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Last Active 11-27-20 3:47 am Joined 04-14-17
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| Lethargy
long awaited by nobody, prepared half-assedly, here's another addition to the tentatively dubbed 'emotional list series'. this week: a playlist for when you feel like you wanna overdose on sleep. have a good day. | 1 | | mclusky McLusky Do Dallas
Fuck This Band
probably the most jaded, tired song ever written. the self-awareness of it all is a stapled tongue on the inside of a cheek. or, really, it’s the band putting themselves in the tattered shoes of a ‘hater’ (coincidentally, a word I’m sure they’d hate) and then kicking that person in the face. | 2 | | Fox Academy luxury beverage
Lavender Blood
this thing almost sounds improvised, borne from a rough sketch of chord progressions and disconnected lyrics. once performed, it lazily wafts out some bedroom window left ajar, briefly illuminated as it moves slowly under streetlights. i bet this song – and most of this album – was written on a single Sunday afternoon. | 3 | | Mounika How Are You?
Intro (Thinking)
i gave my homeboy the D and now he's a homebody. | 4 | | Holy Other Held
Love Some1
a paradox: a machine scrambling to save itself from shutting off, as it approaches 0% battery power. | 5 | | Carissa's Wierd Songs About Leaving
Ignorant Piece of Shit
mid-afternoon, tracking vocals at the same time as you're digging the sleep out of your eyes. | 6 | | The National Trouble Will Find Me
This Is The Last Time
two people holding on by the skin of their teeth, I guess, or by a heartstring. Berninger is so tired, so flattened, he’s seeing double. | 7 | | Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
We've All Gone To Sleep
a song for staring at the ceiling to. this wasn’t actually written, it was breathed into existence on a cold morning. | 8 | | Pedro the Lion Control
Options
caught between a rock and a wall of feelings impossible to come to terms with. transience, et cetera. | 9 | | Hymie's Basement Hymie's Basement
American Won/Too
if you're lonely, get a lobotomy. | 10 | | Trespassers William Different Stars
Let You Down
make no mistake, this is a dark, dark song; it’s a black-swansong for an emotional arc, lamenting the effort it takes to keep a fire burning. the plaintive acoustic strums almost seem to succumb to the background ambience as it swirls and swells with violent whimsy. | 11 | | Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You
Who Cares
i like this a lot because it evokes lethargy in a very meta, self-referential way. it’s as though, by the end of the album, Unwound are so exhausted by the whole process that they decide the best way to sign off is to undercut everything they’ve worked towards. like deliberately tripping over the finish line. | 12 | | Swain The Long Dark Blue
Never Clean My Room
this is the perfect song for this list. it was borne out of lethargy. not sadness, not discontent, not anger. lethargy. | 13 | | Bandit Of Life
Of Life
[see review] but also [be patient with this song, it wakes up eventually]. | 14 | | Postblue I Hope They're Praying For Me
Kids Need Jesus
gutterbrained, lonely, and pinned like an insect against a wall of sound. | 15 | | Warpaint Exquisite Corpse
Billie Holliday
by way of hypnosis | 16 | | Julianna Barwick Will
Nebula
dear stranded astronaut, we come bearing gifts. | 17 | | King Krule 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
Easy Easy
this sandwich i bought has been off for a week. | 18 | | Seth Sentry This Was Tomorrow
Strange Lot
every face looks as plain as an empty frame. | 19 | | Q and Not U No Kill No Beep Beep
Kiss Distinctly American
i'd turn the lights off but i can't be bothered getting out of bed and there's a fly buzzing around the place somewhere that i can't find and it is time to take a break from taking a break because i can't form proper sentences anymore but at least the harmonics are nice. | 20 | | The Cure Disintegration
Lullaby
appreciating the good weather from the wrong side of the window. | 21 | | Why? Alopecia
Good Friday
thanks ryus
sendin sexy SMSes to my ex's new man, because i can. | 22 | | Planning for Burial Leaving
Leaving
thanks ephemeraleternity
a slow-moving tessellation of things both alive and not alive, as though accompanied by a time-lapse of a city trampling over a forest. | 23 | | The Beatles Revolver
I'm Only Sleeping
thanks dewinged
the dog-in-a-car-with-the-windows-up conundrum. there is a theme-park in australia called dreamworld but it's not at all as lovely as the one in this song sounds. | 24 | | Elbow Build A Rocket Boys!
