Indie Song Name Generator

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Indie song titles for bands, solo projects, fictional albums and playlists: wry, oddly specific names such as Swimming Pool in November, Margaret Has a Theory, Good News (Sort Of) and Untitled No. 4. The list covers indie rock, indie pop, bedroom pop, dream pop and indie folk.

About indie song names

Indie song titles tend to do the opposite of a radio single. Instead of a hook you can shout, they point at something small and oddly specific: a town nobody sings about, a person known only by a first name, a dry remark tucked into brackets. The title works like a caption under a photograph, and the song fills in the rest.

This list holds 1,000 titles in eleven styles that cover indie rock, indie pop, bedroom pop, dream pop and indie folk. There are small-town and suburb titles such as Swimming Pool in November, character sketches such as Margaret Has a Theory, bracketed asides, single plain nouns, lowercase bedroom-pop lines, hazy color and light phrases, family and nature titles for folk songs, nods to books and film, numbered and untitled demo names, deadpan understatement, and long ironic titles in the hipster register, where the joke is always on the narrator.

Treat each title as a starting point. Swap in your own street, your own friend's first name or your own working title number, and it will sound like it belongs to your project. Short titles can always match a song that already exists, so search before you release.

How to choose indie song names

  • Swap in your own proper nouns. A title like Fort Wayne on a Tuesday works because the place is real to somebody, so use the town, bus route or first name from your own life.
  • Use brackets for the second thought. Put the plain statement outside and the dry correction inside, as in Good News (Sort Of) or Camping Trip (It Rained).
  • Match the style to the sound: lowercase lines for bedroom pop, a color or light word for dream pop, a relative or a plant for indie folk, a plain noun for a short instrumental.
  • Ration the untitled and numbered titles. One Untitled No. 4 on a tracklist reads as a choice, while five in a row read as a joke about the band.
  • Read the whole tracklist aloud in order. Indie albums often place one long ironic title among short ones, and the contrast does more work than either would alone.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a song title sound indie?

Mostly specificity and understatement. Indie titles name a small place, a person or an object and leave the feeling unsaid, as in Lorraine at the Wheel or The Laundromat in Tacoma. A big emotional statement in the title usually belongs to pop or emo instead.

Is this also a hipster song name generator?

Yes. A hipster song title is an indie title with the irony turned up, and one whole group in this list is written that way, for example I Liked This Coffee Shop Before It Had Chairs and Artisanal Regret, Small Batch. The humor is gentle and always aimed at the narrator.

Why are some titles lowercase, in brackets or called Untitled?

Those are styling habits of the genre. Bedroom pop often writes titles in lowercase, such as mom says hi, bracketed asides add a dry second thought, and demo-style names like Rough Mix, Tuesday suggest a home recording. Keep the styling as written, or restyle a title to match the rest of your tracklist.

Can I use these titles for my own songs?

Yes, use any of them for a song, a fictional album, a playlist or a band in a story. A short title can coincide with a song that is already out, so search for it on the streaming services you use before you release anything.

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A: 55 names

  • (A Brief) Golden Age
  • (All My Friends Have) Mortgages
  • (Almost) Famous in Belgium
  • (Another) Unremarkable Miracle
  • A Bench in Coventry
  • A Boy Named After a Bridge
  • A Cradle Made of Cedar
  • A Fairly Good Year
  • A Field Guide to My Family
  • A Flat Above the Chip Shop
  • A Girl Who Fixes Clocks
  • A Gothic Novel Set in a Duplex
  • A Minor Inconvenience (In A Minor)

A, continued

  • A Modest Proposal for Friday Night
  • A Motel Called the Driftwood
  • A Novel in Three Voicemails
  • A Perfectly Nice Disaster
  • A Reclaimed Wood Table for One
  • A Record Player in Every Room and Nowhere to Sit
  • A Short History of Linda
  • A Toast (To No One in Particular)
  • A Waltz for Mrs. Kowalski
  • A Wedding in Limerick
  • A Western with No Horses
  • Abel Waits for the Mail
  • Abridged for Younger Readers
  • Acoustic Version of a Song We Never Finished

A, continued

  • Adequate Sunrise
  • Agnes, Unimpressed
  • Albuquerque Was Your Idea
  • Allegory with Lawn Chairs
  • Allotment Shed Radio
  • Almost a Plan
  • Alternate Ending No. 2
  • Amateur Magician, Professional Worrier
  • Amber Escalator
  • An Epilogue, Hastily Written
  • An Evening of Experimental Ukulele
  • An Ode to the Flannel I Found Ironically
  • An Open Letter to My Record Store Clerk
  • Analog Boy in a Rented Loft

