Now is a time when music can play a very different role in our lives. I like to think of spending time inside of some albums as a brief escape hatch.
Been thinking about the records I reach for in different times and when I’m stressed it’s much more ambient records but often with a bit of rhythm and hope like Vespertine or Hannah Peel’s Mary Casio
When anxiety overwhelms or panic descends it’s dreamier music like Noveller’s A Pink Sunset for No One is a goto
However, when it feels like there’s just endless awful news and I enter information overload, it’s often quite abstract and wordlessness like Sigur Ros and Cocteau Twins which seem to flush my system (I guess sort of as overwhelm by stealth).
This morning, found myself really appreciating the splendour of Panda Bear’s Person Pitch, which is perhaps linked to nostalgia for better times and zoning out to most of the words.
Which records do you reach for and recommend in any of moments of overload, anxiety and/or stress?
