{"id":508,"date":"2023-02-18T20:15:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wers.org\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-2-16-staff-pix-217\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:15:18","slug":"2023-2-16-staff-pix-217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/2023-2-16-staff-pix-217\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Pix 2\/17: Milk Date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Milk Crate Staff chose tracks that defined their Valentine\u2019s Day this year, and called it Milk Date! Tune in Fridays 2-3pm to the Staff Pix radio hour. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anya Perel-Arkin<\/h1>\n

Every Other Freckle by alt-J<\/h2>\n

I was going to write about \u201cI Think I\u2019m Going to Kill Myself\u201d by Elton John for this week, but I\u2019d like to take a break from being that cynical misogamist I make myself out to be, even if it\u2019s funny. This week, I\u2019d like to talk about desire. Valentine\u2019s Day is traditionally about romantic love, a topic that I can\u2019t mentally process at this time, so I chose a chest-burning, soul-swallowing, all-consuming song that represents yearning and the desperate urge to be within<\/em> someone. Living inside their lungs, freckling their skin, being every button they press\u2014 it\u2019s creepy, but desperate. I always fall for a song with a Lou Reed reference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amelia Oei<\/h1>\n

Drunk II by Mannequin Pussy<\/h2>\n

Perhaps one of the greatest breakup songs ever, \u201cDrunk II\u201d is the lead single of the Mannequin Pussy\u2019s third album with Epitaph, Patience<\/em>. A passionate, angry, desperately drunk song written to the ex lover of Marisa \u201cMissy\u201d Dabice, the lead singer of Mannequin Pussy. Missy tries to drink to drown out her despair but still is filled with an empty, rageful sadness. In this rage, Missy also reveals a vulnerable part of her psyche and wrestles with her own actions: \u201cAnd everyone says to me \/ \u2018Missy, you\u2019re so strong!\u2019 \/ But what if I don\u2019t want to be?\u201d The frenzy continues and the intensity grows around 3:00 with a passionate guitar solo and Missy\u2019s screaming lyrics: \u201cHalf pitcher down \/ I drink to drown \/ I am alone.\u201d The riffs and melody embody an indescribable rage at the ex lover, at the self, at the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Julia Norkus<\/h1>\n

Our Song by Rainbow Kitten Surprise<\/h2>\n

Not everyone is well qualified to talk about healthy love, but RKS knew what they were talking about when they released \u201cOur Song\u201d in 2020. This anti-love anthem talks about the deterioration of a relationship over time, the toxic energy emanating from the abrupt starts and stops of the band throughout all one minute and 56 seconds. There are fights, there are make-ups, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s terrible and of course you want more because that person is so awful but aren\u2019t they just so pretty when they\u2019re mad, their brown eyes sparkling with rage? Aren\u2019t they so sweet as they cradle you through shuddering sobs that THEY caused by gaslighting you into oblivion? Man, I love<\/em> love! Lyrical genius is exemplified by lines like, \u201cStill got your back even when you break a chair on mine like \/ Shit! Is it Monday night?\u201d which is a silly reference to Monday night wrestling and loving someone even when they turn around and treat you like absolute garbage. People change and we outgrow each other, but at the end of the day, people honestly suck and it\u2019s important to know that there\u2019s more than one way a heart can break. Anyways \u2014 happy belated Valentine\u2019s day!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Karenna Umscheid<\/h1>\n

Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen<\/h2>\n

There are so many Springsteen love songs I could choose – \u201cFire,\u201d \u201cMy Love Will Not Let You Down,\u201d \u201cProve It All Night,\u201d – but something always keeps me coming back to this one. In the last Valentine\u2019s Day staff pix I chose a Fiona Apple track out of angst, but this year I regret to inform you that I\u2019ve honestly been feeling nothing. No catastrophic crushing delusion, no romantic joy or even a small glimmer of any feeling at all – good or bad. I feel love for my friends and family, but in the romantical valentine\u2019s day sense, I\u2019m pretty much empty. I\u2019m also stuck in a constant weekly cycle of overworking myself and laying in bed for hours in exhaustion, as the emergence in springtime in our sweet city of Boston passes me by. To put it simply, Bruce Springsteen just gets me right now. \u201cDancing in the Dark,\u201d in particular, speaks perfectly to my mind-numbing February, my being encompassed only by work and exhaustion, my boredom and desire to feel something, anything more. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Adri Pray<\/h1>\n

