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The album cover of Face the Sun by SEVENTEEN

Stop! Look! Listen! Britt Corcoran’s Listening Recommendation

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For most of my life I reveled in the gloom to be found in music. I loved the way melodies and lyricism could make you feel the same way the artist must have felt at the peak of their supposed sorrow. Unfortunately, leaning on everybody else’s melancholy left me miserable and, at the time, I couldn’t figure out why.
The album cover of …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness by Ólafur Arnalds which is black with a circular white stroke in the middle.

Stop! Look! Listen! Kath Healing’s Listening Recommendation

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I've been returning lately to …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness by Ólafur Arnalds. It's an album I write to—not as background, but as a kind of formal pressure. The compositions move patiently, through repetition and small tonal shifts rather than dramatic change, and I'm drawn to work that trusts atmosphere over event, accumulation over arrival.

The album cover of Mountain Soul by Patty Loveless

Stop! Look! Listen! Mike McClelland's Listening Recommendation

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Patty Loveless has provided the soundtrack of my life. My highs and lows, my triumphs and heartache (I’ve been there before), my country roots, and my big dreams have all been reflected in her songs. How lucky I’ve been to listen along! And yet, until recently, I’d not paid as much attention to a key part of her oeuvre.

The album cover of "Best of Our Possible Lives" by Boy Golden which features the singer armpit deep in water wearing a white cowboy hat and a jean jacket.

Stop! Look! Listen! Melissa Thorne’s Listening Recommendation

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For me, one of life’s great joys will always be discovering a song that makes sense of the moment in time I find myself existing in. Whether that moment calls for raucous dancing, ugly crying or an urgent rally cry. Indeed, it is the latter I gravitate towards these days. Once I find that perfect feeling encapsulated in song, I play it on repeat for weeks.

The album cover for Recordings from the Åland Islands by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer. The cover is rust read with a light blue image of a wildflower field.

Stop! Look! Listen! José Teodoro's Listening Recommendation

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Ripples in air, soft and immense. Bells curl round a hillside to be cradled in an ear. Small animals worry their paws. A dazzle of piano, a glittery sheet of salt water. A cart lopes along a country road. Ghosts play ping-pong. Cascades from outer space. Some strange vessel encircles us in a scalded wood.

The album cover of I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Stop! Look! Listen! Micaela Carren's Listening Recommendation

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I feel seen when listening to the gift that is American punk/alt band Mannequin Pussy. Their entire discography is a progression of artistic and musical truth, with each release becoming more unflinchingly personal and exquisitely composed than the last—but their 2024 album I Got Heaven is my personal favorite.

The cover of Issue 309 featuring the artwork HYGGE by Juno (Jaclyn Martinez)
Current Issue: No. 309