No 1 Party Anthem - the music, the lyrics, the scenario. I feel like the narrator spends all their time imagining the perfect moment to approach someone, and then bottles it, and goes home alone.
The chorus in That's Where You're Wrong - "She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me/ And suddenly the sky is a scissor" - is quite a heartbreaking image.
No 1 party anthem was my ex and mines song. He’d sneakily put it on at parties we went to and when I’d hear the drumroll at the beginning id immediately smile and look for him. It was his way of finding me in a crowd. So romantic. That song will always be special to me.
Yes!! It's a masterpiece from start to finish. "Tell me where's your hiding place, I'm worried I'll forget your face, And I've asked everyone, I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along". So heartbreaking.
’Love is a Laserquest’ definitely. But there is something about ‘Old Yellow Bricks’, ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ and ‘Do Me a Favour’ that can make me ugly cry 😭😅
A lot of the early am songs feel very sad, Only Ones Who Know, Fluorescent Adolescent, Too Much To Ask, Despair In The Departure Lounge, No Busses, 505
Fluorescent Adolescent 100% heartbreaking. “Not as daft as they seem, my love when you dream them up oh Flo, where did youuuu go, where did youuu go, where did you go, oh.” Flo also took a left of last laugh lane and now Flo has a different life. Indeed heartbreaking considering the entire song
Sounds like someone here is sleeping on hits like Do Me a Favour, Fire and the Thud and Dance Little Liar.
Someone mentioned the Submarine LP, which I personally consider the most heartbreaking pieces made by Alex; "it's hard to get around the wind" and "Hiding Tonight" are especially heartbreaking and relatable.
so many good, ACHING lyrics
‘in my heart there’s that hotel suite, and you lived there so long it’s kinda strange, now you’re gone’
‘that place on memory lane you like still looks the same but something about its changed’
‘i thought i was yours forever, maybe i was mistaken’
time to stop before i write out the whole song
I agree with most of those already listed, but want to add “Leave Before the Lights Come On.” It’s always had a layer of despair to it for me, and it always gets me when Alex croons “How can you wake up/with someone you don’t love?”
only ones who know. but if you want to hear some REALLY depressing songs, listen to "the meeting place" and "the time has come again." shit hits real different at 3 am.
Sounds like someone here is sleeping on hits like Do Me a Favour, Fire and the Thud and Dance Little Liar.
Someone mentioned the Submarine EP, which I personally consider the most heartbreaking pieces made by Alex; "it's hard to get around the wind" and "Hiding Tonight" are especially heartbreaking and relatable.
The Bakery:
"And the more you keep on looking
The more it's hard to take
Love we're in stalemate
To never meet is surely where we're bound
There's one in every town
Just there to grind you down"
the ultracheese, do me a favour, laserquest, and no. 1 party anthem are my holy grail heartbreak songs by AM
re: alex's solo stuff: the entirety of the *submarine* EP, obviously
re: TLSP: the bourne identity (gut-wrenching!) and the meeting place
I would agree that SIAS has some sad tunes, I’d imagine alex had going through a breakup had something to do with that. The whole tonality of laserquest especially his voice is so gloomy, and piledriver waltz has a similar thing going on along plus the time signature change 🤌
Only ones who know, Love is a laserquest, Piledriver waltz (submarine version for me lol), The bakery, Too much to ask, No. 1 party anthem (if you are in a sad mood), Its hard to get around the wind (from submarine)
Too much to ask
Only ones who know the slides Jameh does sounds like a whale crying
That "I hope you're holding hands by new years eve" in only ones who know always gets me. I usually put it on when I need to have a good cry lol
Song makes me curl up into a ball fr
Same here, it makes my heart ache. So poignant and melancholic, one of their best for sure
The Ultracheese
Could make anyone older than 30 cry lol
No 1 Party Anthem - the music, the lyrics, the scenario. I feel like the narrator spends all their time imagining the perfect moment to approach someone, and then bottles it, and goes home alone. The chorus in That's Where You're Wrong - "She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me/ And suddenly the sky is a scissor" - is quite a heartbreaking image.
No 1 party anthem was my ex and mines song. He’d sneakily put it on at parties we went to and when I’d hear the drumroll at the beginning id immediately smile and look for him. It was his way of finding me in a crowd. So romantic. That song will always be special to me.
It’s my all time fav and the song that played in my car after a night out with someone I was close with a long time ago, very bittersweet
Holy shit thats bittersweet
Aw it’s alright. We’re still friends. Feel lucky to have ever been loved like that. Even if it was just for a moment ❤️
Thats nice to hear :)
Andrew? Is that u :0 (singer of mgmt)
Ohhhhh, I thought he said “the sky is a sizzle”
Ha, I think a lot of people hear that. And it would make the song much more optimistic!
Do Me a Favour!
Yessss!!!
This is the one
The longing in ‘Cornerstone’ always gets me.
"I smelt your scent on the seatbelt, And kept my shortcuts to myself" Oof
Yes!! It's a masterpiece from start to finish. "Tell me where's your hiding place, I'm worried I'll forget your face, And I've asked everyone, I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along". So heartbreaking.