A, continued

  • Annika Skips the Encore
  • Another Wedding (Open Bar)
  • Apartment Tour (Don't Open That)
  • Appendix B
  • Apricot Dusk
  • are you still up
  • Arlo Missed the Eclipse
  • Art Show (Free Cheese)
  • Artisanal Regret, Small Batch
  • Ash Tree by the Mailbox
  • Assigned Seating
  • Astrid in the Orchestra Pit
  • Aunt Sylvia's Organ Lessons
  • Awning

B: 45 names

  • B-Side to Nothing
  • Back in Ten Minutes (Give or Take)
  • Bad at Parties (Good at Leaving)
  • Ballad of the Assistant Manager
  • Ballad of the Leaning Silo
  • Ballarat Morning Paper
  • Banister
  • Barn Cat Lullaby
  • Barnaby Lost the Keys
  • Basement Demo with Dog Barking
  • Beatrice Drives a Hatchback
  • Beginner's Luck, Intermediate Regret
  • Bernard Doesn't Own a Phone
  • Best Man, Wrong Wedding
  • Better Than Nothing

B, continued

  • Big Jim's Little Brother
  • Bike Lock
  • bike ride to your house
  • Bildungsroman, but Shorter
  • Birch Bark Letter
  • Bird Bath
  • Birdfeeder
  • Birdie Wants a Refund
  • Black-and-White Kitchen Scene
  • Blackberry Hands
  • Bluebird Box
  • Blurred at the Edges
  • blurry photo of your shoes
  • Blush Frequency
  • Boise at Checkout Time

B, continued

  • Bonus Track, Uncredited
  • Book Club for Two
  • borrowed charger
  • Borrowed Truck (Returned Empty)
  • Bowling Alley off Route 9
  • Bramble Crown
  • Breadbox
  • Bridget Waters the Ferns
  • Brother Built a Canoe
  • Brother's Bees
  • Bungalow by the Bypass
  • Bury Me by the Rhubarb
  • Bus Pass (Expired)
  • Butter Dish
  • Buttercup Ditch

C: 59 names

  • Callum Left His Jacket
  • Camping Trip (It Rained)
  • can we stay in tonight
  • Canberra, Reconsidered
  • Candy Glass
  • Caravan Park Disco
  • Card Table
  • Carol from Accounts
  • Carpet Sample
  • Carpool
  • Carport
  • Cattails and Cousins
  • Cautious Optimism
  • Cecil's Last Paper Route

C, continued

  • Cedar Rapids Public Library
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Celadon
  • Cerulean Aisle
  • Chamber of Commerce Parade
  • Chapter Eleven, in Which Nothing Happens
  • Character Actor
  • Charity Shop on the High Street
  • Chattanooga on Foot
  • Chickadee Winter
  • Chlorine Light
  • Christmas Lights (In March)
  • Cider Press Reel
  • Class Reunion (Regrets Only)
  • Clementine Does Her Taxes

C, continued

  • Clive Is Between Jobs
  • Closing Night Flowers
  • Clothesline
  • Clover for the Rabbits
  • Coat Check
  • Coat Rack
  • Colander
  • Cold Brew, Warm Regards
  • Coming-of-Age Film, Third Draft
  • Constance Takes the Stairs
  • Coral Hum
  • Cork City Umbrella
  • Corkboard
  • Corn Maze After Dark
  • Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining

C, continued

  • Count-In
  • County Fair, Last Night Only
  • Courtesy Phone
  • Cousin Lyle's Fog Machine
  • Cousin, Bring the Lantern
  • Cousins at the Swimming Hole
  • Crabapple Jelly
  • Cranberry Bog Road
  • Cricket Ground at Dusk
  • Crossing Guard in Love
  • crush on the barista (decaf)
  • Cul-de-Sac Astronomy
  • Customer Copy
  • Cyan Lullaby
  • Cyrus Sells the Van

D: 39 names

  • (Don't Quote Me) On the Weather
  • (Don't) Wake the Roommates
  • Dad's Lunch Pail, Dawn
  • Dandelion Wine for the Wake
  • Daughter of the Ferryman
  • Daughter, Mind the Thistles
  • Day Off (With Errands)
  • Day Planner
  • Daylight Savings Bloom
  • Dead End on Maple Court
  • Dear Grandmother, the Peas Are Up
  • Deconstructed Lasagna for the Soul
  • Dedication Page

D, continued

  • Dehumidifier
  • Deleted Scene with a Dog
  • Delphine Reads the Manual
  • Demo 2 (Garage)
  • Demo for a Song About Boats
  • Dennis Sells Aquariums
  • Des Moines for the Weekend
  • Desmond, Night Manager
  • Dial Tone (Party Line)
  • Director's Commentary on My Twenties
  • Dish Towel
  • Dishrack
  • do you want to see my plants

D, continued

  • Dog-Eared at Page Ninety
  • Dolores Has a Motorcycle
  • Doorstop
  • Double Feature (Fell Asleep)
  • Doug Has a Screenplay
  • Draft Nine
  • Driftwood Mantel
  • drum machine named kevin
  • Duluth in a Borrowed Coat
  • Dundee Does It Quietly
  • Dunedin Flat, Top Floor
  • Dustpan
  • Dusty Pink Radio

