A new press release from the APA updated the definition of normal psychological well-being to better reflect the realities of life in the 21st century, according to anhedonic sources.
Check out this song by them but feel free to listen to their entire albums. Start with Land Animal, Say So, or You Know What They Mean if you like the above song.
Anyway, Routine by Steven Wilson and Losing It by Rush are two big candidates. Remove all sharp objects from the immediate vicinity before you listen to them.
Actually, forget that. Songs about naval disasters (The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot, At the Harbor by Renaissance, The Wreck of the Hesperus by Procol Harum) are somber in tone but won’t make you feel despondent afterward. They’re like rye bread… a little rough and dark, but hearty and filling and ultimately cleansing in the end.
The entirety of Let It Come Down by Spiritualized. It’s an album all about the apathy, misery, bliss and beauty that accompanies heroin addiction. It’s painfully beautiful music.
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“As the Footsteps Die Out Forever” by Catch 22. Genre is ska punk. It’s about the loss of a family member.
Not at all what I expected on this thread! What a pull
i was nope on the ska but that rules thanks
Hurt, the cover by Johnny Cash
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Rabbit in Your Headlights by Unkle
Something I Can Never Have, NIN
Literally any 16th century nocturne.
tv on the radio - blind
motion picture soundtrack - radiohead
entire discography of godspeed you black emperor but e.g. dead flag blues
pretty much anything grizzly bear did before 2007 but e.g. he hit me
Ben Howard - Esmerelda, anything from Portishead, Red House Painters, Sofa Surfers
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This is art/prog/jazz rock molded to perfection:
https://youtu.be/hCU_lScCpAM?si=6q-LbBsj1imw008_
Check out this song by them but feel free to listen to their entire albums. Start with Land Animal, Say So, or You Know What They Mean if you like the above song.
Anything by Michael Buble.
I’m not lighting a fuse with this, am I? O_O;
Anyway, Routine by Steven Wilson and Losing It by Rush are two big candidates. Remove all sharp objects from the immediate vicinity before you listen to them.
Actually, forget that. Songs about naval disasters (The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot, At the Harbor by Renaissance, The Wreck of the Hesperus by Procol Harum) are somber in tone but won’t make you feel despondent afterward. They’re like rye bread… a little rough and dark, but hearty and filling and ultimately cleansing in the end.
accch! you sound exactly like my dad. reciting every song ever.
Further - VNV Nation
I would also submit the vocal version of Forsaken to this list.
mountain goats, up the wolves
I’m going to need to google this to figure out which part if the song name and which part is the band.
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right-click on selected text
click on search, in firefox you can set it for google or ddg or others i guess
Iron & Wine - “The Trapeze Swinger”
IYKYK
The Myth is Real Let’s Eat - Jello Biafra and Nomeansno
The Beths in general for me lately. I like Expert in a Dying Field, Scilence in Golden, and Knees Deep. But their older stuff are great too.
The entirety of Let It Come Down by Spiritualized. It’s an album all about the apathy, misery, bliss and beauty that accompanies heroin addiction. It’s painfully beautiful music.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GtZbD_Yk3Ys&pp=ygUcdGhpcmQgZXllIGJsaW5kIHNsb3cgbW90aW9uIA%3D%3D
Speedy Ortiz - No below
An Introduction To The Album by The Hotelier
Eliot Smith - Either/Or
https://youtu.be/OADhKjNz8mI?si=NYLMFR14Ma0aSaj3
This album, but specifically the second song if you have to pick only one
https://open.spotify.com/album/4zyz5638QQykrPQcmpcrsa?si=PfRXD90GS2SdSLdGER94OQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4zyz5638QQykrPQcmpcrsa
spotify links don’t travel far