The Night Will Always Win
thanks unique
last legs buckle under the weight of the breeze. that steady, single-note progression lays out a subtle foundation, like a metronome that no one is really listening to. the vocal melody is desperate, but the lyrics are submissive -- an interesting dichotomy that succinctly delineates a mind feeling its way around a last resort.
(see unique's description in the comments :]) | 25 | | The Microphones The Glow Pt. 2
Headless Horseman
thanks asleep
fret-buzz as a symbol for dust as a symbol for apathy as a symbol for lethargy. this song is a skeleton crashing on the couch after -- and as a result of -- a hard day at work. | 26 | | Windy and Carl We Will Always Be
Remember
thanks wolfe
one of those records, it seems, where conjectures will always go unanswered by the time it is finished. but (and this is a conjecture in itself) once you realise this, you will find elegance in the unfinished, as though this album is the first ray of gold breaking through the canopy. | 27 | | Bluetile Lounge Lowercase
gm.
thanks chortles
this seems to wander around in the meaninglessness (more like everything-is-futile lounge ha ha [kill me]), running its hands slowly across the walls, feeling for a light switch. there is a sense of patience to the song that feels like it's derived from resignation. bluetile lounge meander around limbo, looking to make the most of their time. | 28 | | Horse Jumper of Love Horse Jumper Of Love
DIRT
thanks conman
chords so tired they collapse onto the ground before they have the chance to resonate. this one takes one drunken step at a time before the matchsticks are forced between the eyelids. | 29 | | Earl Sweatshirt Doris
Chum
thanks ian
i hate shit, i've never been outside. | 30 | | Low Secret Name
Starfire
thanks wren
a somnambulist wearing headphones goes for a walk at 3am. | 32 | | The Jesus Lizard Head
Pastoral
thanks butcher
very very very drunk and very very very very bored. that instrumentation - it lashes out against the tedium like an enfant terrible. pastoral was probably once something quite elegant, but the final product is frayed and torn apart and mixed into shit and dirt and debris. | 33 | | Kevin Morby City Music
Come To Me Now
thanks friv
this song finds an actual corner of the world, then it lies down on the cold hard ground, tucks its knees into its chest and prays it won't wake up. | 34 | | Stone Temple Pilots Core
Creep
thanks rogue
grunge was always this way: disaffected, detached, course to the touch; it broke away from cultural conventions only to sink into its own (gravelly vocals, candid lyricism, et al). and then it couldn't find the energy to make its way back out. | |
verdant
08.20.17 | fitter, happier, more productive
you know the drill, or maybe you don't, but please rec me songs that pair well with hebetude and i will add them with a description. | EphemeralEternity
08.20.17 | provisional judgement: fucking sublime list as usual | verdant
08.20.17 | all the love, you better get your ass back here for a rec when you get the chance though | EphemeralEternity
08.20.17 | planning for burial - leaving | Ryus
08.20.17 | awesome list
uhhh maybe:
why? - good friday
ill probs be back with more | verdant
08.20.17 | AH RYUS EXCELLENT CHOICE HOW COULD I FORGET
THANKS BALLSIE WALLSIES | Ryus
08.20.17 | beat happening - indian summer
galaxie 500 - strange
oneohtrix point never - sleep dealer | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | So do you want sleepy and dreamy songs or ones about sleep, lack of enthusiasm etc.? | verdant
08.20.17 | either/or my friend. i picked a lot of songs that kind of evoke the feeling of being really low on energy, but as long as you don't stray too far from the definition of the word then i'll add it ") | Dewinged
08.20.17 | Beatles - I'm only sleeping.
Sorry, that was an easy one. | verdant
08.20.17 | :~) good pick. | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Elbow - The Night Will Always Win (off of Build a Rocket Boys!)
