Forget sad-girl summerfall is the perfect seasonal backdrop for sadcore music.
Here,Voguehas assembled a list of some of the best or most promising of these albums.
Together, their oneiric and forlorn sounds offer the perfect weepy soundtrack for the autumn days ahead of us.
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French composer/producer Franz Kirmann, inspired by his memories of Europop chart-toppers from his youth.
The astonishing result is like the sound of human memory unfurling over decades of time.
Songs likeBaby Blue MovieandAmbien Slidedeliver on their fragile, soporific titles.
The posthumously releasedOpusis the soundtrack to a 2022 live concert film by Sakamoto recorded months before his death.
The mournful sounds of Sakamoto at the piano are shiver-inducing.
Fenneszs newest album,Mosaic, follows sometime in October.
Tindersticks,Soft Tissue(September 13)
Tindersticks singer/songwriter Stuart A.
Album trackI Wanna Livesums up the bands trademark blend of dreamy and sadcore pop.
Lugubrious tracks likeSummertime Sadness,Born to Die,andBlack Beautyare like sugary candies laced with cyanide.
