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Roads
Portishead
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A song that reminds you of somewhere you lived.

In the mid-nineties, I was away from home for the first time at university in southwest England. At that time, the music scene there was having a bit of a moment. Portishead's Dummy—and particularly Roads—captured the loneliness and isolation I felt while I found my feet and connected with people who ultimately became lifelong friends. Listening to it now still transports me back to that piece of time.

Storm in the morning light I feel No more can I say Frozen to myself I got nobody on my side And surely that ain't right

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