Naturally I have to start with a song that directly references this sort of state like no other does. A solitude striking, fatigued and desperate song that spekas about that exact state of necessity for sleep. You do not want to, though. There is so much you can be doing right now, but you can't resist. The night will always win. | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | And Also the Trees - Winter Sea (off of Born Into the Waves)
As pretty much everything this band has ever released, this song is also calm, dark and challenges your patience. It reflects taht exact feeling of cold that embraces you on the chilling night. The temperature engulfs your dreams and doesn't let go. Yet the cozy safety of a warm blanket is there to protect you from the wintery nightly mourns. | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Gene - Long Sleeves for the Summer (off of Drawn to the Deep End)
But not only winter sleep has its peculiarities, summer also shares its tender heat caress as you drown in your long overdue endormir. It covers you with pleasant warmth and the dreams you project are much softer, more colourful and full of joy. | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Geneva - The God of Sleep (off of Further)
This is a song about receiving what you craved the whole day. That long awaited sleep that just skipped underneath your eyelids and now it's finally here, you can rest in lively peace and forget the stress of day and let the shades of night carry you into your dreams. But you are a busy person and there are always things to do, but don't you worry about that, give in to the sleep. | verdant
08.20.17 | added one for ya unique, i'll have a look at the other ones too. thanks. | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Rialto - Monday Morning (off of Rialto)
And finally here comes the feeling of despair after you wake up. When you know that there is something the happened yesterday or that foreshadowed a bad happening this very day. You wake up to the storm. | Ryus
08.20.17 | 9 is awesome. i dont know how i havent heard of it until now | danielcardoso
08.20.17 | Sublime list as usual yeah :D | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | If you'll be making a thread about mornings, I've got dibs on Edvard Grieg's Morning composition. | verdant
08.20.17 | yeah ryus Yoni's catalogue has so much depth | verdant
08.20.17 | thanks dan!
someday unique. | AsleepInTheBack
08.20.17 | Gorgeous colourful descriptions as per
The Microphones - Headless Horseman. Sounds complacently sad, quite matter of fact, lethargic in its rootsy tone.
| verdant
08.20.17 | thank you so much ben | Relinquished
08.20.17 | windy and carl - we will always be
nodding off in your uncle's pristine, grand, living room-sized library room | verdant
08.20.17 | any particular song wolfe? | luci
08.20.17 | Mirrorring - Drowning the Call
Collaboration between Grouper and Tiny Vipers. My go-to sleep song, so good that I can't tell you anything about the second half. | Chortles
08.20.17 | Hey this is beautiful u r a special flower
My rec is bluetile lounge - GM | verdant
08.20.17 | you two are A MA ZING.
will add promptly | Chortles
08.20.17 | Description for who cares is o n p o i n t btw :~) | verdant
08.20.17 | thank YOU
also lucid that isn't in the database, can i have another one? because this song is beautiful so far but it's late and i honestly cannot be bothered adding an album to sput right now hahahah. | Conmaniac
08.20.17 | DIRT - Horse Jumper of Love
or any song by Duster tbh... | verdant
08.20.17 | thankyathankyathankya | butcherboy
08.20.17 | Jesus Lizard - Pastoral.. lethargic and beaten, especially considering the rest of that EP, and their music in general.. | Conmaniac
08.20.17 | someone else better suggest Duster tho | Frivolous
08.20.17 | Kevin Morby - Come to Me Now | verdant
08.20.17 | thanks friends i'll get around to these keep them coming plsssss | ianblxdsoe
08.20.17 | Moose Blood - "Gum"
or Earl Sweatshirt - "Chum" | TheWrenKing
08.20.17 | luvly list jack
low - starfire
akron/family - before and again
widdly 2 diddly - summer love
california furniture - diet coke | luci
08.20.17 | It's here: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=94249 | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Did you always accept only one entry from everyone? | Papa Universe
08.20.17 | Looked it up, you really did. | Chortles
08.20.17 | Summer LOVE ILY WREN | RogueNine
08.20.17 | STP - Creep | verdant
08.21.17 | thanks guys, updated. | ianblxdsoe
08.21.17 | SOMETHING SINISTER TO IT | Drifter
08.21.17 | Wait so is this a list to Rec a super duper sad song | Drifter
08.21.17 | If so,
Livingston Taylor - Last Letter | BlushfulHippocrene
08.21.17 | I love this. I'll have to think about a recommendation... | verdant
08.21.17 | that depends drifter, does it evoke feelings of exhaustion/low energy/despondence | Drifter
08.21.17 | It makes me want to die | Dewinged
08.21.17 | Haha nice, thanks Jack | verdant
08.21.17 | no worries manuel!
also if you see this lucid i've tried adding your suggestion three times but it isn't coming up for me i dunno what's up with that i'm sorryryryryryryry | luci
08.21.17 | lol no worries, atleast you enjoyed it 8) | BlushfulHippocrene
08.21.17 | You know what? Let's go with 'Sleep is a Myth' - Owen. There is an attempt to rouse itself in the chorus/outro, but I don't how successful it is. Scratch that, actually, if you've not seen this. 'Tourniquet' is where it's at - Owen. | verdant
08.21.17 | thank you blush, will add soon | Dedes
08.21.17 | Definitely add Suffocation: A Burial by Bell Witch. | Dedes
08.21.17 | Keep up these lists, they are so goddamn fantastic bro. |
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