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A sci-fi romance read with stormy urgency: this playlist pairs warm, lush harmonies and gentle electronic propulsion with the book’s themes of survival, uncertainty, and finding a “plan” together in a flooded world. The instrumental first tracks create a continuous, rain-glazed atmosphere—then the vocal songs move like shared breaths through the escalating danger toward steadier hope.
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40 songs
1
Atmosphères
György Ligeti · György Ligeti
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2
Myth
Beach House · Bloom
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Space Song
Beach House · Depression Cherry
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Stolen Dance
Milky Chance · Sadnecessary
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Nightcall
Kavinsky · Nightcall
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West Coast
Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Youth
Glass Animals · How To Be A Human Being
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Heat Waves
Glass Animals · Dreamland
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Midnight City
M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming
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Little Talks
Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal
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12
Opaline
Novo Amor · Cannot Be, Whatsoever
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13
Riptide
Vance Joy · Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)
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Electric Love
BØRNS · Dopamine
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15
Purple Rain
Prince · Purple Rain
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16
In The Waiting Line
Zero 7 · Simple Things
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17
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane · The Best Of Keane (Deluxe Edition)
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18
Runaway
AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)
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golden hour
JVKE · this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4)
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Stay With Me
Shane Mesa · Stay With Me
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21
Talk
Coldplay · X&Y
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22
The Less I Know The Better
Tame Impala · Morning Coffee House
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23
If I Could Turn Back Time
Cher · Heart Of Stone
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24
I Melt with You
Modern English · After the Snow
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25
Golden
Harry Styles · Fine Line
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First Love/Late Spring
Mitski · Bury Me At Makeout Creek
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27
Falling
Tyler Halsey · Nashville Sessions
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How to Save a Life
The Fray · How To Save A Life
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To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
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30
Oxygène, Pt. 1
Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène
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Oxygene, Pt. 8
Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygene Trilogy
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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Video Games
Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)
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34
Venice Bitch
Lana Del Rey · Norman Fucking Rockwell!
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35
Pink + White
Frank Ocean · Blonde
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Seigfried
Frank Ocean · Blonde
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Take Care
Drake · Take Care (Deluxe)
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Dancing With Your Ghost
Sasha Alex Sloan · Dancing With Your Ghost
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Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis · Spirit
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