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Ship of Spells Playlist
This playlist captures the mysterious and adventurous spirit of "Ship of Spells" by H. Leighton Dickson, weaving enigmatic and suspenseful soundscapes with organic, spacious textures perfect for an outdoor reading setting. The selection blends trip-hop, experimental ambient, and pastoral indie folk with a global palette, mirroring the book's themes of magical exploration, character complexity, and the natural world.
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Track List
39 songs
1
At the River
Groove Armada · Vertigo
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2
Masollan
Balmorhea · Stranger
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Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)
William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson
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4
The Long Day Is Over
Norah Jones · Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)
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20:17
Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz
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Dreamer's Wake
Rival Consoles · Persona
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Pale Green Ghosts
John Grant · Pale Green Ghosts
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Heartbeats
José González · Veneer
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Open
Rhye · Woman
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Into Dust
Mazzy Star · So Tonight That I Might See
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The Only Living Boy in New York
Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Your Rocky Spine
Great Lake Swimmers · Ongiara
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13
Medicine
Daughter · The Wild Youth EP
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14
Love Like Ghosts
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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15
We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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16
Slow Like Honey
Fiona Apple · Tidal
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17
Heavy Feet
Local Natives · Hummingbird
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18
New Slang
The Shins · Oh, Inverted World
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Slow Show
The National · Boxer
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20
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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21
Black Flies
Ben Howard · Every Kingdom
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22
Wolf
First Aid Kit · The Lion's Roar
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23
People Have the Power
Patti Smith · Dream Of Life
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24
Don't Swallow the Cap
The National · Trouble Will Find Me
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25
The Curse
Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away
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26
Youth
Daughter · If You Leave
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Sea of Love
Cat Power · The Covers Record
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28
Space Song
Beach House · Depression Cherry
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No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age · Songs For The Deaf
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30
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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31
Breezeblocks
alt-J · An Awesome Wave
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One Last Day (Instrumental)
Thomas Bergersen · Humanity - Chapter V
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cold air
Sace · cold air
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34
Torn
Natalie Imbruglia · Left Of The Middle
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Paper Planes
M.I.A. · Kala
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Digital Witness
St. Vincent · St. Vincent
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Elastic Heart
Sia · 1000 Forms Of Fear
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Echoes
Mizmo · Echoes
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