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NPR Music's Top 20 Songs Of September

Angel Olsen shot her emotions into the stratosphere, Hiss Golden Messenger offered an agnostic gospel and Cautious Clay snarked on social media.
Angel Olsen's "Lark" appears on NPR Music's top 20 songs of September.

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Let's see, in the month of September, we've got a pair of songs inspired by tarot cards, several odes to death or the end of the world and an Irish drinking song that doesn't end that well. But for every bummer, there's a reclamation of sanity, identity or voice via cathartic scream.

Below you'll find an alphabetized list of NPR Music's top 20 songs of September 2019. Be sure to check out our as well.

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