What people who don’t live in Seattle don’t realize, is many of our rainy days are really just drizzly days. It’s not that Seattle doesn’t do downpours, we do, but many of our rainy days are just kind of half rainy days. As someone who was born and raised in Seattle, I’d say these days are the epitome of Seattle weather and climate. We’re all about the in-between here.

Most “rainy day” songs and albums are for those downpour days, the really stormy nasty days, but here in Seattle, what’s really valuable are the albums for those in-between days. For me, nothing fits days like this, like The National. While all their albums are well-suited for the in-between grey days, their second release “Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers” was made for such days. It’s brooding but not furious, with just enough upbeatness amidst the anger and heartache. It’s a moody album in a very grey Seattle skies way.

I’m not strictly a National girl on these days, or I would listen to very little else. A few of my other favorite in-between rainy day albums are: Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, Radiohead Kid A, and Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West. Lately I’ve also been playing The Rural Alberta Advantage Hometowns lately on the half-grey days.

I’m sure you have your go-to albums for these kind of in-between grey Seattle days, and I would love if you’d shared them. I need to add a couple more to the rotation.