The Cheerleaders

Book Playlist

The Cheerleaders Playlist

21 tracks

balanced

Jun 12, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the dark mystery and emotional turmoil of "The Cheerleaders" by Kara Thomas. The instrumental tracks evoke tension, eerie calm, and suspenseful atmospheres that mirror the unsettling events in Sunnybrook, while the vocal tracks explore themes of loss, grief, and hidden secrets through diverse indie, post-rock, and alternative sounds, reflecting the novel's haunting narrative and complex characters.

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Track List

21 songs

1

One Battle After Another

Jonny Greenwood · One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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2

The Winter

Balmorhea · Rivers Arms

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3

20:17

Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz

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4

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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5

Fragment II

Library Tapes · Fragment

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6

Surface

Aero Chord · Surface

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7

Kettering

The Antlers · Hospice

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8

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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9

Song for Jesse

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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10

First Breath

Stendahl · First Breath

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11

Control - Live Version

Mutemath · Mutemath (U.S. Version)

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12

Silhouette

Aquilo · Silhouettes

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13

Slow Fade

Late Night Static · Low Night Fi Tide

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14

All We Ever Knew

The Head And The Heart · Signs of Light

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15

Blood // Water

grandson · Massive Indie Hits

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16

Youth

Daughter Of A Drum · Pink Breath

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17

Empty Threat - Big Wild Remix

CHVRCHES · Every Open Eye

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18

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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19

No Witness

A4LPHA · CONTROL

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20

Cellar Door

Angus & Julia Stone · SNOW

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21

Let’s Get Wasted

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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