Lily Sloan of Radical Advice joins me for a mixtape that wallows and exalts in love songs. We try to unpack the solace and hurt, passion and mundanity, selflessness and selfishness, and many other contradictions that come bundled in intimate relationships. Thanks for listening!
Cover illustration by Vic Malhotra from the Roche Limit comic series written by Michael Moreci for Image Comics.
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Playlist
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How My Heart Behaves by Feist on The Reminder (Cherry Tree/Polydor/Interscope) -
Can’t Help Lovin Dat Man by Ava Gardner on Show Boat (Selections from the MGM Movie Soundtrack) (Burning Fire) -
Come Here And Love Me by Doug Paisley on Constant Companion (No Quarter) -
Lily (My One and Only) by The Smashing Pumpkins on Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin Records America) -
China by Tori Amos on Little Earthquakes (Atlantic Records) -
Change of Heart by El Perro Del Mar on Love Is Not Pop (The Control Group) -
Only You by Portishead on Only You (Universal / Island Records) -
Xuduud Ma Leh Xubigaan (This Love Has No Boundaries) by Iftiin Band, feat. Mahmud Abdalla Hussen & Maryan Naasir on Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa (Ostinato) -
Of Love by DYAN on Looking For Knives (self released) -
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen on Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia Records) -
The Big Fight by Stars on Set Yourself On Fire (Arts & Crafts) -
Lionsong by Bjork on Vulnicura (One Little Indian Records) -
True Love Waits by Radiohead on A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings) -
Lovers Rock by TV Girl on French Exit (self released) -
Three Futures by TORRES on Three Futures (4AD) -
The Love We Almost Had by Rhiannon Giddens on Freedom Highway (Nonesuch) -
Marry Me by St. Vincent on Marry Me (Beggars Banquet) -
Love Me In Whatever Way by James Blake on The Colour In Anything (Polydor Records) -
Power of Love by Kacey Johansing on The Hiding (Night Bloom) -
Cellophane by FKA twigs on Cellophane (Young Turks) -
Show Me Love by Hundred Waters on The Moon Rang Like a Bell (!K7 Records) -
Love Has Given Up by Maritime on Heresy And The Hotel Choir (Flameshovel)