mondaymusic &mdash; Edshouldbeinbed https://write.as/edshouldbeinbed/tag:mondaymusic Random thoughts and writing on the net. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:10:47 +0000 Monday Music, 11 May 2026- This Tired Man Walks Home https://write.as/edshouldbeinbed/monday-music-11-may-2026-this-tired-man-walks-home?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[MondayMusic Depending on the route, my walk home can take anything from thirty minutes to an hour. Sunday into Monday, I tend to take the longest route. Monday is a day off for me (one reason the playlist release is moving there). I use the longer walk to decompress, to wander, to experience the good sort of liminality. That takes a little over an hour. Here's the playlist I made for the walk this week. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU5TQNA16nJDnXL5atmvkZtvcP5mR4lpf Kavinsky -- Nightcall There's something darkly romantic about the back and forth on this track-- probably why it ended up on the Drive soundtrack. Kavinsky's vocals are matter of fact, almost detached, making attempts at reassurance in their solidity. Lovefoxx's response indicates any of that reassurance is as much from familiarity as his words. New Order -- Blue Monday This song of a toxic love you still feel somewhat stuck in gave its name to the (some argue pseudo-scientific) idea of the most depressing day of the year, and has one of the most brutal beats in the New Wave Canon. I've also heard the beat was originally ambience to help the band get off stage and drinking, but that may be apocrypha. NightCrawl -- Lost Highway So I was going to add something from the Lost Highway soundtrack, but I stumbled across this gem by a Dublin artist and now must direct you to http://nightcrawlmusic.bandcamp.com . Ed O'Brien -- Blue Morpho A solo effort from O'Brien. Every member of Radiohead has been described to me as the band's "secret sauce" including front man Thom York, so I take comments under this that Ed is that sauce with a grain of salt. But this track is fully seasoned and wonderful. Kane Parsons -- The Kind Old Sun The guy that made the Backrooms work for me and whose "The Oldest View" genuinely gave me chills has also put out some pretty fire music. Scandroid -- Everywhere You Go (Fury Weekend Remix) Of all LA Singer/ multi-instrumentalist Klayton's products, Scandroid is the one most likely to stir false memories of an 1980's anime OVA. The Fury Weekend mix of Everywhere You Go makes me imagine a net anime redo of the OVA the original is from. It's wild. GUNSHIP -- Tastes Like Venom Meanwhile, Dan, Alex W, and Alex G of GUNSHIP write synthwave like people who kept working on the 80s after the rest of us decided the trend ended, and now we've turned around and went, wait, you could do that with this shit? And yeah. Yeah you can. I just really want to be blown away. The video for this song is a freaking retro cyberpunk master class, by the way. Timecop1983 -- Nightfall Chooses an awesome name Deliberately makes the perfect album for a late night drive eight years ago Refuses to elaborate. King. Between Two Points -- The Glitch Mob, feat. Swan A tale of a love so close yet so far, a perfect bit of yearning, the very broken nature of The Glitch Mob's style making it all the more haunting. I know this ache. I hate it. I understand it. Deftones -- Passenger A great track to get lost to. Chino and Maynard's vocals just compliment and contrast in all the right ways. Till next time, kids.]]> #MondayMusic Depending on the route, my walk home can take anything from thirty minutes to an hour. Sunday into Monday, I tend to take the longest route. Monday is a day off for me (one reason the playlist release is moving there). I use the longer walk to decompress, to wander, to experience the good sort of liminality. That takes a little over an hour. Here's the playlist I made for the walk this week.

Kavinsky — Nightcall

There's something darkly romantic about the back and forth on this track— probably why it ended up on the Drive soundtrack. Kavinsky's vocals are matter of fact, almost detached, making attempts at reassurance in their solidity. Lovefoxx's response indicates any of that reassurance is as much from familiarity as his words.

New Order — Blue Monday

This song of a toxic love you still feel somewhat stuck in gave its name to the (some argue pseudo-scientific) idea of the most depressing day of the year, and has one of the most brutal beats in the New Wave Canon. I've also heard the beat was originally ambience to help the band get off stage and drinking, but that may be apocrypha.

NightCrawl — Lost Highway

So I was going to add something from the Lost Highway soundtrack, but I stumbled across this gem by a Dublin artist and now must direct you to http://nightcrawlmusic.bandcamp.com .

Ed O'Brien — Blue Morpho

A solo effort from O'Brien. Every member of Radiohead has been described to me as the band's “secret sauce” including front man Thom York, so I take comments under this that Ed is that sauce with a grain of salt. But this track is fully seasoned and wonderful.

Kane Parsons — The Kind Old Sun

The guy that made the Backrooms work for me and whose “The Oldest View” genuinely gave me chills has also put out some pretty fire music.

Scandroid — Everywhere You Go (Fury Weekend Remix)

Of all LA Singer/ multi-instrumentalist Klayton's products, Scandroid is the one most likely to stir false memories of an 1980's anime OVA. The Fury Weekend mix of Everywhere You Go makes me imagine a net anime redo of the OVA the original is from. It's wild.

GUNSHIP — Tastes Like Venom

Meanwhile, Dan, Alex W, and Alex G of GUNSHIP write synthwave like people who kept working on the 80s after the rest of us decided the trend ended, and now we've turned around and went, wait, you could do that with this shit? And yeah. Yeah you can. I just really want to be blown away. The video for this song is a freaking retro cyberpunk master class, by the way.

Timecop1983 — Nightfall

  • Chooses an awesome name
  • Deliberately makes the perfect album for a late night drive eight years ago
  • Refuses to elaborate.
  • King.

Between Two Points — The Glitch Mob, feat. Swan

A tale of a love so close yet so far, a perfect bit of yearning, the very broken nature of The Glitch Mob's style making it all the more haunting. I know this ache. I hate it. I understand it.

Deftones — Passenger

A great track to get lost to. Chino and Maynard's vocals just compliment and contrast in all the right ways. Till next time, kids.

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