The Atlas of Sad Music


This drawer hides a battered chest of records, its brass clasp loose, the wood smelling faintly of mildew and smoke. Inside: cassettes with spooled ribbons, playlists scribbled on napkins, a map where each city is marked not by landmarks but by the songs once played there.

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Songs That Make Me Question My Existence

If I Go, I'm Goin
Harlem River

Days And Moons

In My Life (Remastered 2009)

What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

Fear And Loathing

Lauren
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen
American Pie

How Far I'll Go

The Death Of Dora Hand

Maybe You're The Reason

All My Tears

Winter Flower (feat. RM)
La Dispute - a Broken Jar
La Dispute - a Letter

La Dispute - All Our Bruised Bodies and the Whole Heart Shrinks

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie
Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
Boogie Belgique - Every Time
SOKO ::  First Love Never Die


Songs When The Heart Is Blue


Obvious Story

Sad Pain
Warm On A Cold Night

Crying Over You ◐ (feat. RM & BEKA)

The Night We Met

Back To Autumn

By Your Side

Saw You In A Dream

Somebody Already Broke My Heart
Song For Zula

Y Si Fuera Ella - Jonghyun
Lisa Lisa - Yishai Levi


An Incomplete List of Songs I Love That You Probably Hate


Before We Begin
Transformation
Valerie
Dear Mr. President (feat. Indigo Girls)

Back To Life

Black Velvet Band
Carrickfergus
Blackberry Stone

Black Water Lilies
Heartleap (Album)
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Album)
Lookaftering (Album)
The Mysterious Song

FKA twigs - cellophane
Sevdaliza -- Human 


Songs for train windows

Songs for rain-heavy evenings
Songs for kitchens after bad news
Songs for cities I have never been to but somehow miss/grieve
Songs for passing fields
Songs for empty bus stops
Songs for rooms that still remember
Songs for the hour after midnight
Songs for letters never sent
Songs for returning to a changed place
Songs for the weather inside the body
Songs for leaving without closure
Songs for mornings that arrive too soon
Songs for nostalgia without a homeland
Songs for days that refuse to begin
Songs for stairwells and long descents
Songs for Rooms Lit by One Lamp
Songs for Windows Open to Distant Traffic
Songs for Sleeplessness Without Drama
Songs for Missing Someone Improperly
Songs for Things That Ended Without Ending
Songs for Returning Home Estranged
Songs for The Last Seat on the Bus
Songs for Grey Afternoons That Refuse to Move
Songs for Half-Packed Suitcases
Songs for Quiet Panic
Songs for Watching Weather Change from Indoors
Songs for Unsent Replies
Songs for Tenderness Arriving Too Late
Songs for Being Left with the Cup
Songs for Public Places That Invite Private Grief
Songs for Hunger That Is Not About Food
Songs for Roads Out of Town
Songs for Standing in the Kitchen at 2 A.M.
Songs for Remembering the Wrong Person Kindly
Songs for the Body on Difficult Days
Songs for Cities That Only Exist in Imagination
Songs for the Strange Peace After Crying
Songs for Waiting Without Belief
Songs for the Hour Before Rain
Northern Songs
Songs from the Province of Delay
Songs from the Border of Resignation
Songs from the Republic of Sleeplessness
Songs from a Country Made of Fog
Songs from the District of Almost
Songs from the Interior
Songs from the Edge of Departure

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drawer number four — letters never sent
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drawer number five — images i kept for no reason
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drawer number six — phrases found in old drafts

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