1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,500 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don and Dude. 2 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:17,100 But here we are again on the Album Nerds podcast. 3 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,100 Hi, I'm Dude. 4 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:19,620 I got Andy and Don with me. 5 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:21,180 Andy, how the hell are you feeling? 6 00:00:21,180 --> 00:00:24,100 You ready for some podcast goodness today? 7 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:26,780 Wouldn't have it any other way, buddy. 8 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:31,340 I was up late last night crunching the numbers on Q2 here, guys. 9 00:00:31,340 --> 00:00:37,900 And I gotta tell you, the prospectus is looking rosy for the second half of 2023. 10 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:43,820 Well, now that we know the ABCs of podcasting, always be casting. 11 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:46,700 All right, Don, how you doing? 12 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:48,900 Well, it's nice to see you guys. 13 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:50,140 It feels like it's been a while. 14 00:00:50,140 --> 00:00:51,140 It's been ever long. 15 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:52,140 Oh my gosh. 16 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:53,140 That was terrible. 17 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:57,300 I feel like packing this thing up. 18 00:00:57,300 --> 00:01:00,100 I was already having a rough morning. 19 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:03,460 You're not supporting me very well, Don. 20 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:04,460 Chokes like that. 21 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:05,460 Oh boy. 22 00:01:05,460 --> 00:01:06,460 It needs enemies. 23 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:10,460 I'm just warming up. 24 00:01:10,460 --> 00:01:12,260 Oh wow. 25 00:01:12,260 --> 00:01:14,340 Warm up faster. 26 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:17,740 All right, so this is the Album Nerds podcast. 27 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:19,780 I'll be frank with you all. 28 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:23,100 We talk about albums here, music albums. 29 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,780 Today we've got a great show for you. 30 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:25,780 We're going to do that. 31 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:28,020 We're going to talk about three albums. 32 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:31,860 We're going to answer a question, talk about what we learned, spin the wheel of musical 33 00:01:31,860 --> 00:01:35,820 destiny at the end of the show to find out what kind of albums we'll talk about on the 34 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:36,820 next show. 35 00:01:36,820 --> 00:01:39,620 But this week it's all about them, new releases. 36 00:01:39,620 --> 00:01:43,620 That's what I'm talking about. 37 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:48,500 Well here on the show, every few months we like to check in on what is new out there. 38 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:54,380 In episode 195 we reviewed some releases from the first quarter of 2023. 39 00:01:54,380 --> 00:02:00,180 We did a record with a long album title by Yves Tumor called Praise a Lord Who Chews 40 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:04,660 But Which Does Not Consume or Simply Hot Between Worlds. 41 00:02:04,660 --> 00:02:09,340 We did Depeche Mode, Momento Mori and Iggy Pop, Every Loser. 42 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:13,620 So today we're going to check in again with new releases and pick three more records from 43 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:15,660 the year 2023. 44 00:02:15,660 --> 00:02:18,580 Just with the long titles this year, man. 45 00:02:18,580 --> 00:02:23,260 Yeah, we got a couple book titles here going on. 46 00:02:23,260 --> 00:02:27,980 Well and then we have things like, was the Jonas Brothers one called like album or something? 47 00:02:27,980 --> 00:02:28,980 Yes. 48 00:02:28,980 --> 00:02:32,380 And then there's a record we're going to talk about today that's just called The Record. 49 00:02:32,380 --> 00:02:33,380 The Record, yeah. 50 00:02:33,380 --> 00:02:35,100 So there's some of that going on too. 51 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:39,380 Yeah, people are either trying too hard or not hard enough. 52 00:02:39,380 --> 00:02:41,180 Sounds kind of like this show. 53 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:43,300 Let's just call it podcast. 54 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:44,780 This episode is called podcast. 55 00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:45,780 Yeah, right. 56 00:02:45,780 --> 00:02:46,780 There you go. 57 00:02:46,780 --> 00:02:52,700 New releases are challenging, especially for older fellas like myself because I tend to 58 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:58,020 gravitate toward existing artists that I'm already familiar with, which I will prove 59 00:02:58,020 --> 00:03:01,180 out when we get to my pick for the week. 60 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:06,100 But I listened to the new Rival Sons album. 