So I’ve always noticed when I’m as down as I can get, I find comfort is music that most people find super depressing all the way to unbearably depressing. Like slit-your-wrists depressing. Songs you’d expect to find someone hanging from a noose in their home on repeat to. These kinds of songs bring comfort because they make me feel like, ok, I’m not so alone with this shit.
And for context, really happy songs just seem the saddest, most devastating songs that there are, because you don’t have that, you don’t have that happiness, love, support, that glimmer of light everyone’s so happy about you know?
So gimme the saddest songs you can think of. I’m wearing Joy Division out.
Some other music/songs I’ve been listening to: Ren - Hi Ren (and some others of his), Elliott Smith, Micah P. Hinson, Portishead, Swans, Lykke Li - I Never Learn, Interpol, Chelsea Wolfe, Elton John - Rocketman, Matt Elliott, Savages - Adore
I have been preparing my entire life for this moment!
Daughter - Shallows
Placebo - Follow The Cops Back Home
Lanterns on the Lake - Another Tale From Another English Town
Amanda Palmer - Trout Heart Replica
Joni Mitchell - The Magdelene Laundries (cw: abuse - if you’re not looking for that sad try Come in From The Cold)
Secret Machines - 1000 Seconds
Silversun Pickups - Circadian Rhythm
Mogwai - Killing All The Flies
Porcupine Tree - Heart Attack in a Layby
Death Cab For Cutie - What Sarah Said
Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
Tusks - Dissolve
The Flaming Lips - Mr Ambulance Driver
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Manchester Orchestra - I Know How To Speak
The Midnight - Brooklyn (not to be confused with “Brooklyn. Friday. Love” which is the exact opposite end of the emotional spectrum)