Serve Chilled 09: Like Strangers

This post contains tracks from my own personal Serve Chilled playlist on my computer, which I periodically update (this round is the spring '08 edition). I noticed a handful had a common theme of isolation and decided to roll with it. Keane's "We Might As Well Be Strangers" describes the feeling that someone you once knew well (or thought you someday could know well) has become a stranger. Garbage's "Tell Me Where It Hurts" is a call to comfort a lover, though there is the sense that the lover may have tuned out of the relationship already. Saint Etienne's deceptively upbeat "Been So Long" is an ode to loneliness wrapped up in nostalgic pop melodies. Along the lines of nostalgia and pure isolation, Manic Street Preachers' breakthrough early hit "Motorcycle Emptiness" is a must-have addition to your playlists.

Keane, "We Might As Well Be Strangers" [YSI] (from Hopes And Fears)
Garbage, "Tell Me Where It Hurts" [YSI] (from Absolute Garbage)
Saint Etienne, "Been So Long" [YSI] (from Good Humor)
Manic Street Preachers, "Motorcycle Emptiness" [YSI] (from Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits)

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