61 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:12,060 It is supposedly part of a two part series, which is the second one coming out later this 62 00:03:12,060 --> 00:03:16,820 year so I figure maybe I won't even talk about that until a future new release show. 63 00:03:16,820 --> 00:03:19,580 Squeeze in two albums for the price of one. 64 00:03:19,580 --> 00:03:23,020 The Culture Wall album came out this month. 65 00:03:23,020 --> 00:03:25,780 A Greta Van Fleet album came out. 66 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:30,740 The band that I just keep hoping is going to turn that corner and become great because 67 00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:33,380 they've got it in them and that one's produced by Dave Cobb. 68 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:34,380 Oh boy. 69 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:35,380 Oh boy. 70 00:03:35,380 --> 00:03:39,460 So those are the things I would, you know, I listened to a bunch of different stuff, 71 00:03:39,460 --> 00:03:43,740 but only one of them was really speaking to me this time around and we'll get to that 72 00:03:43,740 --> 00:03:44,740 later. 73 00:03:44,740 --> 00:03:45,740 How'd you guys do? 74 00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:46,740 I did great, man. 75 00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:47,740 I love these new release weeks. 76 00:03:47,740 --> 00:03:50,620 Chance to catch up on what's been going on. 77 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:54,940 I'll mention a couple things that were towards the top of my list. 78 00:03:54,940 --> 00:04:00,300 Pretty interesting like hip hop influenced jazz record by an artist by the name of Alpha 79 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:01,300 Mist. 80 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,100 Great, great name by the way. 81 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:04,100 It's called Variables. 82 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:05,700 Enjoyed that quite a bit. 83 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:11,180 Pretty interesting experimental rock country record by an artist by the name of Geese. 84 00:04:11,180 --> 00:04:12,180 First I've heard of him. 85 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:15,180 His album was entitled 3D Country. 86 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:19,020 Geese, that's just... 87 00:04:19,020 --> 00:04:20,020 It's just a person? 88 00:04:20,020 --> 00:04:21,020 That's just one guy. 89 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:22,020 It should probably be Goose, right? 90 00:04:22,020 --> 00:04:23,020 I mean... 91 00:04:23,020 --> 00:04:24,020 I guess. 92 00:04:24,020 --> 00:04:26,100 Maybe he was afraid of the Top Gun reference. 93 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:27,100 Yeah, probably. 94 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:30,840 And then speaking of long album titles, King Gizzard. 95 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,260 This was on my list too, but I wanted you to have to read it. 96 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:35,860 Oh my gosh. 97 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:38,420 Yeah, they are outdoing themselves here. 98 00:04:38,420 --> 00:04:39,420 Good record. 99 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:40,660 Do you want me to read the whole title? 100 00:04:40,660 --> 00:04:41,660 It's like a... 101 00:04:41,660 --> 00:04:42,660 It's more than a sentence. 102 00:04:42,660 --> 00:04:45,900 Yeah, well first of all, the band name, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. 103 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:48,060 We're already a mouthful of marbles here. 104 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:51,500 The line's mostly full just with that. 105 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:52,500 Continued. 106 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:53,500 All right. 107 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:58,820 Patriot Dragonic Apocalypse or Dawn of Eternal Night, Annihilation of Planet Earth and the 108 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:00,700 Beginning of Merciless Damnation. 109 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:04,460 Jeez, it's a great metal tinged album. 110 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:05,980 It's a good record, yeah. 111 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:10,700 That was one I would have liked to talk about, but I have a feeling I'm saving it for the 112 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:11,700 end of the year. 113 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:12,700 You know what I'm saying? 114 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:13,700 I'm wondering that. 115 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:18,420 Well, I turned to Tidal for its recommendations for me. 116 00:05:18,420 --> 00:05:21,180 Apparently it thinks I'm into singer-songwriters. 117 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:27,180 I believe he was a Scottish guy named Hamish Hawk, an album called Angel Numbers, which 118 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:28,180 was pretty good. 119 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:30,860 It might have actually been, I wonder if it was because I was listening to the Proclaimers 120 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:34,300 a bit last week that thought I was into Scottish stuff. 