Listen to this when
And Their Refinement of the Decline
When your brain won't stop, you don't need a pep talk. You need two hours of something that asks nothing of you. 🌫️
Who it's for
The album is built from sustained, slowly shifting tones of treated guitar, strings, horns and piano, with almost no rhythm, no words and no sudden events.
Overwhelmed→Calm
Feelings it meets
What it is
And Their Refinement of the Decline is a 2007 album by the ambient duo Stars of the Lid (Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride), released on Kranky as the label's 100th release.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Tidal; CD/vinyl widely available.
Before you start
Age: Not verified (suggested all ages; instrumental)
Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial.Marcus Aurelius, The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Book 2 (tr. George Long)
