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Just wondering people's thoughts on this album thanks

This winter, Januari 2026, I started reading books again. The second book I read was We Do Not Part by Han Kang (who won the Nobel Prize in Literature recently). The book centers around the heartbreaking historical trauma of the Jeju Uprising in Korea, through beautful imagery with themes of snowfall, cold black trees, and winter.

While reading this book, I listened to my newly purchased B-Sides and Rarities CD almost on repeat. By coincidence, a beautiful blizzard hit the Netherlands. I spent hours reading by my dormitory window, looking down at two massive snow-covered trees in the courtyard. I felt so connected to the story. Everything was in a wintery harmony. The heartwretching winter story, the cold history, the similar scenery outside my window, the CD playing on repeat.

It was such a beautiful and meaningful book to me, that I became interested in Korean contemporary history and the difficulties Korean people had to overcome, and I even wrote my Master's thesis on the authoritarian era of South Korea. ( I graduated last month :D )

B-Sides and Rarities has to be my most played CD this year. Even though I do not know the names of most tracks, I find this album so beautiful as when I listen to it now, my mind links it to scenes from the book. As it is getting colder again, I really hope this winter covers my city in snow again, so I can have this experience once more.

Has anyone else felt such a stong synergy between a BH album and a specific book? If not, try my combo :)

She's So Lovely 😍

From the Thank Your Lucky Stars Album - Beach House.

What does “ For her dinner, Baby pink lavender , leather white umbrella sinners” mean 😭