Painkiller by Ruel<\/h2>\n

In an almost desperate attempt to be near his person, \u201cPainkiller\u201d details the relief Ruel feels when he\u2019s around, presumably, his ex. Groovy, slow, and intentional, this song captures how it feels to chase after who you know is the right person for you. It\u2019s very \u201cright person, wrong time,\u201d and you can hear how hurt Ruel is singing about this person. An on brand anthem for Valentine\u2019s Day, he\u2019s able to capture his emotions through a heartbeat-like keyboard bass line and synchronous drum beats that allow the song to build to its explosive climax.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shreya Partha<\/h1>\n

ICU by Phoebe Bridgers<\/h2>\n

I have always listened to breakup songs with the presumption that they have to be as depressed as I am \u2014 the beat slow, the voice torn, and the melody dripping with sorrow. Clearly, I hadn\u2019t listened to Phoebe Bridgers before that. \u201cICU\u201d is written about Bridger\u2019s ex-boyfriend\/drummer Marshall Vore, and in an interview with Rolling Stone, she says they \u201cbecame like family to each other, so our breakup was extremely tough. But if this tells you anything about our relationship, we wrote this song together, just like everything else.\u201d This is reflected in the lyrics as well, when she sings \u201cIf you\u2019re a work of art\/ I\u2019m standing too close\/ I can see the brush stroke,\u201d showing her raw admiration for him and the heart-wrenching and often overwhelming feelings that are associated with such a fiery and passionate love. With the lyrics \u201c\u2018Cause I don\u2019t know what I want\/Until I fuck it up,\u201d she shows how possible it is to appreciate the relationship and the memories that have been made and come to terms with the end of it even if it\u2019s in a beautifully tragic way. Love is painful, heated, passionate, and beautiful. It is meant to be clear, but it is equivalently meant to be confusing. \u201cICU\u201d perfectly captures the turbulent waters of love \u2014 and its aftermath \u2014 and does it so inexplicably flawlessly. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Farah Rincon<\/h1>\n

My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker<\/h2>\n

While it is not explicitly stated as one of the five types of love languages, humans have dedicated songs to express their devotion since we discovered how to communicate with one another. Chet Baker’s version of “My Funny Valentine” does exactly that\u2014it communicates with the listener through a musical love letter filled with inside jokes and personalized messages. Some may argue that the song is somewhat backhanded in that it refers to the singer’s “funny” looking valentine, but I believe the message is more profound than it seems. Chet Baker’s tone is smooth and gentle throughout the song, transforming all of these semi-offensive comments about someone’s appearance into a unique way of stating that his lover’s flaws and unique appearance are his “favorite works of art,” perfectly imperfect and completely enticing to him. All of the elements Chet Baker inputs into this classic are what sweep me off my feet each Valentine’s Day, making me reflect on the various ways I’ve loved and been loved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kaitlyn Hardy <\/h1>\n

But I Like You by Say Sue Me<\/h2>\n

\u201cBut I like You\u201d is pure joy and giddiness; it\u2019s the uncontrollable feeling of a love so powerful it feels like it\u2019s bursting through your chest; it\u2019s the euphoric forcefulness of a crush so overwhelming you can\u2019t wait until you sleep so you can dream about them. Especially for us heartless folk out there\u2013 or those of us with exceedingly high standards\u2013 the song captures the feeling of finding someone so perfect it feels too good to be true. If soulmates exist, Say Sue Me proves it. The singer, a self-proclaimed cynic who\u2019s \u201cnothing but full of things I hate\u201d meets someone who leaves her rolling head over heels (\u201cI like you liking me Yet I\u2019m full of things I hate\/\/ I\u2019m full of things I hate\/ But I like you\u201d). Although the lyrics are a bit simplistic, the song\u2019s punchy melody is an unstoppable force driving it through\u2013 it\u2019s seriously addictive. The notes bounce off each other, crafting the bliss the song radiates. Just like the narrator herself. The lyrics may be monotonous, but what\u2019s behind them shines through. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Laila Gilio<\/h1>\n

Ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine<\/h2>\n

Just when you thought Valentine\u2019s day had done enough damage to your psyche, Ms. Lizzy McAlpine released the music video to \u201cCeilings.\u201d So if you thought you were sad before, wait till you watch this one! Yes, it is gut-wrenching, but in the best female, melodramatic, emotional breakdown kind of way, that makes you want to listen and watch it on a never-ending loop. The music video paints the ever-so-painful picture of what it looks like to reminisce on those fleeting moments in a past relationship. She illustrates the early days of her relationship at the beginning of the song, \u201cMy shoes are now full of water\/ Lovely to be rained on with you.\u201d These lyrics suggest the notion that you can be perfectly comfortable being uncomfortable with someone you love. She sings these words in a hauntingly melancholy tone that implies a bittersweet ending to this relationship. However, Lizzy doesn\u2019t reveal this heartbreak until the song’s end, leading you to think that maybe everything will be ok. But with her songs, that\u2019s usually not the status quo. The most impactful part of the story is the ending, \u201cBut it\u2019s not real, and you don\u2019t exist.\u201d McAlpine lets the listener know that the beautiful journey she just took us on with her and her partner came to an unexpected turn, and he wasn\u2019t her partner after all. This partner being the one she described in the song, a sweetened version of the actual partner she had. The music video and song end, bringing us back to the reality of a single person\u2019s valentine\u2019s day with our protagonist. Pretty damaging, to say the least. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Salem Ross<\/h1>\n

Kill You in Bed by George Clanton <\/h2>\n

On Valentine’s day I wrote four poems around 10pm in my dorm while listening to house music. Unlike house music, these poems did not make me want to dance. Love has always been a foreign concept to me. To love someone would be a personal sacrifice. Kill You in Bed is the last track off of George Clanton\u2019s album 100% Electronica. This record has a few\u2026 questionable songs that can be debated if they are about love or not (so is my poetry). The push and shove of wanting someone so bad that it’s embarrassing. The feeling of it is torture and since it’s a new feeling, it leaves you second-guessing what to make of it. The song starts off with what you might think is Oasis\u2019s Champagne Supernova<\/em> with its crashing waves but instead of guitar you hear Clanton\u2019s soft glow of electronic synth made possible by \u201cprofessional\u201d mixing on a \u201cfake Mac Pro and a Fostex Model 80 reel to reel\u201d sounding identical to yearning love songs of the 1980s, even when released in 2015. It is reminiscent of that hollow feeling that any new wave track will give you. Its long draws of each verse stress earnestly that the only way they can describe loving someone is out of frustration and confusion about how new the feeling is to them. While the first half of the song displays wanting to be so close to someone that it kills them,it turns self reflective towards the end. Loving someone can be an internal battle. \u201cI’ll give it all up in time\u201d; I\u2019ll give myself up to you as long as you do the same. Love is a foreign language but realizing its presence can be positive, even if it doesn’t feel like it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matt Kugel<\/h1>\n

Let Me In Your Life by Asha Puthli<\/h2>\n

As the five opening chords arpeggiate and bloom, Asha Puthli\u2019s 1973 cover of \u201cLet Me Into Your Life\u201d quickly asserts itself to be a deep profession of one-sided love that hits the ground running and never lets up on pure beauty the whole way through. Originally a Bill Withers song, Puthli\u2019s rendition was the first song I ever heard by her and I\u2019ve had it on constant repeat ever since. Everything, from the funk-filled bassline to the shimmering keyboard, builds off of each other in a way that makes each part feel essential to the track. It\u2019s a cover that sounds meticulously layered and dense but still manages to keep a certain lushness the whole way through, perfectly complimenting the song\u2019s lyrics. As she sings, Puthli gives us the perspective of someone in a situation just as complex as the various tonal differences in the music. She\u2019s strikingly direct in her plea to an unrequited love, and with lines like \u201cI wasn\u2019t there when she hurt you\/So why must I have to pay?\u201d, the singer paints a picture of pure desperation, having deep feelings for someone who\u2019s unable to reciprocate them because of a past relationship. She\u2019s so <\/em>happy to be in love but is just as saddened by the response she\u2019s met with, and it\u2019s that contradiction (which carries through the whole song) that makes it such a great listen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lily Suckow Ziemer<\/h1>\n

I Want Love by Brenton Wood<\/h2>\n

Around this time of year, I should be a bitter single. Sure, Valentine\u2019s Day is nothing but a capitalist excuse for couples to buy each other gifts and post on their Instagram stories, but I can never fully entrench myself in that mindset. I love Valentine\u2019s Day and the sweet sentiment surrounding it. I just feel like many others; I want to be loved. This is perfectly echoed in Brenton Wood\u2019s \u201cI Want Love.\u201d The song has a sweet exterior, with Wood\u2019s g in entle voice and clear piano keys. But what seems like a classic love song at first, turns into something much more longing. The lyrics are simple, and ones many can relate to: \u201cI want love \/ Gotta have a whole lot of love.\u201d There\u2019s something so honest in the simplicity of it. It isn\u2019t angsty or sad, but instead easy to listen to. Maybe we don\u2019t always need love in the romantic sense, but there\u2019s nothing wrong with wanting it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Will Ingman<\/h1>\n

