6 (Slightly) Instrumental Songs to Get Through Election Day

Ian Blyth
Nov 3, 2020

There’s plenty of reasons to need a healthy distraction from Nov. 3, 2020.

After all, we could use a healthy dose of distracting from the entire onslaught of disastrous event after unimaginable disastrous event. It’s been overwhelmingly awful.

Today I got a couple of normal notifications on my phone that people had birthdays today and I thought to myself, “Fuck, people have to have their birthday today.”

And for some, this kind of chaos, hysteria, and insanity is a welcome thing. To those people I say, “Hey, good for you, enjoy your psychopathy.”

If it isn’t your thing though, here, try this. Turn off the TV for a start, find a quiet place to get away from screens, and jam a couple of earphones in your ears.

  1. There’s a Drone in Griffith Park — LA Takedown
    More about Aaron Olson here

2. Oketo — Mordor

There’s words in there somewhere. More about Oketo.

3. We Lost the Sea — Challenger: Part 1

Yes it’s a song about the Challenger disaster.

4. We List the Sea — Challenger: Part 2

Yes it’s Part Two and yes the Reagan speech at the end is amazing.

5. Porcupine Tree — Voyage 34 (Part 1)

This remarkable journey through a drug induced dreamworld contains one huge Pink Floyd ripoff.

6. Everything You Thought You Knew — Sleep Maps

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