Book Playlist

When the Rain Came

by Matt Eicheldinger

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.

40 tracks
romantic
Sep 23, 2026
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Track List

40 songs
1
György Ligeti

Atmosphères

György Ligeti · György Ligeti

2
Bloom

Myth

Beach House · Bloom

3
Depression Cherry

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

4
Sadnecessary

Stolen Dance

Milky Chance · Sadnecessary

5
Nightcall

Nightcall

Kavinsky · Nightcall

6
Ultraviolence

West Coast

Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence

7
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

8
How To Be A Human Being

Youth

Glass Animals · How To Be A Human Being

9
Dreamland

Heat Waves

Glass Animals · Dreamland

10
Hurry up, We're Dreaming

Midnight City

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

11
My Head Is An Animal

Little Talks

Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal

12
Cannot Be, Whatsoever

Opaline

Novo Amor · Cannot Be, Whatsoever

13
Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)

Riptide

Vance Joy · Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)

14
Dopamine

Electric Love

BØRNS · Dopamine

15
Purple Rain

Purple Rain

Prince · Purple Rain

16
Simple Things

In The Waiting Line

Zero 7 · Simple Things

17
The Best Of Keane (Deluxe Edition)

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · The Best Of Keane (Deluxe Edition)

18
All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

Runaway

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

19
this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4)

golden hour

JVKE · this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4)

20
Stay With Me

Stay With Me

Shane Mesa · Stay With Me

21
X&Y

Talk

Coldplay · X&Y

22
Morning Coffee House

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Morning Coffee House

23
Heart Of Stone

If I Could Turn Back Time

Cher · Heart Of Stone

24
After the Snow

I Melt with You

Modern English · After the Snow

25
Fine Line

Golden

Harry Styles · Fine Line

26
Bury Me At Makeout Creek

First Love/Late Spring

Mitski · Bury Me At Makeout Creek

27
Nashville Sessions

Falling

Tyler Halsey · Nashville Sessions

28
How To Save A Life

How to Save a Life

The Fray · How To Save A Life

29
Ma Fleur

To Build A Home

The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur

30
Oxygène

Oxygène, Pt. 1

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène

31
Oxygene Trilogy

Oxygene, Pt. 8

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygene Trilogy

32
Dream Sequence

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence

33
Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)

Video Games

Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)

34
Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Venice Bitch

Lana Del Rey · Norman Fucking Rockwell!

35
Blonde

Pink + White

Frank Ocean · Blonde

36
Blonde

Seigfried

Frank Ocean · Blonde

37
Take Care (Deluxe)

Take Care

Drake · Take Care (Deluxe)

38
Dancing With Your Ghost

Dancing With Your Ghost

Sasha Alex Sloan · Dancing With Your Ghost

39
Spirit

Bleeding Love

Leona Lewis · Spirit

40
Turning Point

Let Me Love You

Mario · Turning Point

Playlist Settings

Mood romantic
Genre match
Era match
Length long
Instrumental 10%
Environment balanced

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