Wild Nothing's 6 favorite songs from 1988

"Half the music I hold dear is from the '80s"

Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing
(Image credit: Shawn Brackbill)

Wild Nothing (a.k.a. Jack Tatum) offers his cheeriest take on dream pop yet with Life of Pause, the band's third full-length album. The record is largely about defining your relationships and understanding your place in the world, and in many ways, it's a nostalgic tour for Tatum. So perhaps it's no surprise that when we asked Tatum for his favorite songs, he focused on the year he was born: 1988.

"Half the music I hold dear is from the '80s," Tatum told The Week in an email. "It seemed relevant that I could look back and find that I actually had a lot of favorites from the year I was born." Plus, "I like imagining that context too, imagining the things that were floating around while my parents were preparing for a new kid," he added.

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Stephanie Talmadge

Stephanie is an editorial assistant at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Modern Luxury Media.