Hopeless

Book Playlist

Hopeless Playlist

by Elsie Silver

20 tracks

upbeat

Oct 15, 2026

A bright, steady-moving mix for Chestnut Springs: warm piano, guitar, and spacious electronic textures reflect the town’s open-air feel, while gentle post-rock builds echo the pull between Beau’s guarded past and Emmy’s cautious hope. The final three songs turn toward the fake engagement’s growing tenderness, the risk of being seen, and the possibility of choosing a future together.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Kusanagi

ODESZA · In Return

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2

Cirrus

Bonobo · The North Borders

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3

Loud Pipes

Ratatat · Classics

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4

Seventeen Years

Ratatat · Ratatat

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5

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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6

All Is Violent, All Is Bright

God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)

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7

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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8

Threads

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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9

Hymn for the Greatest Generation

Caspian · Hymn for the Greatest Generation

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10

Sweden

C418 · Minecraft - Volume Alpha

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11

Changing Winds

Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE

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12

Ab Ovo

Joep Beving · Prehension

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13

Kiss The Rain

Yiruma · From The Yellow Room (The Original & the Very First Recording)

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14

Minor Cause

Emancipator · Dusk to Dawn

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15

Parallel Jalebi

Four Tet · Beautiful Rewind

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16

Untravel

Rival Consoles · Persona

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17

Window

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

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18

Baleen Morning

Balmorhea · Balmorhea

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19

Sweet Apocalypse

Lambert · Sweet Apocalypse

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20

Victory

Two Steps from Hell · Battlecry

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Mood upbeat

Genre contemporary

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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