"When the days are shorter and colder, something in the air sends us searching for comfort in music. Our writers have selected their favorite songs of this season. We hope they provide some cozy listening for the final weeks of fall. Amanda Petrusich recommends: "Husbands," by Geese. Currently my favorite track on what's possibly my favorite record of 2025. Cameron Winter's voice is extraordinary (savage, untamed, weird, gorgeous), but I really love the jerky, skittering percussion here. When the vocals layer up at the end? I'm toast!"
""sour diesel," by They Are Gutting a Body of Water. Like a hardcore band lazing through My Bloody Valentine covers; I had no idea I'd been waiting my whole life to hear someone make music like this. "Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream," by james K. Until NewJeans, the wildly popular K-pop group, is freed from their record-label purgatory, I am happy to swaddle myself in james K's skittering, dreamy, weightless dance pop."
Shorter, colder days prompt a turn toward music that comforts and warms. A range of songs offers textures from jerky, skittering percussion and layered vocals to heartsick meditations on fragile love. Some tracks blend hardcore energy with shoegaze washes while others deliver weightless, dreamy K-pop–adjacent dance pop. Classic-sounding live R&B and sepia-toned indie rock provide nostalgic, intimate moments suited to autumn. The selections span genres and moods, offering varied sonic ways to accompany the final weeks of fall and encourage repeated, cozy listening sessions.
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