It’s been a long time since I listened to music at work for a steady length of time. At my last office jobs – 20 years ago – I’d pop one CD after another into my PC and bang on my keyboard like a data-entry demon. Three years into this job, I feel established enough to revisit the habit. The lists below represent two and a half hours of shuffle play. As an Apple Music subscriber, I’ve been rebuilding out my library. Some of these are deeply personal; the algorithm seems to get it. This is a very “me” set list.
- Belly, “Starryeyed”
- Once A Pawn, “Subtle”
- Autolux, “Turnstile Blues”
- UUVVWWZ, “Neolaño”
- Lucy Dacus, “Green Eyes, Red Face”
- Lucy Dacus, “Home Again”
- Mercy Rule, “Sky”
- See Through Dresses, “Johnny”
- Beyoncé, “DAUGHTER”
- Black Belt Eagle Scout, “Salmon Stinta”
- Hand Habits, “No Difference”
- Hand Habits, “are you serious?”
- Better Oblivion Community Center, “Forest Lawn”
- UUVVWWZ, “No Apart”
- Lucy Dacus, “Thumbs”
- Belly, “Untitled and Unsung”
- RM, “seoul” (produced by HONNE)
- Julien Baker, “Shadowboxing”
- Hand Habits, “Just to Hear You” (featuring Perfume Genius)
- Lala Lala and Finom, “Photo Photo”
- Kill County, “All That Remains”
- Adrianne Lenker, “Candleflame”
- Big Thief, “Magic Dealer”
- The Mynabirds, “Disarm”
- Big Thief, “Contact”
- Mercy Rule, “Rules”
- The Mynabirds, “Karma Debt”
- Belly, “Stars Align”
- Mon Laferte, “Autopoética”
- CLOSENESS, “Personality Therapy”
- Linda Martell, “Old Letter Song” (Remastered 2022)
- Lucy Dacus, “Strange Torpedo”
- Black Belt Eagle Scout, “Treeline”
- Mon Laferte, “Levítico 20:9”
- Black Belt Eagle Scout, “My Blood Runs Through This Land”
- boygenius, “Cool About It”
- Saving Fiona, “Think Fast” (Must-see student project video at the link.)