If this were a movie, it would have a soundtrack. It is not a movie, but it still has a soundtrack. Don’t ask me how that happened. Anyway, here are some songs that have inspired the writing and drawing of Simple, Inelegant. There is also a YouTube playlist.

“This Fantasy World” by The Doubleclicks

“Like or Like Like” by Miniature Tigers

“The Spiritual” by Jukebox the Ghost

“Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton

“Kiss That Grrrl” by Kate Nash

“My Best Friend’s Hot” by The Dollyrots

“One More Mouth” by Josh Ritter

“Amores Platónicos” by Julieta Venegas

“Under the Greenwood Tree” from As You Like It (pick your favorite setting)

“My Funny Valentine” from Babes in Arms (Ella Fitzgerald version)

“Caraluna” by Bacilos

“Right Here” by Girlyman

“Outro With Bees” by Neko Case

“Mother” by Said the Whale

“Lullaby” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (I am partial to the Robert le Magnifique version)

“Hey” by The Blow

“Ella es Bonita” by Natalia Lafourcade

“She’s Got You High” by Mumm-ra

“Somebody to You” by The Vamps and Demi Lovato

“Comes-A-Long-A-Love” by Kay Starr

“Geronimo” by Sheppard

“The Gentleman is a Dope” from Allegro

“Heretic Pride” by The Mountain Goats

“Do I Wanna Know” by The Arctic Monkeys (Chvrches also has an excellent cover of this song)

“Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Etta James