Be Afraid by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Spotify): “Be afraid, be very afraid. And then do it anyway” (AI alignment, anyone?)
Matches by Guante, Dem Atlas (Spotify): “The reason that I’m not a nihilist is that some day I wanna live like in Star Trek. And I know that we’ll never build starships until we tackle poverty, war, and hardship.”
Guante is my personal favorite overall! His album A Love Song, a Death Rattle, a Battle (Spotify) gets me through any motivation slump.
Be More Kind by Frank Turner (Spotify): “In a world that has decided that it’s going to lose it’s mind, be more kind, my friends. Try to be more kind.”
On the topic of hopepunk (and to an extent Secular Solstice since that came up in another comment), I want to mention the Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers, which is quite important to me for similar reasons.
I find the genre Hopepunk incredibly inspiring. Vox article about Hopepunk;
Here’s a Spotify playlist, which has some of the best songs of the genre.
Highlighting a couple of my favorites:
Be Afraid by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Spotify): “Be afraid, be very afraid. And then do it anyway” (AI alignment, anyone?)
Matches by Guante, Dem Atlas (Spotify): “The reason that I’m not a nihilist is that some day I wanna live like in Star Trek. And I know that we’ll never build starships until we tackle poverty, war, and hardship.”
Guante is my personal favorite overall! His album A Love Song, a Death Rattle, a Battle (Spotify) gets me through any motivation slump.
Be More Kind by Frank Turner (Spotify): “In a world that has decided that it’s going to lose it’s mind, be more kind, my friends. Try to be more kind.”
On the topic of hopepunk (and to an extent Secular Solstice since that came up in another comment), I want to mention the Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers, which is quite important to me for similar reasons.