Unsettling Music

Unsettling music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 20 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

Moderate intensity (7)

People Are Strange
The Doors
moderate
Mammoth
Interpol
moderate
The Apologist
R.E.M.
moderate
Who Could Win a Rabbit
Animal Collective
moderate
Milkman
Aphex Twin
moderate
My Favourite Stranger
Depeche Mode
moderate
Mind
Talking Heads
moderate

Most intense (13)

Polly
Nirvana
intense
An Echo, a Stain
Björk
intense
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Boards of Canada
intense
97 Bonnie & Clyde
Eminem
intense
Red Right Hand
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
intense
Memories Can't Wait
Talking Heads
intense
MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96
Aphex Twin
intense
666 ʇ
Bon Iver
intense
Why So Serious?
Hans Zimmer
intense
The Jungle Line
Joni Mitchell
intense
What Your Soul Sings
Massive Attack
intense
Plastic
Portishead
intense
Amazing Journey
The Who
intense

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