There’s nothing wrong with dire music for dire times - it’s about playing what comforts you and lifts you. Maybe it’s ambient maybe it’s sad maybe it’s upbeat maybe it makes you think of spring. There’s no distracting urge to song-skip, shuffle, or pick something new - you’ve committed to the ride.īy choosing a record, you’ve set a mood. Playing records isn’t like streaming albums.
Then, task complete, you sit at your desk.
Picture this: you riffle through your record collection, touching spines select an album slip the vinyl from its sleeve place it on the turntable move the needle adjust the volume. Records may be essential - now more than ever - for maintaining normalcy at home. Let me advocate for not just background noise, but playing records throughout your day. Right now, the sense of community among music fans - especially as many listen to just-released albums for the first time - is a sort of connection Zoom calls can’t quite touch. There’s a way to engage with what’s being made outside your room when you’re not able to leave it. There’s the comfort of songs you love, and the discovery of dustier albums you should’ve found ages ago. Music lets us set a mood to either coincide with or boost our own, a conscious decision when so little of our personal world is under control. In this unprecedented, batshit time, background sound is crucial to keep you from getting too deep into your own head or feeling too deeply your own isolation. Working from home, day after day, the silence can be overwhelming. "Records may be essential - now more than ever - for maintaining normalcy at home." So what’s the equivalent of a break when we live and work in one place? If you don’t have to get dressed, or shower, or even sit up to start your day, what’s to stop you from working in bed, sleep crusting your eyes, still in pajamas? It’s human to miss the chatter of kids outside, the casual conversations with coworkers, walking to get a coffee to remove yourself from work, just for a moment. Doing so in silence can get maddening: silence ushers in the reality of our isolation.
Those who work remotely are deeply folded into the virtual: hosting Zoom calls, Slacking questions, writing emails. But whether you’re hard at work Monday through Friday or passing time idly, waiting for the country to reopen, we’re all looking at our screens more than ever. For many who are still working, workloads are getting even heavier to compensate for workers lost. So many people are waking up with weight on their chest - unsure whether it’s anxiety, allergies, or the sudden creep of COVID-19 - that there’s a primer on what differentiates symptoms of anxiety from potential illness.Īnd besides the general malaise of a shut-down society, friends and family are getting sick, or getting furloughed, or being laid off. We’re seeing the sun less we’re breathing outside air less. The past few months have been lonely for everyone, whether you’re quarantined with a partner, friends, family, or on your own.
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