Mad Girl\u2019s Love Song by Roman Candle<\/h2>\n

A well-written song is a poem set to music. The two art forms are intrinsically different, but historically inseparable, like star-crossed lovers forbidden to meet. A poem may be read rhythmically, and a song may sound like poetry, but a poem is a poem and a song is a song. Enter Las Vegas emotional hardcore band Roman Candle, who unite poetry and music in the Plath-inspired \u201cMad Girl\u2019s Love Song\u201d, which borrows its title, its refrain, and singer Piper Ferrari\u2019s unbounded, languishing howls from the Sylvia Plath poem of the same title. While it\u2019s not a one-to-one transliteration, Plath\u2019s vivid imagery and symbolism take the form of dagger-sharp guitars, hopeful and emotive, but with a razor of distortion to mirror the despair that colors the poem\u2019s desolate depiction of love. Where Plath writes of a love too beautiful to be real, Ferrari sings about a lover too distant to hold. Both are stinging depictions of love \u2014 one erupts in a firework of guilt while the other is swallowed through repetition \u2014 perfect for any fellow misanthropes who find themselves loveless this Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anne O\u2019Leary<\/h1>\n

The Promise by Tracy Chapman <\/h2>\n

Tracy Chapman knows how to perfectly encapsulate the feeling of unconditional love in this song. Chapman wants her partner to wait for her, and she will return with all the love she has. This slow folk song has a special place in my heart, with the lyrics, \u201cIf you wait for me\/Then I’ll come for you Although I’ve traveled far\/I always hold a place for you in my heart.\u201d We as humans often want our love to be fast and overbearing, when in reality, some of the best forms of love are slow and tedious. Perhaps it\u2019s a parent, or a friend you’ve known for twelve years, or even that barista you see every morning who knows your coffee order; love isn\u2019t always an immediate dopamine sugar rush. Love can be something that grows over time. I have a very personal connection to this song because they would always play this song at the end of my childhood summer camp. Hundreds of people would stand in a large outdoor theater as this song played, holding each other and crying our eyes out. I would spend a week building strong, heartfelt connections with kids my age, soon to have to leave this special place in the Redwood forest, knowing that life would not be the way it was there, and this song always reminded me that if I do a little bit of waiting, I can return back to summer camp, and relive those memories all over again. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stephanie Weber<\/h1>\n

Luna by The Smashing Pumpkins<\/h2>\n

Released in 1993, \u201cLuna\u201d by The Smashing Pumpkins is the love song of the 90s. It is dreamy and slow, perfect to dance to at your junior-high mock-homecoming. Nasally vocals by front man Billy Corgan and simple strum patterns by guitarist James Iha make \u201cLuna\u201d a love song for hopeless romantics. It could be put in some high school drama about teenage pregnancy and making it through because of love. Lyrics like \u201cI’ll sing for you \/ If you want me to \/ I’ll give to you \/ And it’s a chance I’ll have to take\u201d are heartbreakingly honest and open, revealing a very melancholic kind of relationship. Earth\u2019s moon is named \u201cLuna,\u201d so there are of course references to the moon and infinite possibilities. Corgan sings \u201cAnd those moon songs \/ That you sing your babies \/ Will be the songs to see you through.\u201d The song ends with the repeated lines \u201cI\u2019m in love with you \/ So in love,\u201d a perfect closer to this lovely song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Che Wetzel<\/h1>\n

Nothing Came Out by The Moldy Peaches<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not so much a \u201clove\u201d song as a \u201clike\u201d song. The timidity and insecurity of having a crush shine through Kimya Dawson\u2019s shaky voice as she croons about something we are all too familiar with\u2014 not being able to tell the person you like how you feel. \u201cI tried to ask you to your face \/ but no words came out \/ I put on my hood and walked away \/ that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t like you.\u201d We\u2019ve literally all been there, right? This song is simple, sweet, and perfect for anyone with a crush they just can\u2019t quite talk to (yet). For anyone lacking a Valentine this year (but with your eye on someone), this is your anthem<\/em>. Also, the Moldy Peaches are touring for the first time in 20 goddamn years\u2014 it\u2019s time to get them back on your playlists in anticipation for their Brooklyn Steel show this August!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Isa Luzarraga<\/h1>\n

