Here’s a playlist of all the breakup songs from today’s show. I hope you enjoy!
Your DJ/Meal Companion,
Drew
Artist | Song | Album | Record Label | DJ Comments |
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The Shins | Gone for Good | Chutes Too Narrow | Sub Pop | Sometimes you need an anti-love song. |
The Lemonheads | Hannah and Gabi | It's a Shame About Ray | Atlantic | "I'm out wandering around/You're but one thing I've found/I don't mean to bring you down/I'm out wandering around." |
XTC | Another Satellite | Skylarking | Virgin | The album covers a variety of cycles, this one highlights a relationship post-breakup. |
the bird and the bee | Again & Again | the bird and the bee | Blue Note | Haven't we all felt this way? Why do we let this happen again and again? |
First Aid Kit | Fireworks | Ruins | Columbia | Another "again and again and again and again" song. |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Maps | Fever to Tell | Interscope | A more pitiful position--begging someone to stay. |
Lullaby | Unwoman | Circling | An impulsive addition to the playlist, "Maps" reminded me of it. | |
Neko Case | This Tornado Loves You | Middle Cyclone | Anti- | Obsessive, destructive love. This one was inspired by a dream the songwriter had in which it was very literal. |
Yo La Tengo | I'll Be Around | Fade | Matador | A sweet, pretty song. |
Adult Mom | Be Your Own 3am | Momentary Lapse of Happily | Tiny Engines | I love this song. I'm still trying to figure out what the title or the line it pulls from means. |
Gregory and the Hawk | In Fact (Demo Version) | Self-Titled Demo | Some nice, simple instructions. | |
Mitski | First Love/Late Spring | Bury Me At Makeout Creek | Double Double Whammy | "Wild women don't get the blues/But I find that/Lately I've been crying like a/Tall child" |
Mitski | Last Words of a Shooting Star | Bury Me At Makeout Creek | Double Double Whammy | "You learned from movies how love ought to be." |
The Smiths | Girl Afraid | Louder Than Bombs | Rough Trade Records | Hey, who isn't at least a little afraid? |
World Party | Sweet Soul Dream | Goodbye, Jumbo | Ensign Records | What won't we do for love? |
alt-J | Breezeblocks | An Awesome Wave | Infectious | Compare/Contrast: a song about trying to keep your lover by any means necessary (inspired by Where the Wild Things Are). |
Stars | No Better Place | No One Is Lost | Soft Revolution/ATO | Compare/Contrast: a song about kindly informing your lover that they can't leave and shouldn't ever want to. |
Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories | Want You Gone | Portal 2: Songs to Test By | The breakup song of a generation. |