E: 20 names

  • Earmuffs
  • Edith Shucks Corn on the Porch
  • Edmonton, Minus Thirty
  • Egg Timer
  • Elderflower June
  • Elegy for a Video Rental Card
  • Elsa in the Passenger Seat
  • Emerald Static
  • Emmett Buys a Suit
  • End Credits over a Parking Lot

E, continued

  • Enzo on Roller Skates
  • Epigraph for a Book I Didn't Finish
  • Etude for Borrowed Bass
  • everybody's at the lake but me
  • Everyone Left for Toronto
  • Everyone's Grandmother Had This Clock
  • Everything Colin Said at Dinner
  • Exit 14 Has a Waffle Place Now
  • Exit, Pursued by a Deadline
  • Ezra Mows the Cemetery

F: 45 names

  • (First) Last Day of Summer
  • (Formerly) The Tall One
  • Fade In on a Laundromat
  • Faded Awning Stripe
  • Faint Praise
  • Family of Deer at the Feeder
  • Family Photo (Blinking)
  • Family Plot, Family Recipe
  • Farmers Market (Before the Rain)
  • Father Chops the Kindling Wrong
  • Father-in-Law's Rowboat
  • Fatima Paints Lighthouses
  • Felix Got a Dog
  • Fern and Otis Buy a Boat
  • Ferns Unfurling

F, continued

  • Ferry to a Smaller Island
  • Fiddlehead Spring
  • Field Behind the Middle School
  • Field Trip (Chaperoned)
  • Final Mix, Not Really
  • Fine, Thanks
  • Fire Drill (False Alarm)
  • First Edition, Water Damaged
  • First Frost on the Pumpkin Patch
  • First Take, Wrong Chords
  • Fixed-Gear Heart, Hilly Neighborhood
  • Flashback to a Bowling Alley
  • Flea Market Parking Lot
  • Flora Stayed in Bed
  • Fog on the Hayfield

F, continued

  • Footnote to a Minor Poet
  • Footstool
  • For Bruno, Who Fixed the Amp
  • Fort Wayne on a Tuesday
  • Four-Track Demo, Winter
  • four-track heart
  • Fox Tracks to the Henhouse
  • Franny at Fifteen
  • Free Couch (Slightly Haunted)
  • Free-Range Feelings
  • Freeze Frame at the Wedding
  • French Film About a Bicycle
  • Frontage Road Sunset
  • Frost Heaves
  • Frosted Glass

G: 37 names

  • Galoshes
  • Galway Bus Timetable
  • Garage Sale (Everything Must Stay)
  • Garden Centre Cafe
  • Garden Hose
  • Gas Station Flowers for Mother's Day
  • Gathering Eggs Before School
  • Gazebo
  • Geelong at Low Tide
  • General Admission
  • Gently Used
  • Ghost Story (Daytime Version)

G, continued

  • Gideon Forgot the Tent
  • Gilbert Photographs the Dam
  • Glass Bottom Evening
  • Glitter in the Deep End
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Godfather of the Garden Shed
  • Godmother's Garden Hose
  • Gold Leaf Swimming
  • Goldenrod Along the Tracks
  • Good News (Sort Of)
  • Goodnight, Archibald
  • Gordon Learns to Swim

G, continued

  • Grain Elevator Skyline
  • Granddad's Pocketknife
  • Grandfather's Orchard Ladder
  • Grandma's Jam Cupboard
  • Granite and Blueberries
  • Granny's Rain Barrel
  • Great-Aunt Ida's Accordion
  • Greenhouse Song
  • Greta Stays Home
  • Group Photo (Timer Went Off)
  • Guelph Farmers Market
  • Guest Towel
  • Gus Believes in Ghosts

H: 36 names

  • (Half of a) Duet
  • (How to) Fold a Fitted Sheet
  • Haiku About a Bus
  • Half a Winter in Spokane
  • Half-Lit Carousel
  • Half-Price Night at the Planetarium
  • Half-Sister, Whole Summer
  • Halifax Has My Sweater
  • Halogen Summer
  • Hamilton Steel Sky
  • Hand-Me-Down Boots
  • Hank from the Hardware Store

H, continued

  • Harriet, Before the Haircut
  • Hattie Knows the Words
  • Hawk on the Fence Post
  • Hazy Postcard
  • headphones for two
  • Heirloom Tomato, Family Drama
  • Hemlock Shade
  • Henrietta Speaks Dolphin
  • Heron on the Mill Pond
  • hi, it's me again
  • Hidden Track at Minute Eleven
  • Hobart Harbour Lights

