Taking a slow Sunday.
No agenda, no urgency. Records that match an unhurried tempo without demanding your attention.
Sunday-morning music is the rarest kind: it has to be interesting enough to hold up to repeat plays but quiet enough that it doesn't compete with what you're actually doing. The records below are the friends-of-a-friend you keep meaning to listen to more.
The picks
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1
Pink Moon
Nick Drake · 1972
Nick Drake's Pink Moon is 28 minutes long, all guitar and voice, and exactly the right size for a Sunday morning. Don't read into the biography; just listen.
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2
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Yo La Tengo · 2000
Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out is the band at their most patient — 78 minutes of organ drones and whispered vocals. Designed for the room you're already in.
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3
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens · 2015
Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell is grief made into something gentle enough to live with. Best on a morning when you have time to actually hear it.
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4
Our Endless Numbered Days
Iron & Wine · 2004
Iron & Wine's Our Endless Numbered Days is recorded so quietly you can hear the picks on the strings. The kind of record that gets quieter every time you play it.
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5
Teen Dream
Beach House · 2010
Beach House's Teen Dream is dream-pop scaled for adults — soft, full, melodic. The album you put on when you don't want to think about what's on.