The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1

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The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 Playlist

by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez

20 tracks

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Oct 29, 2026

This sequence moves from the lake house’s calm, carefully curated beauty into the unease of being watched, isolated, and dependent on a host whose motives remain hard to read. The instrumental opening favors spacious, unsettled textures; the vocal half turns toward secrecy, fractured trust, grief, and the guests’ strained attempts to hold on to one another.

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20 songs

1

Charlie

Loscil · Plume

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2

Rivers of Sand

Fennesz · Venice

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3

Melancholia I

William Basinski · Melancholia

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4

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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5

Black City Skyline

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission

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6

Lontano

György Ligeti · Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony

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7

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · The House of the Rising Sun: Best of The Animals

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8

Lake Of Fire

Meat Puppets · Too High To Die

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9

No Children

The Mountain Goats · Tallahassee

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10

The House That Heaven Built

Japandroids · Celebration Rock

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11

The Night

Morphine · The Night

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12

In The Waiting Line

Zero 7 · Simple Things

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13

How to Disappear Completely

Radiohead · Kid A

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14

The End of the World

Skeeter Davis · Skeeter Davis: RCA Country Legend

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15

A House Is Not a Home

Luther Vandross · Never Too Much

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16

The World Is Not Enough

Garbage · The World Is Not Enough

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17

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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18

Small Memory

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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19

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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20

Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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