H, continued

  • Hollow Log Hideaway
  • home by eleven
  • Home Movie (No Sound)
  • Home Recording, August
  • Homestead Inventory
  • Honeycomb in the Wall
  • Honeymoon (Postponed)
  • Houseguest
  • Houseplants (A Eulogy)
  • Housesitting (Plants Survived)
  • Howard's Model Railroad
  • Hymn for the Compost Heap

I: 53 names

  • (I Guess It's) Autumn
  • (I Suppose) We Could Walk
  • (I Was Told There'd Be) Daylight
  • (It's Only) A Parking Ticket
  • I Biked Here So You Have to Listen
  • I Brought My Own Mug to the Apocalypse
  • I Collect Maps of Places I Avoid
  • i drew you as a frog
  • i forgot the second verse
  • I Grew a Beard and Nothing Changed
  • I Have a Car Now (It's Fine)
  • I Have Strong Feelings About Fonts
  • I Knit This Scarf During Your Set

I, continued

  • I Learned Letterpress to Avoid You
  • i learned three chords for this
  • I Learned to Sew (Badly)
  • I Left the Party to Go Look at a Building
  • i like your weird laugh
  • I Liked This Coffee Shop Before It Had Chairs
  • i made you a playlist and then i didn't send it
  • I Miss the Old Laundromat, Before the Espresso Bar
  • I Moved to the City and Bought a Loom
  • i named a fish after you
  • I Named My Bicycle After a Dead Philosopher
  • I Only Cry at Farmers Markets
  • I Pickled Everything in the House

I, continued

  • i practiced saying hello
  • I Preferred the Demo of Your Personality
  • I Read It in a Magazine with No Advertisements
  • I Read Your Zine (It Was Okay)
  • i rhymed your name with orange
  • I Was into Fog Before the Coast Got Popular
  • I Was Vegan for a Weekend
  • i wore the wrong shoes
  • I Wrote a Manifesto on a Napkin
  • i'll text you when i'm brave
  • I'm Fine with It (Mostly)
  • i'm not good at phone calls
  • I've Had Worse Birthdays

I, continued

  • Ice Rink in Fresno
  • Ice Scraper
  • Icicle Orchard
  • Idea 3, Bounce 2
  • Imogen Rearranges the Furniture
  • Indigo Swim Meet
  • Ingrid Won't Dance
  • Instrumental No. 6
  • Interlude II
  • Intermission Lemonade
  • Iridescent Shoulder
  • Ironing Board
  • It Went About as Expected
  • It's a Living

J: 9 names

  • (Just Past) The Reservoir
  • (Just the) Opening Act
  • Jasper Took the Dog
  • Josephine Won't Say
  • Jump Cut to February
  • June Calls It Quits
  • Juniper and the Fence Line
  • Junk Drawer
  • Jury Duty (Dismissed)

K: 10 names

  • (Keep the) Receipt
  • Kalamazoo Is a Real Place
  • Kenji Builds a Kite
  • Kettering in the Rain
  • Kettle Pond
  • Kindling Season
  • kiss on the bus (missed my stop)
  • Kitchen Radio (AM Only)
  • Knoxville Keeps Its Lights On
  • Kombucha Explosion in a Shared Kitchen

L: 49 names

  • (Let's Not) Make a Scene
  • (Lightly) Supervised
  • (Loosely) Based on Us
  • (Lukewarm) Reception
  • Lady with the Metal Detector
  • Lake Erie in Street Clothes
  • Lake House (Not Ours)
  • Lake Ice Singing
  • Lampshade
  • Lanyard
  • Larkspur for Lena
  • Last Line of the First Chapter

L, continued

  • Last Tram Out of Preston
  • Late Bloomer (Early Riser)
  • Launderette on Gladstone Road
  • Laundry Chute
  • laundry day, baby
  • Lavender Signal
  • Lawn Flamingo
  • Leaf Blower
  • Leaving Thunder Bay Slowly
  • Leeds, Eventually
  • Leftovers (Side B)
  • Lemon Light Through Blinds

L, continued

  • Lens Flare Lover
  • Leon Sleeps Through Summer
  • Leopold Regrets the Tattoo
  • Letters to Gwen
  • Librarian with a Sidecar
  • Library Book, Seven Years Late
  • Lichen and Old Stone Walls
  • Light Refreshments
  • Lighthouse Keeper's Car Park
  • Lilac Motorway
  • Limited Engagement
  • Lionel Changed His Number

L, continued

  • little synth in my backpack
  • Live at the Kitchen Table
  • Locally Sourced Loneliness
  • Long Exposure of a Ferris Wheel
  • Long Weekend (Short Version)
  • Loon Call Across the Cove
  • Loop 14
  • Lorraine at the Wheel
  • Low Sun on the Laundry
  • Low Tide, Bare Feet
  • Lower Michigan Blues
  • Lucille Wins at Darts
  • Lucinda Knows a Shortcut

