I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things Playlist

19 tracks

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Jul 1, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the eerie psychological tension and existential dread in "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." The instrumental tracks create an unsettling, atmospheric backdrop reflecting the novel's ambiguous reality and internal conflict, while the vocal tracks delve into themes of identity, memory, and isolation, mirroring the characters' complex emotional states and the book's suspenseful narrative.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Embrace

Christopher Willits · New Moon

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2

Reintegration Loops: Variations on The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski

David M. Williams · Reintegration Loops: Variations on The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski + Brucknercloud

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3

Blood and Bones

The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra · Blood and Bones

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4

The Only Moment We Were Alone

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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5

Heaven Will Come

Tim Hecker · Shards

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6

Perpetual Motion

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

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7

Good Night, Day

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

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8

The Evil That Never Arrived

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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9

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Happy 80s

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10

No Surprises

Diamond String Orchestra · Orchestral String Versions of Radiohead

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11

Nothing Arrived

Villagers · {Awayland}

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12

Haunted

Beyoncé · BEYONCÉ [Platinum Edition]

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13

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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14

To Be Alone With You

Sufjan Stevens · Seven Swans

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15

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division · There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: The 80s

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16

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Sync and Sing

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17

Breathe

Télépopmusik · Musica House Chill

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18

when the party's over

Billie Eilish · Summer Sucks

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19

Midnight Kings

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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