“I love the girl,
But god only knows it’s
Getting harder to see the sun coming through.”
—Gorillaz, “Every Planet We Reach is Dead”
- Explosions in the Sky — Greet Death
- Hot Chip — One Pure Thought
- Beck — Send a Message to Her
- Radiohead — House of Cards
- Wild Beasts — Plaything
- Kanye West — All of the Lights
- Spandau Ballet — Gold
- Dionne Warwick — You’re Gonna Need Me
- These New Puritans — Drum Courts—Where Corals Lie (after Richard Garnett)
- Friendly Fires — Helpless
- Arcade Fire — My Body is a Cage
Every bit as grim as it sounds.