M: 68 names

  • (Maybe) Next Thursday
  • (Meanwhile) In the Kitchen
  • (Mild) Peril
  • (Modest) Fireworks
  • Mabel Unplugs the Jukebox
  • Mama Hums in the Garden
  • Manageable Chaos
  • Maple Sap Morning
  • Marcus in the Marching Band
  • Margaret Has a Theory
  • Marguerite Folds the Map
  • Marigold Hour
  • Marisol Borrowed My Bike

M, continued

  • Marquette in Mud Season
  • Mason Jar Chandelier
  • Matinee for One
  • Mauve Receiver
  • Mavis at the Switchboard
  • Meadowlark, Come Home
  • Mei Draws the Neighbors
  • Mild Applause
  • Milk Glass Morning
  • Milkweed Parachutes
  • Mill River Picnic
  • Milton Keynes Has No Corners
  • Minnie Runs the Projector
  • Minor League Fireworks Night

M, continued

  • Minor Setback
  • Mint Haze
  • mirror selfie, no flash
  • Moderately Haunted
  • mom says hi
  • Mom's Recipe for Rain
  • Moncton Motel Ice Machine
  • Moonstone Lobby
  • Moss on the North Side
  • Mostly Sunny
  • Mother Knits by the Stove
  • Mother's Maiden Name
  • Motorway Services, Northbound

M, continued

  • Movement IV: The Carpool
  • Moving Day (Bring Boxes)
  • Mr. Abernathy's Hedge
  • Mudflat Morning
  • Mudroom
  • Municipal Pool Rules
  • Mushroom Hunting with My Dad
  • Mustache Wax and Other Commitments
  • My Aunt Reads the Clouds
  • My Beanie in a Heat Wave
  • My Bicycle (Your Problem Now)
  • My Cassette Label Lost Eleven Dollars
  • my cat thinks you're okay
  • My Dentist Plays Bass

M, continued

  • My Film Camera Is Out of Film Again
  • My Landlord the Poet
  • My Mother Planted Lupines
  • My Other Jacket Is Also Corduroy
  • My Podcast Has Two Listeners and One Is Me
  • my room is a mess again
  • My Roommate Makes His Own Candles Now
  • My Sister Keeps Goats
  • my sister's old tape player
  • My Sourdough Starter Has a Name and a Trust Fund
  • My Tattoo Means Something in Latin, Probably
  • My Typewriter Needs a Ribbon and So Do I
  • My Ukulele Is Tuned to an Older Standard
  • my voice memo of the rain

N: 28 names

  • (Nearly) Noon
  • (No One Told Me) It Was a Costume Party
  • (Nobody Move) I Dropped a Contact Lens
  • (Not Quite) Spring
  • (Nothing but) Flat Tires
  • Nadia on the Fire Escape
  • Nana Counts the Swallows
  • neighbors can hear this
  • Nephew's First Snow
  • Nettle Soup
  • New Apartment (Same Radiator)
  • New Glasses (Old Street)
  • New Jersey, the Inland Part
  • New Song 5 Final Final

N, continued

  • Newcastle, the Australian One
  • Niall Never Calls Back
  • Niece with a Butterfly Net
  • Night Bus to Croydon
  • night light, still on
  • Night Shift Florist
  • No Hard Feelings, Some Soft Ones
  • No. 9, Slowly
  • Nocturne No. 1 for Refrigerator Hum
  • Noor Sent a Postcard
  • North Dakota Is Probably Fine
  • Not My Best Work
  • Not to Scale
  • notes app love letter

O: 32 names

  • (On Second Thought) Stay
  • (One of Those) Afternoons
  • (Out of) Office Hours
  • (Out) On a Limb, Apparently
  • Ochre Balcony
  • Odette Keeps the Score
  • Offscreen Thunder
  • Oh, Little Barn Owl
  • Old Dog, New Snow
  • Old Pete's Younger Days

O, continued

  • Olympia, Unfurnished
  • one bar of signal
  • One-Mic Session
  • Opal Out West
  • Opal Traffic
  • Open Mic (Closed Mouth)
  • Opening Scene in a Rented Kayak
  • Opus 12, Give or Take
  • Ordinary Emergency
  • Oscar Collects Receipts
  • Otter Creek Baptism

O, continued

  • Ottoline Says It's Fine
  • Our Drummer Got a Real Job
  • Our Father's Fishing Hat
  • Our Neighbor the Taxidermist
  • Our Rooftop Garden Grew One Radish
  • Our Town Has Two Roundabouts Now
  • Outtake from the Barn Sessions
  • Overcoat
  • Overexposed in June
  • Overflow Parking at the Lutheran Church
  • Overpass Garden

P: 51 names

  • (Please Don't) Ask About the Band
  • Pa's Old Snowshoes
  • Paddling Pool Summer
  • Pale Green Afternoon
  • Pamphlet
  • Papa's Whistle Carries
  • Paper Route (Retired)
  • Paperback Left on a Train
  • Paperboy Emeritus
  • Par for the Course
  • Parsnip
  • Part Three of Three

