My anxiety has been giving me insomnia as of late, so to combat it I throw on some earbuds and listen to ambient music to distract myself enough to sleep.
This means that I have been listening to a lot of ambient music lately.
A silver lining of this is that I have discovered some music that for one reason or another I simply missed over the past 25-30 years, like the Scottish duo Boards of Canada.
Over the last few weeks I have been exploring their back catalog, specifically their 1998 release Music Has The Right To Children, which I admit, is fantastic. How did this not show up on my rader 28 years ago?
I'm not sure, but I am rectifiying that oversight now.
There are times when I am anxious and I want to let out all of that contained energy. This is when I listen to punk, metal, industrial, etc.
But if it's 5:30 in the morning and I want the aural equivalent of a warm blanket, you can't do much worse than Boards of Canada.
Throw this on, preferably with some good headphones (or buds) and ride the lush waves of sound.
It's Friday, you've made it to the end of another week. Sometimes that's more than enough of an accomplishment.
Enjoy!
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