That\u2019s Where I Am by Maggie Rogers<\/h2>\n

This song encapsulates so much: unrequited love, on and off again relationships, and as Maggie Rogers would put it, your \u201ceternal, forever what-if.\u201d Long story short, I am obsessed. I would also tag on \u201cOde To A Conversation In Your Throat\u201d by Del Water Gap to this pick because I feel like it complements \u201cThat\u2019s Where I Am\u201d perfectly.<\/em> Listen in tandem for the full experience. \u201cThat\u2019s Where I Am\u201d has it all: a toe-tapping beat, a strong melody and of course, Rogers\u2019 special brand of songwriting. She paints a tale as old as time yet still always engaging: friends to lovers to undefined people who love each other despite everything. This progression is illustrated in each of the track\u2019s verses. \u201cI told you I loved you\/ when we were just friends\/You kept me waiting and I hated you then\/Gave it a few years, you settled your debts\/But I never got over the secrets I kept,\u201d Rogers begins in the first verse. We listen as this relationship evolves, transitioning to the second verse, \u201cWho were you then, and who is she now?\/Did she know we were together, somehow?\/You never touched me, but I felt you everywhere.\u201d That last line gets me every time. The pre-chorus and chorus provides some levity, essentially pushing aside all the questions regarding how these two lovers eventually got each other, \u201cIt all works out in the end\/Wherever you go, that’s where I am\/Even boulders turn into sand.\u201d Whoever you love, they are always thinking of you, you are always there. And so is Maggie Rogers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Parker Bennett<\/h1>\n

Voulez-Vous by Johnny Goth<\/h2>\n

Released on Valentine\u2019s Day of last year, this single from alt-indie-rocker Johnny Goth is a wonderfully sultry groove that should help remind you how much of a freaking catch you are. This is a song that oozes seduction, and the thumping dance backbeat is the perfect soundtrack for the most feeling-yourself strut of your life. Johnny Goth\u2019s muttered vocals are a lustful indulgence that blend perfectly with the twangy drone of the guitars, and the switch-up into mournful crooning on the chorus is exactly what the doctor ordered. Who needs liquid courage; this song is enough of an adrenaline rush to get you off that barstool and talking to whoever you\u2019ve got your eye on. For those lucky enough to have been booed-up this Valentine\u2019s Day, this song is a must-have for your date-night playlist and will definitely have both you and your partner feeling like the 10\/10\u2019s you are. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Minna Abdel-Gawad<\/h1>\n

Glue Song by Beabadoobee<\/h2>\n

Beabadoobee\u2019s \u201cGlue Song\u201d is the perfect song for all the girlies who are in the honeymoon stage of a relationship, basking in all the moments with that person, lighting up every time they are around and wearing an obnoxious love struck smile on your face. \u201cGlue Song\u201d opens with romantic string pieces and a bright strumming acoustic guitar, and Beabadoobee\u2019s breathy and yearning vocals. Bea plays into every cliche about love, and that simplicity and sincerity in the opening statement \u201cI\u2019ve never known someone like you\u201d may seem obvious to some but it is such an endearing sentiment that you can\u2019t help but smile. The song is sweet and sappy in all of the best ways featuring lyrics like \u201cNever thought I’d find you\/ But you’re here\/ And so I love you\u201d the lyricism is simple but heartwarming, sometimes love isn\u2019t complicated, its pure and something to bask in, which is exactly the kind of love song Beabadoobee created for this Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Claire Dunham<\/h1>\n

Love, Try Not To Let Go by Julia Jacklin<\/h2>\n

Julia Jacklin is desperate for love, and she\u2019s not ashamed to admit it. The lyrics of \u201cLove, Try Not To Let Go\u201d are multilayered, transitioning between the songwriter\u2019s repetitive affirmations and hazy dreamlike memories. Jacklin sings lyrics like \u201cCan I give my love to everyone somehow?\u201d and subsequently, proves that she is asking all the right questions this Valentine\u2019s season. Similarly, the sound varies between unassuming piano parts and fervent guitar breakdowns. The song is featured on Jacklin\u2019s latest album Pre-Pleaser<\/em>, and it is the perfect Valentine\u2019s Day song for over-thinkers, like myself. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ethan Herbert <\/h1>\n

