Playlist - it's a twin thing.

Above: me and KY Dec 2019

Here's a playlist dedicated to my darker, more terrible half (KY). With this playlist I have tried to capture the last decade in particular - the soaring, arguably manic highs, and the devastating lows of who we are, what we have done, our relationship with the rest of the family, etc.

We are the same person, just two sides of the same coin.

No, we are not identical. Yes, we are cursed.

  1. Bye Bye Bye by Plants and Animals
  2. The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing by The Decemberists
  3. Bitter Rivals by Sleigh Bells
  4. Black Sheep by Metric
  5. I'm Good, I'm Gone by Lykke Li
  6. Birth in Reverse by St. Vincent
  7. Hysterical by Sad13
  8. In the Flowers by Animal Collective
  9. California Girls by The Magnetic Fields
  10. Sprawl 2 (Mountains beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire
  11. Two Cousins by Slow Club
  12. No No No by Beirut
  13. You Are What You Love by Jenny Lewis
  14. Bad Blood (Cover by Kiana Grannis & Clara C) by CLARA
  15. Whatever  (Folk Song in C)  by Elliott Smith
  16. Sole Brother by Born Ruffians
  17. Twins by Pure Bathing Culture
  18. Golden Twin (Radiation City Remix) by Wild Ones
  19. My List by The Killers
  20. My Body is A Cage by Arcade Fire
  21. #1 Crush (cover) by Leeni
  22. Family Curse by Beirut
  23. Heathen by Adia Victoria
  24. Reasons Not to Die by Ryn Weaver
  25. Together by The xx


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