The instrumental opening moves between the calm surface of a neighborhood and the unease beneath it, with restrained piano, strings, and shadowy rhythms. The vocal half traces the disappearances, the strain on families and neighbors, and the disquieting force of Delilah’s return; several songs evoke individual characters without pretending to reveal the mystery’s answers.
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network
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Intriguing Possibilities
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network
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Helicon 1
Mogwai · Ten Rapid
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Fragile
God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)
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Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs
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Plus tôt
Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE
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Prelude for Time Feelers
Eluvium · Pianoworks
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She's Lost Control - 2007 Remaster
Joy Division · Unknown Pleasures (Collector's Edition)
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Little Talks
Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal
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Runaway
Del Shannon · Runaway with Del Shannon
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The Mother We Share
CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe
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How to Be a Heartbreaker
MARINA · Electra Heart (Deluxe)
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Family
Mother Mother · No Culture (Deluxe)
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House of the Rising Sun
The Animals · The Complete Animals
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Missing
Everything But The Girl · Amplified Heart
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No Children
The Mountain Goats · Tallahassee
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Little Black Submarines
The Black Keys · El Camino
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Untitled #3 - Samskeyti
Sigur Rós · ( )
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John Coltrane · Atlantic Jazz Legends
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