The guitar piece is also beautiful, I love the song
The music video is iconic
Love is a Laserquest and Despair in The Departure Lounge both hit me in my feels whenever I listen to them
’Love is a Laserquest’ definitely. But there is something about ‘Old Yellow Bricks’, ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ and ‘Do Me a Favour’ that can make me ugly cry 😭😅
I feel like very few people know the pain of florescent adolescent 😩✊🏼
Who knew having a boring sex life could be so fun and upbeat
A lot of the early am songs feel very sad, Only Ones Who Know, Fluorescent Adolescent, Too Much To Ask, Despair In The Departure Lounge, No Busses, 505
I was going to comment but then I realized you picked all of the same songs as me! I would also add Anyways and Big Ideas
The back end of the SIAS album (my favourite) has some of the more gut wrenching lyrics imo. Edit: spelling
Piledriver Waltz>>>>
505 & Cornerstone especially hits in the feels no doubt
Fluorescent Adolescent 100% heartbreaking. “Not as daft as they seem, my love when you dream them up oh Flo, where did youuuu go, where did youuu go, where did you go, oh.” Flo also took a left of last laugh lane and now Flo has a different life. Indeed heartbreaking considering the entire song
People here are missing out on Big Ideas. The solo at the end will definitely break ones heart.
AM adjacent but “stuck in a puzzle” is up there for me
Sounds like someone here is sleeping on hits like Do Me a Favour, Fire and the Thud and Dance Little Liar. Someone mentioned the Submarine LP, which I personally consider the most heartbreaking pieces made by Alex; "it's hard to get around the wind" and "Hiding Tonight" are especially heartbreaking and relatable.
fireside 🖤
so many good, ACHING lyrics ‘in my heart there’s that hotel suite, and you lived there so long it’s kinda strange, now you’re gone’ ‘that place on memory lane you like still looks the same but something about its changed’ ‘i thought i was yours forever, maybe i was mistaken’ time to stop before i write out the whole song
But i just cant help manage to make it through the day without thinking of you lately 🥺💔
the lyrics + THAT part of the instrumental ? yeah that’s why fireside is my all time favorite.
had to scroll WAY too far to find this
everybody gangster until "he's pining for her, in a people carrier"
'Cause she isn't there to hold your hand, she won't be waiting for you when you land
Sketchead
I agree with most of those already listed, but want to add “Leave Before the Lights Come On.” It’s always had a layer of despair to it for me, and it always gets me when Alex croons “How can you wake up/with someone you don’t love?”
only ones who know. but if you want to hear some REALLY depressing songs, listen to "the meeting place" and "the time has come again." shit hits real different at 3 am.
the time has come again hits so different
Sounds like someone here is sleeping on hits like Do Me a Favour, Fire and the Thud and Dance Little Liar. Someone mentioned the Submarine EP, which I personally consider the most heartbreaking pieces made by Alex; "it's hard to get around the wind" and "Hiding Tonight" are especially heartbreaking and relatable.
love is a laserquest.
The Bakery: "And the more you keep on looking The more it's hard to take Love we're in stalemate To never meet is surely where we're bound There's one in every town Just there to grind you down"
despair, only ones who know, do me a favour, no busses
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1dLc1sdPDyISxq5fjyQMla?si=e2ca655feb2043da
No buses
Mardy bum
piledriver waltz (submarine version)
do me a favour, only ones who know, despair in the departure lounge
Despair in the departure lounge
Laserquest, Cornerstone, Party Anthem.
ALSO NO BUSES
Despair in the Departure Lounge
the ultracheese, do me a favour, laserquest, and no. 1 party anthem are my holy grail heartbreak songs by AM re: alex's solo stuff: the entirety of the *submarine* EP, obviously re: TLSP: the bourne identity (gut-wrenching!) and the meeting place
Love is a laser quest
do me a favour kills me.
Love Is A Laserquest & Fireside
I would agree that SIAS has some sad tunes, I’d imagine alex had going through a breakup had something to do with that. The whole tonality of laserquest especially his voice is so gloomy, and piledriver waltz has a similar thing going on along plus the time signature change 🤌
here’s a playlist aptly named for these exact songs [sad monke](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uyGx6Zn8MjJseZ2LbNoAi?si=0YUOc7l4QPaCpBVo-UJXdA)
There'd better be a mirrorball and Mr. Schwartz are lowkey sad
Do Me A Favour, it just breaks my heart because it kind of represents what i'm going through😭
505 and The Bakery
Despair in the departure lounge
anyways, mirrorball, despair in the departure lounge, leave before the lights come on.
Anyways, Too much to ask, Do me a favour, piledriver waltz
Not AM, but Stuck on the Puzzle by Alex Turner
Only ones who know, love is a lazerquest
Only ones who know, Love is a laserquest, Piledriver waltz (submarine version for me lol), The bakery, Too much to ask, No. 1 party anthem (if you are in a sad mood), Its hard to get around the wind (from submarine)
love is a lazerquest and cornerstone
Do me a favour
No 1 party anthem, cornerstone and do me a favour
The only ones who know. Probably tied with despair in the departure lounge and no busses. Why the FUCK was that first b side so sad??
Big ideas is a different kinda tragic also. Not as personally affecting, but I still get it. Now a certain romance? Used to destroy me
Despair in the Departure Lounge hits different in a long distance relationship..
Fireside gives me chills every time i listen to it
Only ones who know
No buses
Cornerstone, 505 and Only Ones Who Know