The Moon by Phil Elverum <\/h2>\n

Love can be an unfortunate thing, often being reduced to a painful, stinging memory that was once something tangible and inexhaustive. In \u201cThe Moon,\u201d Phil Elverum falls back on the memory of a previous relationship, recalling the intimacy he once had with this person. Spending a night in the house where she grew up, driving up to the island where he\u2019s from\u2013these are just some of the experiences they shared and are the places he returns to in an attempt to hold onto some semblance of the love he lost. But in the middle of this melancholy the beauty of love still remains, finding itself in the images of mountain tops and the sound of waves. What Elverum describes, then, is not a world marked by the absence of love, but one that clings onto it in the face of loss. This is a very grounding song, and I think it tries to remind us that the world is more than two people and the time they may have once shared. That love is all around us, and that it\u2019s all comforting under the moon. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maura Cowan<\/h1>\n

Shrike by Hozier<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a truth universally acknowledged, and yet a question as old as time itself: why do lesbians so adore Hozier? I don\u2019t intend here to speak on behalf of the entire league, but for me, it\u2019s the all-consuming, complex adoration. Hozier\u2019s love for the women he writes about isn\u2019t pure or sanitized \u2014 it\u2019s religious, bordering on worship, it\u2019s obsessive, it\u2019s political, it\u2019s layered. Wars have been fought over the intentionality behind some of his lyricism, whether his words are more about love or power, and whether or not they can be both. But regardless, it speaks to me as someone whose love is often politicized\u2026 and who loves people with a fire that sometimes cannot help engulfing us both. While there are other songs by Hozier that I have connected to more in relationships past and present, \u201cShrike\u201d most reflects the messy truth within his lyricism. He describes a love that is sacrificial and yet symbiotic, angry and yet adoring. It\u2019s a love that I recognize, and there\u2019s a comfort in knowing that I (and \u201cmy people\u201d) will always have an artist who is able to put it into words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harry Bates<\/h1>\n

Every Night by Odetta<\/h2>\n

Few things are as heartfelt and soul-bearing as Odetta\u2019s voice. \u201cEvery Night\u201d was originally released by Paul McCartney in 1970, but, for me, Odetta\u2019s rendition from Odetta Sings <\/em>will always be kept close to my heart. I find myself circling back to this song whenever I\u2019ve fallen hard for someone; daydreaming about pulling a \u201cBefore Sunrise\u201d and jumping at the chance to explore authentic, unbridled love. I\u2019m a true romantic at heart. Hell, I went to see Shakespeare in Love by myself at the Coolidge this week. It was in between clenching handfuls of buttery popcorn and gawking at a pre-Millennium Joseph Fiennes as poet Shakespeare that I thought of this song. Maybe this Romeo will find his Romeo someday\u2014maybe not. One thing, though, remains true: The sense that love is right around the corner, that a quick non-coincidental encounter could change everything is much too important to the experience of life to not care about. Odetta\u2019s \u201cEvery Night\u201d gets this, and the way she delivers this message reminds me that I\u2019m not the only one caught in the optimistic veil of true love. For me, this song isn\u2019t about being in love with a specific person, but rather that the experience of love is just beyond the horizon line\u2014within sight but a bit too far from touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rachel Charles <\/h1>\n

Murder Your Memory by Title Fight <\/h2>\n

Valentine’s Day can be a reminder of unresolved painful romances. So for this season of love, I want to do some damage control to stop those memories from resurfacing with Title Fight\u2019s \u201cMurder Your Memory.\u201d Off of the emo post hardcore band\u2019s third studio album, Hyperview<\/em>, this album steps away from the band’s usual hardcore elements and borrows some shoegaze dreamo sounds. The dreamy layered peddled guitars mixed with the soft heart-wrenching vocals make this the perfect song to put on when you want to forget the memories of that one person who plagues your mind (and maybe your heart). So don\u2019t torture yourself going back through all those cute photos and memories with your ex thinking about what could\u2019ve been, and instead put on your headphones and blast Title Fight’s ode to lost love (and cry if you need to).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Julia Federing<\/h1>\n

Never Is a Promise by Fiona Apple<\/h2>\n

I don’t know how I forgot this song existed but I’ve been thinking about it nonstop ever since. It\u2019s so cathartic because not only is Fiona exposing her partner for failing to live up to their promises, but she herself swears to never make that same mistake. The lyrics are so rich and full of so much meaning, but above all \u201cNever Is a Promise\u201d is about having faith in yourself despite who you choose to love. You may love someone temporarily, someone who says they understand you but make no effort to (\u201cYou’ll say you understand, you’ll never understand\u201d), but as long as you know your worth your feelings \u201cswell and stretch\u201d and you\u2019ll \u201csee from greater heights.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Izzy Desmarais <\/h1>\n

Kiss Me by Sixpence None The Richer <\/h2>\n

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