Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD as it is so appropriately abbreviated, isn’t a genuine form of clinical depression. Though one would think the statistic may be higher, SAD affects nearly 14% of the human population. Though the cold is unbearable, one cannot place SAD’s burden on sub-zero temperatures alone; often, diet and lack of exercize cause SAD.

My guess is that a disproportional number of the 14% are musicians. Any lyric containing the word “winter” must be accompanied by a minor chord, cello, or some other romantically SAD tone. One of my newly re-discovered favorite Winter Records is The Softies’ Winter Pageant. Their song “Anywhere But Here” conveys winter’s lazy restlessness. Linked above is a video of the reunited Softies singing their classic song.