The Lumineers
A spare, repetitive folk hymn written for the Pete's Dragon soundtrack, built around the idea that loss and parting can't be…
grief and separation uncertainty homecoming/belonging
A folk ballad commissioned for the Game of Thrones tie-in album, built as a soldier's lament from somewhere north of the Wall.…
duty and sacrifice religious doubt isolation and cold
Badfinger
A brief, gentle love song built almost entirely from a single image of morning relief: fear dissolving into light because of…
renewal through love relief from anxiety simplicity as devotion
Judee Sill
A hymn-like meditation built almost entirely on paradox, where lowness produces height and cold conceals warmth. Judee Sill…
spiritual longing paradox and inversion surrender
Brian Eno
An instrumental piano-and-synthesizer piece from Eno and Harold Budd's ambient collaboration, built around slow, spaced piano…
dawn/threshold states stillness gradual emergence
