The Five Spookiest Songs We Can Think Of

Frightful and unearthly music recommendations for your Halloween

The Five Spookiest Songs We Can Think Of

Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like—or don't!—and write about why it has our attention.


Welcome to a very scary Halloween edition of Five Songs, featuring recommendations from each of our writers for music to set the mood for any frightful occasion. We've got a rapping leprechaun, a chillingly dissonant modernist string quartet, a new age classic fit for a séance, and more.

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