Into the Wild premiers this Friday: Sean Penn’s film about a young man who denounces his capital life and journeys into the great abyss, all to the tune of Eddie Vedder. Whether the movie lives up to expectations or not, the soundtrack is amazing: disheartened, acoustic somethings by a musical icon of my formative years. These songs tell the story of an abstruse rambler. Here is a snippet of the sound.

Eddie Vedder- Society

Eddie Vedder- Rise

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Because I used the word abstruse and because I have been waiting for the chance to post Andrew Bird’s “Spare-Ohs,” I have added a bonus track below. It is not entirely random. In this song, Andrew Bird seems as disenchanted by society as both Vedder and Christopher McCandless. So, to round off my hodgepodge of depressing outsider music, I give you…

Andrew Bird- Spare-Ohs