point and leaves me with more than enough to contemplate when the last note plays.

Red Vines

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