Jake Ewald is a man of many words and styles. From his humble beginnings as an awkward, jilted romantic in Modern Baseball to the love-drenched adoration of Slaughter Beach, Dog and his recent forrays into lounge, folk, and earnest singer-songwriter exposition. 

The man has always known how to turn a phrase, and with Ewaldism, I attempt to collect some of his most iconic tracks into one career-spanning playlist. Segmented by the two bands that make up his body of work, this playlist presents a movie-length way to witness Ewald’s writing develop in real-time from the dejected and confused-in-love MoBo to the self-assured maturity of SBD.