October is typically the time of year when I re-enter my dark academia era, and there are a few moody folk rock songs that always hit that aesthetic just right. As I sink deeper into my pumpkin spice-scented hermit cave and my walk home from class grows darker and colder, these are the best acoustic tunes to set the mood and justify my tweed trousers and turtleneck sweaters.
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Riley Sommers attended the University of Texas before relocating to Chicago for graduate school. She is a second-year masters student in DePaul’s journalism program.
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