I’ve recently become piercingly aware of how monumentally destructive AIDS was/is upon the LGBT community, so listening to “queer songs about perversion and depression” has been my MO for a while now. It does get better. In the meantime, though, here’s a soundtrack with which you can wallow. (FYI, I took “queer songs” to mean songs that resonate with me specifically because I’m gay, not necessarily songs that are explicitly gay. Also, be forewarned: Angel Haze’s freestyle on “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” is fucking INTENSE.)
01. Hercules & Love Affair – “Blind” (Hercules & Love Affair)
02. Perfume Genius – “Hood” (Put Your Back N 2 It)
03. Baths – “Incompatible” (Obsidian)
04. Zola Jesus – “In Your Nature” (Conatus)
05. Diamond Rings – “It’s Not My Party” (Special Affections)
06. Light Asylum – “Dark Allies” (In Tension – EP)
07. Angel Haze – “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” (Classick)
08. Perfume Genius – “Grid” (Too Bright)
09. Austra – “The Choke” (Feel It Break)
10. Trust – “Sulk” (TRST)
11. Cabaret Voltaire – “In the Shadows” (The Crackdown)
12. Perfume Genius – “Mr. Petersen” (Learning)
13. Crystal Castles – “Transgender” (III)
14. Burial – “Near Dark” (Untrue)
15. Elite Gymnastics – “h e r e, i n h e a v e n 2” (RUIN)
16. Angel Haze – “Angels & Airwaves” (Dirty Gold)
17. Frank Ocean – “Bad Religion” (channel ORANGE)
18. Baths – “No Eyes” (Obsidian)
19. Trust – “Candy Walls” (TRST)
20. Perfume Genius – “Longpig” (Too Bright)
21. Austra – “The Noise” (Feel It Break)
22. Antony & the Johnsons – “Hope There’s Someone” (I Am a Bird Now)
23. Lykke Li – “Just Like a Dream” (I Never Learn)
24. The Knife – “Still Light” (Silent Shout)
25. Perfume Genius – “17” (Put Your Back N 2 It)
26. Holy Other – “Held” (Held)
27. Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” (Tracy Chapman)
28. Hercules & Love Affair – “Iris” (Hercules & Love Affair)
