Ever wondered what someone who got Burlington on their Spotify Wrapped is listening to during finals?

I made a playlist of the music I’ve been listening to during finals, categorized into seven parts. Each has a description of why and where I’ve been listening to it, as well as specific notes on specific songs. Link to the playlist is at the bottom!

Part 1: Saltburn

Do NOT get a new obsession during finals week. I saw this movie over a week ago, yet it refuses to let go of me. Here’s a selection of some of the best songs off the soundtrack. I listen to this most often while walking to class or in the Brooks study lounge.

• Murder On The Dance Floor by Sophie Ellis-Bextor (This will probably be my top song this month)
• Perfect (Exceeder) by Mason, Princess Superstar
• Loneliness – Radiot Cut by Tomcraft
• We Are The People by Empire of the Sun
• Hang Me Up to Dry by Cold War Kids (Haven’t heard this song in years until the movie- new favorite!)

Part 2: Drowning under piles of work

These are songs that are so distorted that it feels like I’m underwater, which simulates exactly how I feel drowning under all my finals! I listen to this when I’m grinding out work in my bedroom on my shag carpet.

• Gamma Ray Blue by The Cleaners From Venus (Just started listening to The Cleaners From Venus and I’m in love)
• Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays
• The Word Hurricane by Air (As an earth science major, I appreciate the brief scientific description of a hurricane thrown in the middle of the song; it’s like another way to study for my Climate Systems final!)
• Sweetest Kill by Broken Social Scene
• Caramel by Connan Mockasin
• Moon Girl by Ha Vay (Nabbed this one off Vivi’s aux)
• Chocolate And Mint by Duster
• Song About me by TV Girl
• Memory Boy by Deerhunter
• Intermission by Strawberry Guy
• CUT by Panchiko
• Cigarettes out the Window by TV Girl
• It Almost Worked by TV Girl (Back on my TV Girl arc, clearly)

Part 3: Back on the farm

This summer I worked on a vegetable farm, and we pretty much only played country and 2010s indie rock the whole summer, as well as the occasional saxophone concerto. I listen to this in Liz’s Place as the sun streams in from the windows.

• Amsterdam by Gregory Alan Isakov
• Nancy From Now On by Father John Misty
• White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes (Been listening to this as long as I can remember, but it’s never gets worn out)
• Janglin by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
• Brother, Do You Know the Road? by Hiss Golden Messenger
• The Sunshine by Manchester Orchestra
• Shake the Frost (Live) by Tyler Childers
• Silver Lining by Mt. Joy
• By and By by Caamp
• Jersey Giant by Evan Honer, Julia DiGrazia
• She Calls Me Back by Noah Kahan (MAD because I did not get Fenway tickets for his tour!)

Part 4: Zach Bryan

Looks like all the country music I listened to this summer indoctrinated me. But I am glad! I also listen to this in Liz’s Place. 

• Revival
• Snow
• From Austin
• Nine Ball (My top song of November)
• Boys Of Faith (feat. Bon Iver)
• Sarah’s Place (feat. Noah Kahan)
• Loom
• Me and Mine
• Jamie (feat. Charles Wesley Goodwin)
• Oklahoma Smokeshow

Part 5: I am turning into my mother

My mom loves sending me songs we both love, so these are some of the ones she’s suggested and some I have found on my own. I listen to this while making breakfast in my dorm.

• Silly Love Songs by Wings
• Baby I’m-a Want You by Bread
• How Long by Ace
• Sentimental Lady by Bob Welch
• Let ‘Em In by Wings
• Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan (Steely Dan fan, through and through)
• I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) by Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Emotion by Samantha Sang, Bee Gees (Emotion you will forever be famous!)
• We’ve Only Just Begun by Carpenters

Part 6: French house

This was because of a daylist Spotify made me based on my obsession with Paradis. They definitely got this one right! I listen to this while putting my makeup on. 

• Recto Verso by Paradis
• Hémisphère by Paradis
• La Lune by L’Impératrice 
• Cool Cat by Juliette Armanet
• andata – Electric Youth Remix by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Electric Youth (Bigggg Ryuichi Sakamoto fan, and I love the Electric Youth spin)

Part 7: Sufjan Stevens Christmas Album

I listen to this every year! I cannot believe Sufjan Stevens has over 100 Christmas songs. I love every one, but here are some favorites. I listen to this in the Milstein Zine Library.

• O Come O Come Emmanuel
• We’re Goin’ To the Country!
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Only at Christmas Time
• O Holy Night

Photos via Bwog