P, continued

  • Partial Credit
  • Passable Impression of a Grown-Up
  • Pastel Interference
  • Patio Furniture
  • Pauline Returns the Sweater
  • Peach Static
  • Pearl Weather
  • Peat Smoke
  • Pegboard
  • Pen Pal (Lapsed)
  • Pencil Case
  • Peoria, Reluctantly
  • Periwinkle Drift

P, continued

  • Peterborough Changes Trains
  • Petra Speaks First
  • Philippa Missed the Ferry
  • Picnic (Ants Included)
  • Piece for Tape Hiss
  • Pier Arcade Token
  • pillow fort diplomacy
  • Pim Has a Trampoline
  • Pinecone in My Pocket
  • Placemat
  • Please Admire My Obscure Reference
  • Pocket Comb
  • Poem Taped to a Refrigerator

P, continued

  • Porch Swing Psalm
  • Portrait of a Mall Santa in July
  • Postcard from the Wrong Ohio
  • posters on a slanted wall
  • Potluck (Everyone Brought Bread)
  • Powder Blue Elevator
  • Prelude to a Shorter Song
  • Prism in the Bathwater
  • Priya Quit the Choir
  • Probably Nothing
  • Prologue in a Waiting Room
  • Proof of Purchase
  • Provisional License

Q: 4 names

  • Quiet Carriage (Loud Thoughts)
  • Quiet Renovations
  • Quilt for a Winter Baby
  • Quince Tree Wedding

R: 30 names

  • (Reasonably) Good Morning
  • (Regretfully) Yours
  • (Remind Me) What We're Celebrating
  • Rain Delay (Bring Cards)
  • Rainbow in a Sprinkler
  • Ramona Can't Parallel Park
  • Raspberry Canes
  • Ravi Wins the Raffle
  • Reasonably Priced Heartache
  • Record Fair (Bring a Tote)
  • recorded in a closet
  • Regina Does Not Mind
  • Rehearsal Tape, Side A
  • Renata Studies Moths
  • Rental Car Through Nebraska

R, continued

  • Reprise, but Faster
  • Returns Policy
  • Rhyme Scheme for a Rainy Week
  • River Stones for Rosemary
  • Road Trip (Abridged)
  • Roland Hates the Beach
  • Roller Rink on Fulton Street
  • Root Cellar Hymn
  • Rosalind, Second Trombone
  • Rose Quartz Parking Garage
  • Rotorua Smells Like Home
  • Rough Draft of an Apology
  • Rough Mix, Tuesday
  • Roughly Speaking
  • Rufus in a Rented Tux

S: 110 names

  • (Second) First Impressions
  • (Slightly) South of Here
  • (Somebody's) Birthday Again
  • (Somewhere a) Screen Door
  • (Sorry About) The Carpet
  • (Still) Learning to Drive
  • Sacramento Has Trees Too
  • Sadie Makes a List
  • Saffron Curtain
  • Salamander Under the Step
  • Salt Marsh Wedding
  • Sandwich Board
  • Saskatoon Sends Regards

S, continued

  • Sawhorse
  • Scaffolding
  • Schenectady Snow Day
  • School Play (Understudy)
  • Science Fair (Honorable Mention)
  • Scranton by Bus
  • screen brightness all the way down
  • Screen Test in a Stairwell
  • Seafoam Stereo
  • Seaside Town in the Off-Season
  • Seasonal Work (Reprise)
  • Second Act Problems
  • Second Demo of the Sad Waltz
  • Second-Best Diner in Erie

S, continued

  • see you at the co-op
  • Seed Catalog in January
  • Session Outro
  • Sheffield in Short Sleeves
  • Shimmer Index
  • Short Notice
  • Shower Curtain
  • Side Two, Track One
  • Sidecar
  • Silas Went Electric
  • Silver Gelatin
  • Single Version (There Is No Album)
  • Sister City Sign
  • Sister, the River Is High

S, continued

  • Skating on the Rideau
  • Sketch for Piano and Dishwasher
  • Sleeper Train (Wide Awake)
  • sleepover on a school night
  • Slide Projector Heaven
  • Slight Return of the Cold
  • Slow Dance (Fast Song)
  • Slow Dissolve to a Kitchen
  • Slow Train to Aberystwyth
  • Slowly, the Projector
  • small speaker, big feelings
  • Small Talk (Extended)
  • Small-Press Poetry, Large Opinions
  • Snow Day (Indoors)

S, continued

  • Snow Shovel
  • Sock Drawer
  • socks on the radiator
  • Sodium Lamp Halo
  • Soft Deadline
  • Soft Focus Saturday
  • soft launch
  • Somebody's Stepdad on Drums
  • Somewhat Damaged in Transit
  • Somewhere West of Topeka
  • Song Eight Is Missing
  • Song for a Friend, Version Two
  • Song No. 3 in Somebody Else's Key

