Sometimes you just need to have to right music for the right dairy products. Those lighted cases are calling to you. Your mom is calling too; she wants to make sure you’ll remember to buy those gummy vitamins.

Vacation by Florist

This song, off of Florist’s newest EP Holdly, is honest and calming. Plus, the line “maybe I just wanna get married, maybe I just wanna fall asleep” is p great.

Perfect for: when you’re looking at the gogurts longingly but know you have to buy greek yogurt because you want your housemates to think you’re ~sophisticated~

Sprained Ankle by Julien Baker

Super simple, and just quiet in a way that makes you want to reflect on your big decisions but also the tiny ones. Pretty sure Julien Baker has more talent than I will ever have at anything ever. She’s 19. She’s v chill. She’s from Memphis. (You should also check out Go Home from Baker because it's incredible.)

Perfect for: when you’re feeling small among the cream cheese choices; chive or mixed vegetable, u kno?

Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell by Das Racist

This isn’t news, but sometimes you gotta honor the classics. Also, the members met at Wesleyan so woooo CT pride (jk CT pride isn’t a thing; it’s a shitty state--trust me I spent 18 years there but don’t you dare make fun of it, only we can do that)

Perfect for: deciding that using the same pre-shredded cheese for pizza and tacos will probably work. Maybe they’ll taste a little weird, but that’s what pepperoni and hot sauce are for...right? Pepper jack is probably the wrong choice, but would havarti work? Does Chuck E. Cheese use the same cheese on everything they make? 3-cheese blend? 5-cheese blend? What is overboard cheese-wise? How many cheeses is too many? At what point is the blend no longer benefitting from additional flavors? How do we decide when we are finished? Is anything ever finished? Aren’t we all just works in progress, working on works in progress? How much do you even really care? It’s all melty.

Come On, Let’s Love by Zanders

Lil band from CT, just doing what they do. The beginning of this song is dripping in clichés and gets totally brutal at the end. 100% it will get stuck in your head. (Also, I hear they have some new tunes out soon.)

Perfect for: when you want to politely smash a gallon of milk on the floor, curtsey, and walk away.

I Didn’t by Tica Douglas

Tica Douglas has been doing some great stuff, plus I hear part of this album was recorded in a barn so its got that rustic feel.

Perfect for: when you decide not to buy butter when you probably need it because $$$

Kicker by Alex G

Honestly, friend, this song somehow just gets it in a way that I can’t really explain, except for saying it has this really nice momentum to it that keeps things going but isn’t abrasive.

Perfect for: when you’re picking out the milk for the tea you drink as a coping mechanism for anxiety attacks.

Guide by Emily Yacina

Philly and NYC based, Yacina’s music is v beautiful and calming and interesting. She’s actually on a couple tracks from Alex G’s new album. Everything’s connected.

Perfect for: the moment you realized you’ve been standing in the dairy section for too long and the fluorescent lights from inside the cases just makes you feel really weird.

Honestly, I’m lactose intolerant so just ignore me. What do I know about milk?