Playlists for the bitter and the smitten

By Missy Smith

Love

“First Day of My Life” – Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek)

“The Blower’s Daughter” – Damien Rice (Vector Recordings)

“Your Call” – Secondhand Serenade (Glass Note Records)

“Hands Down” – Dashboard Confessional (Vagrant Records)

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“By the Way That They Dance” – Jump Little Children (EZ Chief/Jump Two, LLC)

“Harwich” – Averi (Averi Music)

“Boats and Birds” – Gregory and the Hawk (Unsigned)

“To be Alone With You” – Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty Records)

“Love You So” – Andrew Landon (Unsigned)

Love Lost

“Jude Law and the Semester Abroad” – Brand New (Razor & Tie)

“One Last Kiss” – Madina Lake (Roadrunner Records)

“You’re So Last Summer” – Taking Back Sunday (Victory Records)

“Killing Me” – Cauterize (Wind-Up Records)

“Irish Boys” – Tsunami Bomb (Kung Fu Records)

“Lover I Don’t Have to Love” – Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek)

“Kill” – Jimmy Eat World (Interscope Records)

“All Hail the Heartbreaker” – The Spill Canvas (111 Records)

“Hopeless Love” – Daphne Loves Derby (Outlook music)

“Someday You Will Be Loved” – Death Cab for Cutie (Atlantic Records)