Good Material
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Good Material

by Dolly Alderton

Good Material moves through intimacy, delay, and the messy aftermath of love—so this playlist shifts from warm, acoustic closeness to restless, city-lit motion, then back into quieter, reflective space. The instrumental half leans into momentum-and-memory (parks, late nights, gaps between calls), while the vocal tracks echo Andy and Jen’s pull toward adulthood—and the abrupt way it slips away.

20 tracks
balanced
Aug 28, 2026
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Track List

20 songs
1
Silent World

Belief

Wolfgang Haffner · Silent World

2
Kiasmos

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

3
From Broadway to La Scala

Tonight (From "West Side Story") [Arr. Tommy Tycho]

Leonard Bernstein · From Broadway to La Scala

4
Everything and Nothing

Turn Away and Return

Hammock · Everything and Nothing

5
In A Safe Place

Window

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

6
In Our Nature

Down The Line

José González · In Our Nature

7
A Supreme Blue

Flamenco Sketches

Nicholas Payton · A Supreme Blue

8
Astral Dreams

Soft Landing

Calmly · Astral Dreams

9
Happy Ending

You'll Be Fine

r4x2 · Happy Ending

10
A Deeper Understanding

Pain

The War On Drugs · A Deeper Understanding

11
MCP Performs The 1975: I like it when you sleep...

Somebody Else

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Performs The 1975: I like it when you sleep...

12
Bright Eyes

First Day of My Life

Dropping A Popped Locket · Bright Eyes

13
AM

Do I Wanna Know?

Arctic Monkeys · AM

14
Stolen Dance - Tribute to Milky Chance

Stolen Dance

Pop Legends · Stolen Dance - Tribute to Milky Chance

15
Fast Car

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman Experience · Fast Car

16
My Life Is A Movie

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · My Life Is A Movie

17
Romance

Shameless

Camila Cabello · Romance

18
The Night We Met

The Night We Met

RAZZ · The Night We Met

19
A Moment Apart

A Moment Apart

ODESZA · A Moment Apart

20
Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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