Living alone for the first time, in and out of depressive episodes, doomscrolling through the news and feeling crushed by powerlessness — this album feels like a hug, a warm blanket, someone to talk to.
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for fans of dream pop – this album is so beautiful but so depressing so I can’t listen to it often 😅 it reminds me a lot of a time when I felt super lonely and isolated but I think it makes me reflect on how much has changed for the better too. but anyway I just think the songs are good :)
Mar 22, 2025
good for wallowing but also this song makes me feel like everything’s gonna be ok
May 20, 2025
While the song is mostly about interpersonal relationships, adulthood, spiritual uncertainty and the inevitable suffering that comes with being in a relationship, I think about the lines "our disease is the same one as the trees, unaware that they've been living in a forest" a lot... but in a different context.
So, storytime:
I moved to London in September last year to study for my Master's degree. I came here alone without any friends or family.
I am usually very introverted irl. I spend most of my time reading books and listening to music all day instead of going to random pubs and talking to people for no reason.
The art of social-skydiving scares me and I find it very hard to approach and talk to people even if it's just telling the stranger sat next to me on the bus that I like their earrings. Since I spend most of my time indoors by myself, I haven't been able to make a lot of friends. Only maybe two people that I can think of and that I can trust my life with but we don't really hang out with each other cause they have very busy lives of their own and live far away from each other.
Having lived in random small towns in India for most of my life, I'm used to an environment where life is slow, everyone knows each other's names and have a stronger sense of community. I even walk very slowly and daydream quite a bit and I’m the type to stop and smell the roses kind.
A friend of mine told me before I moved here that people often feel the loneliest in the biggest of cities and I think that is somewhat true. Everything and everyone moves so quickly here. Everyone seems to be in a constant rush, trying to get into the nearest tube carriage before the doors close, go to their next business meeting or hurry to buy groceries. Moving here alone and spending most of my time studying indoors, loneliness and social isolation hit me like a brick in my face in a way I wasn't prepared for.
That's why I'm so grateful I found this website earlier this year where I got to meet and connect with so many beautiful and amazing people like mouse tiff marxinista r1ana caffy and dagny irl.
The song lyrics remind me that while all of us are here, existing and breathing the same air, we sometimes feel super-isolated and lonely and not able to really connect with people on a deeper, more meaningful level but we're all on our own individual journeys living, learning and growing together whilst being completely unaware of the suffering of the person right next to us might be going through.
Be kind to people y'all 🫶
Dec 21, 2024
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My favorite band of all time is The National. In 2022 I preordered a book about the making of their album Boxer and this felt bookmark came for free with it! This all happened at a time where i needed that album and band like never before.
The bookmark is so soft and feels so nice in my hands. It’s been with me all over the world and helps me keep track of the *primary* book I’m reading, as I’m somewhat of a slow and scatterbrained reader.
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I’ve been listening to a lot of Slaughter Beach, Dog recently. They are a great band, if you haven’t heard of them. They do a lot of spoken word songs which I find incredibly interesting and cool and I’m kind of obsessed with. I’m impressed by the bravery of essentially setting a poem to music. It feels incredibly vulnerable — sometimes I don’t know if I’m cringing or if what I’m listening to is just breaking down some sort of wall between listener and artist that makes me a bit uncomfortable. I’m not even sure if what I’m listening to is “good”. It’s noteveryone’s cup of tea, for sure, but it certainly is mine :)
I’m wondering if any of you guys feel this way about something?
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