Monsters of Ohio

Book Playlist

Monsters of Ohio Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 27, 2026

This playlist follows the contrast at the heart of the premise: the grind and anger of a factory town under financial assault, set against strange, expansive sounds for the tentacled threat and the possibility of transformation. Its vocal songs draw on labor, community, and the uneasy boundary between humanity and monstrosity, while the instrumentals shift between grounded tension and cautious hope.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Auto Rock

Mogwai · Mr. Beast

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2

Andata

Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020

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3

Acid Rain

Lorn · The Maze To Nowhere

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4

Equivalent 5

Loscil · Equivalents

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5

Derelicts

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Derelicts

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6

Horizon

Tycho · Epoch (Deluxe Version)

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7

Window

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

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8

Djed

Tortoise · Millions Now Living Will Never Die

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9

Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase

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10

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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11

Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · So Far

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12

Factory

Bruce Springsteen · Darkness On the Edge of Town

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13

Working Class Hero - Remastered 2010

John Lennon · Plastic Ono Band

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14

The Ghost of Tom Joad

Bruce Springsteen · The Ghost Of Tom Joad

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15

People Have the Power

Patti Smith · Dream Of Life

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16

Human

The Killers · Day & Age (Bonus Tracks)

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17

Monster

Imagine Dragons · Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)

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18

Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden · Superunknown (20th Anniversary)

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19

The Future

Leonard Cohen · The Future

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20

Radioactive

Imagine Dragons · Night Visions

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