25 mixes with tracks by “Dead+Heart+Bloom”

I just want to lie here in this dead grass staring at the pale sky holding tight to the promise that summer is just around the corner. It's such a beautiful day yet it is tinged with the bittersweet possibility of tomorrow's cruel coldness. This is the cool hand on a fevered brow and the burn after a shot of liquor on a chilly night.

hey april

A writer friend of mine asked me to compile a mix of "sad songs" that I used to listen to in order to fuel sorrowful writing. Here are 30 (somewhat older) songs about loss, heartache, broken friendships, and unrequited love.

Title says it all. For when you just can't let go. Seventeen tracks including music by Jets Overhead, Third Eye Blind, and Attention.

Sixteen tracks including music by Josh Garrels, Jill Andrews, and Emilíana Torrini.

Photo by Fanny Mattila: http://fannyelina.blogg.se/

Eight tracks including music by Bright Eyes, Dead Heart Bloom, and Eels.

...at some point we all come to a fork in the road...embrace it.

Nine tracks including music by Dead Heart Bloom, Drink Up Buttercup and Jennifer O'Connor.

A story that could be true.

You know, when you just want to think about nothing and everything all at once.

Eight tracks including music by Amity in Fame, Barnaby Jones and Dead Heart Bloom.

lykke li, red house painters, local natives, etc.