I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid

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.

19 tracks
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Jul 1, 2026
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New Moon

Embrace

Christopher Willits · New Moon

1
Reintegration Loops: Variations on The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski + Brucknercloud

Reintegration Loops: Variations on The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski

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

2
Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra · Blood and Bones

3
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

The Only Moment We Were Alone

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

4
Shards

Heaven Will Come

Tim Hecker · Shards

5
Yearning for the Infinite

Perpetual Motion

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

6
Orphée

Good Night, Day

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

7
And Their Refinement of the Decline

The Evil That Never Arrived

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

8
Happy 80s

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Happy 80s

9
Orchestral String Versions of Radiohead

No Surprises

Diamond String Orchestra · Orchestral String Versions of Radiohead

10
{Awayland}

Nothing Arrived

Villagers · {Awayland}

11
BEYONCÉ [Platinum Edition]

Haunted

Beyoncé · BEYONCÉ [Platinum Edition]

12
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

13
Seven Swans

To Be Alone With You

Sufjan Stevens · Seven Swans

14
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: The 80s

Love Will Tear Us Apart

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

15
Sync and Sing

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Sync and Sing

16
Musica House Chill

Breathe

Télépopmusik · Musica House Chill

17
Summer Sucks

when the party's over

Billie Eilish · Summer Sucks

18
Why not?

Midnight Kings

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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