Rocket's Melancholy Melodies

DJs - it has been a rough few months. And when the going gets rough, I get going to the moodiest, most sorrowful music I can. I wallow, I mope, I weep and then I move on. Musical therapy. 

Beyound that, there isn't really any rhyme or reason to the songs on this compilation - I don't have any particular attachment to any of the artists (though am a fan of many), no burning desire to introduce you to new music (many of these songs you'll probably already know) - they are just some of the most sweetly melancholy tunes I've heard that, when together, sound quite lovely. 

Losing Sleep - Richard Swift

Catch the Wind - Donovan

She Comes Into the Room - The Skydiggers

Intuition - Feist

Gravity - Bic Runga

You Were Here - Sarah Harmer

This Too Shall Pass - Justin Rutledge (okay, I'm quite attached to this artist - he is sublime live) 

To Die For - Grananda

Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen

Chicago -Sufjan Stevens

The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine 

You Look So Young - The Jayhawks

Abigail, Belle of Kilronan - The Magnetic Fields

In a Graveyard - Rufus Wainwright

After the Curtains - Beirut