S, continued

  • Sonnet with a Missing Line
  • Sorrel and Sweet Cicely
  • sorry i fell asleep on the call
  • Sparrow in the Woodstove Pipe
  • Spice Rack
  • Split-Level on Hawthorne
  • Sprinkler
  • Staff Picnic (Mandatory Fun)
  • Stage Directions for a Breakup
  • Standing Room
  • Stanley Counts Trains
  • Stapler
  • Starlings on the Power Line
  • Stepbrother's Slingshot

S, continued

  • Stepladder
  • Stepmother's Sourdough
  • sticker on a laptop
  • Storage Units Near the Airport
  • strawberry milk at midnight
  • string lights, twin bed
  • Study in Open Tuning
  • Subdivision Named After a Meadow
  • Subject to Change
  • Sublet
  • Subtitles for a Silent Film
  • Sudbury Nickel Sunset
  • Sugar Shack Steam
  • Summer Job (Winter Coat)

S, continued

  • Summer Reading List
  • Sunbleached Curtains
  • Sunday Dinner (Bring Your Own Chair)
  • Sunroom Reverb
  • Sunspot on the Carpet
  • Supporting Role in My Own Biopic
  • Suspenders at a Funeral
  • Sven and the Sailboat
  • Swallows in the Boathouse
  • Sweater Vest
  • Sweet Fern and Gravel
  • Swim Lessons (For Adults)
  • Swimming Pool in November
  • Sylvie Versus the Sea

T: 118 names

  • (Technically) A Holiday
  • (Tell Me When) The Kettle's On
  • (Thank You for) Holding
  • (Theme from) An Unmade Documentary
  • (This Is the) Scenic Route
  • Tabitha Knows Karate
  • Tadpoles in a Jam Jar
  • Take Eleven
  • Take Two, Same Mistake
  • Tallahassee Forgets My Name
  • Tamarack Lullaby
  • Tangerine Fog
  • Tape Measure
  • Tasmania by Accident

T, continued

  • Taxidermy Was the Compromise
  • Teakettle
  • Teal Machine
  • tell your dog i said hi
  • Tentatively Yes
  • Tetherball
  • Thank You Notes (Unsent)
  • Thank You, Coach Hendricks
  • The Accordion Was a Phase
  • the amp is bigger than my desk
  • The Arcade Above the Pharmacy
  • The Barista Remembered My Order and Now I Must Move
  • The Beekeeper's Youngest
  • The Costume Designer Wore Gray
  • The Creek Behind Aunt Dot's

T, continued

  • The Detective Takes a Holiday
  • The Garden Did Well (I Didn't Help)
  • The Garden Gate Won't Latch
  • The Ghostwriter's Vacation
  • The Good Side of Dayton
  • The Hay Came in Late
  • The Heroine Leaves in Reel Three
  • The House with the Boat in the Yard
  • The Ice Cream Man in Winter
  • The Ironic Bowling League Got Serious
  • The Last Drive-In North of Fargo
  • The Last Video Store in Bend
  • The Laundromat in Tacoma
  • The Leisure Centre Is Closed
  • The Librarian's Overdue Confession

T, continued

  • The Lifeguard Reads Russian Novels
  • The Long Take
  • The Mall in Akron Is a Church Now
  • The Montage Where We Paint the House
  • The Narrator Changes Her Mind
  • The Newsagent Knows
  • The Only Stoplight in Harlan County
  • The Orchard Sold in Spring
  • The Other Springfield
  • The Party Was Fine (I Left at Nine)
  • The Piano Tuner Is Late
  • The Poet Laureate of the Night Bus
  • The Pond Froze Over the Wedding
  • The Pop-Up Shop Popped Back Down
  • The Projectionist's Lunch Break

T, continued

  • The Protagonist Oversleeps
  • The Quiet Part of Pittsburgh
  • The Quietest Kid in Homeroom
  • The Ring Road Around Swindon
  • The Roundabout at Basingstoke
  • The Second Chair Violist
  • The Sheep Know Something
  • The Substitute Teacher's Guitar
  • The Suburbs of a Smaller City
  • The Tote Bag Collection Speaks for Itself
  • The Tour Van (Smells Like Oranges)
  • The Translator's Note
  • The Twins Who Run the Bakery
  • The Typewriter Shop Closed and I Wasn't Consulted

T, continued

  • The Understudy's Monologue
  • The Unreliable Narrator Buys Groceries
  • The Villain Waters His Tomatoes
  • The Weatherman's Daughter
  • The Well Went Dry in August
  • the wifi is better at yours
  • The Year the Apples Froze
  • The Zine Launch Was Sparsely Attended
  • Thelma Changed the Locks
  • Theo Keeps Bees Now
  • Thimble
  • Things Went Sideways, Politely
  • Thirteen Bars of Something
  • This Mustache Is a Limited Pressing
  • This One Is in 7/8 for No Reason

