No job, no education, no future, nowhere to go, don’t know what do. Live with “family,” hate them for stigmatizing me. Depressed, angry, suicidal.

I find myself in a very similar place right now: totally dissatisfied with my academic choices, angry at my overbearing and homophobic parents, without any clear path, clinically depressed… these are a few songs I enjoy when I’m really feeling down. Think of it as a grim musical journey that leads you nowhere, but on the way, you’ll hopefully get some clarity/sympathy.

I’m rooting for you.

01. Shigeru Umebayashi - “George’s Waltz (II)”
02. Aimee Mann - “One”
03. Sufjan Stevens - “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross”
04. Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Death to Everyone
05. Band of Horses - “The Funeral”
06. Jackson C. Frank - “Blues Run the Game”
07. Antony and the Johnsons - “Twilight”
08. Smog - “River Guard”
09. John Cale - “Dying on the Vine”
10. Perfume Genius - “Dark Parts”
11. The Smiths - “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Know”
12. John Maus - “Hey Moon”
13. Radiohead - “Fitter Happier”
14. Beach House - “Other People”
15. Belle & Sebastian - “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying”
16. Sigur Rós - “Starálfur”
17. Bob Dylan - “Every Grain of Sand”