It's going to swing back up into the 80's in the next week for me but damnit I am ready for spooky weather! I really turn towards a lost of shoegaze, post punk, darkwave etc. Cascadian black metal is also acceptable. Here are some cozy weather bangers:

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (Linked): Darkwave, New Wave, ???. The first couple of Cocteau Twins albums are phenomenal, way better than Heaven or Las Vegas in my opinion.

Them Are Us Too - Eudaemonia: Darkwave, synth. Seriously a fucking beautiful song, makes me cry every time. Cash, one of the members, passed away during the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland several years ago. RIP, way too young.

Siouxie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust: Darkwave. Ultimate gothnight banger. Definitely a song that gives me goosebumps, never gets old.

Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt: Postpunk, shoegaze. From Sonic Youth's first album, Kim Gordon's breathy vocals are so hot! The whole tone of the song just feels cold, perfect for gray rainy weather.

Bauhaus - She's In Parties: Deathrock, darkwave. Pretty much the godfathers of goth along with Siouxie and the Banshees and the Cure, classic.

My Bloody Valentine - Soft As Snow: Shoegaze. This song gets the spraybottle spray-bottle

Agalloch - The Mantle (Full Album): Cascadian Black Metal. Sad, melodic, cacophonous. Truly a masterpiece. Not traditional black metal if that typically turns you off. Listen to it.

Asunder - Rite of Finality: Funeral doom, acoustic. A fucking 50 minute song that I swear just feels like an entire album. Dino from Dystopia performs. Pretty, brutal, haunting and depressing as hell. Perfect for winter.

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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT!

https://kisstheanusofablackcat.bandcamp.com/album/hewers-of-wood-and-drawers-of-water

Super Halloween vibes!

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Okay, Argonaut and Magneto fuckin slaps. The name definitely did not prepare me for the music to be so serious lol

[–] FakeNewsForDogs@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Beach house mostly, because it sounds haunted but warm at the same time.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

good choices, swag overload

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most of these are probably associations I made because I listened to them in the fall while cleaning buildings at 5 in the morning but here's a few suggestions.

Houndmouth's Little Neon Limelight is an album that feels like late summer/early fall to me, a nice mix of chill and with energetic interruptions.

Josh Ritter's Sermon on the Rocks has some explicit mentions of the weather changing and came out in fall, I think it's got the right vibe, although some of the more 'talky' songs are probably an acquired taste.

If you like weird minimalistic cello and guitar duets you might like Tall Heights. Almost everything they do is sparse and fall-ish to my mind but the small album Holding On and Holding Out probably wins most autumnal.

Can't go wrong with Tom Waits, throw a dart and you'll hit a good fall song somewhere in his repertoire.

For something more upbeat maybe try Green Lung or Wolves Like Me. They're both a bit more ominous as opposed to the chill of most of the list.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Green Lung fucks so hard