The Passionate Melancholy Playlist

HEARTBREAK AND EXISTENTIAL ANGST FOR THE WIN

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When you’re in the thick of the sad and totally okay with it; when you’re ready to cry through it and own it, you’re gonna need a soundtrack for it. You’re going to want the perfect combination of songs, for your drive to work, shower or bed in the early mornings to elicit a good tear purge. The Punky Moms have collectively compiled a playlist to satisfy all your passionate & melancholy needs. Go ahead and put this playlist on and embrace the sad.

The Variable Stars – Path Through The Woods
Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Boduf Songs – The Rotted Names
Matt Bauer – Silver Orchard
Sigur Rós – Brennisteinn
Wreck and Reference – Modern Asylum
Morrissey – Life Is A Pigsty
Dead Can Dance – Musica Eternal
Kauan – Äidin Laulu
Lustre – Blossom Part 3
VNV Nation – Beloved
Elbow – Great Expectations
Steve Von Till – Night of the Moon
VNV Nation – Illusion
Radiohead – There, There
Neko Case – South Tacoma Way
Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood
Opeth – Burden
Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart
Radiohead – All I Need
The Knife – Heartbeats
The National – Secret Meeting
Grizzly Bear – Knife
Fever Ray – Keep The Streets Empty For Me
Jeremy Enigk – Been Here Before
Pinback – Boo
Elliott Smith – Twilight
Tori Amos – Baker Baker
Joni Mitchell – A Case Of You
Neko Case – Hex
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Ship Song
Elliott Smith – King’s Crossing
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Where the Wild Roses Grow
Roy Orbison – Life Fades Away
Flogging Molly – If I Ever Leave This World Alive

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Amy Ridout Silletto is a dork living in a town full of geeks in the Silicon Valley. She resides with her husband and three year old son, who she refers to collectively as “The Evans”.

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