T, continued

  • Thistle in the Wheat
  • Three Sisters and a Station Wagon
  • Thrifted Trophy for Somebody Else's Bowling
  • Thunder over the Corn Crib
  • Timaru on the Map
  • Timothy Hay
  • Tinted Windows, Tinted Sun
  • toast for two
  • Tobias Has Been Thinking
  • Toboggan
  • Tollbooth
  • Tomasz Fixes Radios
  • Tomato Stakes
  • too shy for karaoke
  • Town Meeting (Adjourned)

T, continued

  • Township Recycling Day
  • Track Seven (Working Title)
  • Tracking Shot Down the Cereal Aisle
  • Trailer Park Tulips
  • Train Bridge at Lunch
  • Train Station (Wrong Platform)
  • Trellis
  • Trial Period
  • Turnip
  • Turquoise Hallway
  • Twin Brothers, One Raincoat
  • Two Aunts and a Rowan Tree
  • Two Geese Over Grandpa's Field
  • Two Hours Outside Portland
  • Two Stops Past Stockport

U: 31 names

  • (Unfortunately) Early to the Wedding
  • (Unseasonably) Warm
  • ukulele in the stairwell
  • Ultraviolet Picnic
  • Uncle Amos Tunes the Banjo
  • Uncle Ray's Camcorder
  • Uncle's Trout Stream
  • Underwater Chandelier
  • Unironically Enjoying the Sunset
  • Unpublished Manuscript, Drawer Three

U, continued

  • Untitled (Harbor)
  • Untitled (Kitchen Version)
  • Untitled (Laura's Idea)
  • Untitled (Radio Edit of Nothing)
  • Untitled (Rain on the Skylight)
  • Untitled (Slow One)
  • Untitled (The Fast One)
  • Untitled (We'll Name It Later)
  • Untitled Autumn Piece
  • Untitled Duet for Neighbors

U, continued

  • Untitled for My Sister
  • Untitled for Two Guitars
  • Untitled in D
  • Untitled Lake Thing
  • Untitled Nineteen
  • Untitled No. 4
  • Untitled Porch Recording
  • Untitled with Banjo
  • Untitled with Handclaps
  • Upholstery
  • Used Car Lot Bunting

V: 14 names

  • Vacant Lot Wildflowers
  • Variation on a Doorbell
  • Velvet Antenna
  • Vending Machine (Exact Change)
  • Vera at the Reunion
  • Victoria Day Fireworks
  • Viktor Plays Chess by Mail
  • Village Hall Jumble Sale
  • Vintage Glasses, Perfect Vision
  • Violet Hour Bus Ride
  • Visitor Parking
  • Voice Memo 47
  • Voicemail (Transcribed)
  • Voiceover Says It Was Summer

W: 40 names

  • (We Are the) Runners-Up
  • (Why Is There) Sand in Everything
  • Wagga Wagga Postcard
  • Waiting List
  • Waiting on Dmitri
  • walking home with a melon
  • Wallpaper Paste
  • Walter Moved to Arizona
  • Waltz No. 2 for a Broken Organ
  • Water Tower, Class of Whenever
  • Watercolor Siren
  • We Are All Guest Listed Somewhere
  • We Bought a Tent (And Used It Once)

W, continued

  • We Foraged This Salad from a Median
  • We Met at a Reading Nobody Attended
  • we never finished the puzzle
  • We Only Listen to This on Vinyl, Unfortunately
  • We Recorded This in a Grain Silo
  • We Screen-Printed the Invitations Ourselves
  • We Should Hang Out (We Won't)
  • We Started a Supper Club and Lost Four Friends
  • we watched the whole season
  • We'll See
  • Weathervane
  • Welcome Back (Nothing Changed)
  • Welcome Mat

W, continued

  • Wendy Left for Art School
  • What Milo Saw at the Lake
  • Wheelbarrow
  • Whittling Song
  • Wichita Had a Record Store
  • Wild Plum Sunday
  • Willow Whistle
  • Windbreaker
  • Windfall Pears
  • Winnipeg Stays Up Late
  • Winston Reads the Obituaries
  • Woodpile Arithmetic
  • Woodsmoke on My Brother's Coat
  • Wren in the Rafters

Y: 16 names

  • (Yet Another) Housewarming
  • (You Should See) The Other Sweater
  • (Your Name Here) Forever
  • Yard Sale (Rain Date)
  • you can borrow my hoodie
  • you laughed at my joke (finally)
  • You Look Well (Considering)
  • You Probably Haven't Heard of My Hometown

Y, continued

  • you smell like a library
  • Your Brother's Record Collection
  • Your Dad's Jokes (Unabridged)
  • Your Favorite Band's Favorite Dishwasher
  • your handwriting on my arm
  • Your Roommate's Boyfriend's Band
  • your side of the futon
  • Yuki Has Opinions About Soup

Z: 1 name

  • Zoning Board Waltz