This song begs to be cried-sung at the top of your lungs at 3am on the highway to a suburb of St. Louis where you’re about to shoplift...

Hello! It’s a been a while. If you didn’t already know, I’ve been swimming in a sea of depression after closing down the nonprofit I’ve...

This song is gentle, but sassy. It’s sweet and naive, and also whimsically arrogant in its self mythologizing. And make it a double,...

The year was nineteen and ninety-seven. Spring Break in the big city. My uncle, a snob about most things, hands me an almost new compact...

This song belly flops into the pool in a dingy pink bath robe that belongs to its ex. Its loved ones speculate privately about whether it...

This song calls you on the telephone, its voice too rough with cigarettes. It got a little too drunk and won’t shut up about the...

Welcome to my new series called Perfect Songs: A Feelings-Based Analysis of Songs You Should Listen to Many Times Throughout Your Life ....