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[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 19 - An alternative song that, you know, just makes you THINK…

DAY 19 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!

This one is a thinker…. get it? ha!

Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!

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  • Almost all of Swans' and Radiohead's output plays chess with my brains, but Sonic Youth's Diamond Sea manages to ask more and more questions with every listen (and there have been quite a few).

  • The Flaming Lips - Fight Test

    While the song is about passivity and needing to stand up when it's appropriate, for me it's a song that helps me keep perspective when dealing with loss.

    TW: death

    !Starting a bit over 10 years ago, I've lost 2 uncles, a cousin, my grandfather, and just last week, my grandmother. Each time, this is a song that I have found comfort in.!<

    In the chorus, the listener is invited to reflect on how they live their life. At the same time, lines about starlight and sunbeams remind us of the greater world and universe out there and maybe our own insignificance.

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