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Last week sosuperperson Sosupersam released a new mixtape beautifully titled We Found Ourselves Lost. Sam cites a Pierre Botardo collage and a, y’know, your standard emotional journey as inspiration for this easy-flowing trip through contemplative sounds.
There’s a lot of me in this, it might not make any sense. I even sing on it at one point. I made this for me as a way to clear my head and my heart, but maybe you’ll like it too.
Keep loving,
S
While I’m not going to speculate on the autobiographical details of Sam’s mix, I will say it got me thinking about those songs that become autobiographical to us (in the rhetorical sense). I was discussing Gotye’s almost too beloved “Somebody That I Used to Know” with somebody that I still know. To her, it was empowering for Kimbra. To me, it evoked the same sort of feeling as Postal Service’s “Nothing Better”. I then launched into a month-long cultivation of the ultimate melancholy playlist to the aftermath of a relationship. The playlist keeps growing and then whittling back down because I add and remove songs when they don’t prove to be perfect enough. Thus far, only two tracks have held their ground.
My mind specifically lingers on two good-riddance relationships as this playlist forms:
But! Enough of this sobering talk. Click on the album art or click here to download Sam’s mix in its entirety. Full tracklist below the cut. Continue reading »
