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Sadcore Sundays: “Kill” by Ivo Dimchev

Posted by strange on August 25, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Kill" by Ivo Dimchev

A mix of gothic dark pop, creepy orchestral arrangements, and eerie falsetto, Ivo Dimchev’s “Kill” fills souls with sadness and a shift of perspective simultaneously. Sadness to see people lose all faith that there is love left in the world, lose all strength to be positive, and fill up, survive on rage. The shift of perspective takes place there, the rage. An awareness of how depression can express itself as anger and harm of others is crucial to healing. Stress and oppression from the world want us to suffocate ourselves in our own rage. Rage can be used as a tool for good, it can be an ally. But when not harnessed, it can cause distortion of how we see and live in the world. It can cause us to lose the ability to enjoy anything or anyone and to only see the negative in everything. This song could be interpreted entirely differently, that a wounded heart can lead to violence, deaths, and killing. I don’t see this song as that, but instead, as the confusion of rage that has piled up for too long and continues to grow like weeds. An infestation of anger unable to be digested or used for good and transforms into a deterrent.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: creepy music, dark pop, eerie music, gothic, gothic music, ivo dimchev, ivo dimchev kill, kill by ivo dimchev, rage, sad music

Sadcore Sundays: “Grieving Spell” by The Bedoom Witch

Posted by strange on August 18, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Grieving Spell" by The Bedoom Witch
Grieving Spell by The Bedroom Witch

For those who have lost a loved one and are going through the grieving process, The Bedroom Witch is with you to feel your sadness and depression. Take a few minutes to feel all that is coming to the surface with “Grieving Spell.”

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: grief song, grieving song, grieving spell, music for depression, music for loss, the bedroom witch

Sadcore Sundays: “We Had to End it” by Cuco

Posted by strange on July 28, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "We Had to End it" by Cuco

In honor of Cuco playing a block party in Los Angeles today, we’re featuring his song “We Had to End it” for Sadcore Sundays. This is for anyone who’s been through a breakup recently and feels like the world is ending and there is no more reason to live. Cuco feels your feels <3

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: cuco, cuco los angeles block party, depression music, mexican-american music, sad boy, sad boy music, sad music, we had to end it

Sadcore Sundays: “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)” by The Raconteurs

Posted by strange on July 22, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Somedays (I Don't Feel Like Trying)" by The Raconteurs

My boyfriend played me The Raconteurs’ new song “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)” in the car and he said it reminded him of me lol. ACCURATE. I feel like this so much, too much throughout my life. It’s so easily relatable. My favorite lines are:

“But somedays I just feel like crying
And somedays I don’t feel like trying”

And

“I’m here right now
I’m not dead yet.”

Those last two lines really get me. It reminds me of pushing through all the bullshit life throws at me, pushing through the pain that my own body gives me, and pushing through any challenges and obstacles to remember that hell, I’m fucking alive. I’m ALIVE. I’m still here, I exist, and that’s something to celebrate. Yeah it’s hard for me to get out of bed sometimes, yeah I sometimes cry and give up on everything, but I’m not dead yet, so that means I can’t give up. I have to keep trying. Thank you The Raconteurs for accurately singing my feels. I hope they comfort you tonight and give you the strength to just be, to just live in this present moment, no matter how shitty it is right now, because you’re not dead yet, and you shouldn’t die yet because the universe still needs you and loves you.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features | Tagged: depression music, jack white, raconteurs, sad songs, sadcore sundays, songs for depression, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: “Slow Motion” by PHOX

Posted by strange on July 14, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Slow Motion" by PHOX

The first line of “Slow Motion” by PHOX, “Everything I do, I do in slow motion,” is relatable to me on so many levels. I remember with depression, I felt like I took way too much time to complete simple tasks, and that time itself was a sloth. With panic attacks, sometimes it felt like time had stopped as my depth perception went haywire. With mind obstacles sometimes the gut becomes ill, and with stomach problems or pain I’ve always had to slow down everything in my life, which is challenging if you’re working or in school or both.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: depressed songs, mental health music, mental health songs, mental illness music, mental illness songs, music for anxiety, music for depression, PHOX, sad songs, slow motion, songs for depression
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