121 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:35,300 I liked it too. 122 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:36,300 I checked that out. 123 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:37,300 I thought I'd... 124 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:38,300 Yeah, I enjoyed that too. 125 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:43,540 Another singer-songwriter, Steve Salit, I think, or Salé, album called First Landing 126 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:45,060 was decent. 127 00:05:45,060 --> 00:05:49,580 The vocals reminded me a bit of the guy from The National. 128 00:05:49,580 --> 00:05:56,340 And then kind of a Susie and the Banshee sounding group, Current Affairs, a record called Off 129 00:05:56,340 --> 00:05:57,340 the Tongue. 130 00:05:57,340 --> 00:05:58,340 Cool. 131 00:05:58,340 --> 00:05:59,700 I got the same vibe from that. 132 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:01,860 I listened to it as well. 133 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:07,940 Okay, well, there's just so much to digest, but we boiled it down to three, so let's get 134 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:08,940 going on. 135 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:11,940 You choo-choo-choose me? 136 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:12,940 Hello. 137 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:13,940 Hi. 138 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:16,940 Where home is where? 139 00:06:16,940 --> 00:06:17,940 Hi. 140 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:20,940 I have to poop. 141 00:06:20,940 --> 00:06:27,940 Again? 142 00:06:27,940 --> 00:06:28,940 Yeah, it's Gabagoo. 143 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:29,940 Gabagoo don't pay the bills out here. 144 00:06:29,940 --> 00:06:30,940 Gotta love that. 145 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:40,340 All right, for my new release selection here, we're talking about home is where and pooping. 146 00:06:40,340 --> 00:06:41,340 No. 147 00:06:41,340 --> 00:06:44,500 The album is entitled The Weller. 148 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:47,300 We are going to play a little bit from the lead single. 149 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:50,300 This is Yes, Yes, A Thousand Times Yes. 150 00:06:50,300 --> 00:07:09,980 This is the debut full length for the four piece emo group from Palm Coast, Florida. 151 00:07:09,980 --> 00:07:11,340 What to say about this record? 152 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:17,700 So about three words I used to describe it are dinner with Jonah, little well joke there. 153 00:07:17,700 --> 00:07:21,500 Thank you. 154 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:22,500 Well made in Calder. 155 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:23,500 Nice. 156 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:25,500 Is that from Star Trek IV? 157 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:26,500 Don't. 158 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:27,500 Sorry. 159 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:32,060 All right, so this is a pretty intriguing record. 160 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:39,380 I guess you would say it mainly lives in that sort of indie emo rock space, I guess. 161 00:07:39,380 --> 00:07:41,540 There's some screamo in there too. 162 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:44,100 Yeah, there's some screaming in there. 163 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:49,540 Surprising actually, kind of the first time I was listening to it, it made me jump because 164 00:07:49,540 --> 00:07:51,140 I wasn't expecting it. 165 00:07:51,140 --> 00:07:56,140 Yeah, they definitely play into that big sort of dynamic shift between loud and quiet moments 166 00:07:56,140 --> 00:07:57,140 on here. 167 00:07:57,140 --> 00:08:00,180 A lot of similarities too, especially on that track we played there, it sounds a lot like 168 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:04,860 Modest Mouse to me, which popular indie rock group in the early 2000s there. 169 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:06,740 I also saw some similarities to Fungazi. 170 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:09,460 I hear some swans in there from time to time. 171 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:14,260 A lot of interesting influences for sure that they wear on their sleeves here. 172 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:19,460 Then they throw in this sort of like wailing, fishing side to the music, which I think is 173 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:20,940 a little bit confusing of a message. 174 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:25,380 I don't know if I really got exactly what the metaphor was. 175 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:29,420 Did you guys make any progress with that? 176 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:35,900 Talking about whales here, Moby fucking dicks. 177 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:41,180 I think I read somewhere that the whales were kind of just launching themselves to the whalers 178 00:08:41,180 --> 00:08:42,180 or something. 179 00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:43,860 Kamikaze whales, sort of? 180 00:08:43,860 --> 00:08:48,300 Yeah, they're just kind of giving themselves up or something to be harpooned. 181 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:49,620 It seems like it. 182 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:54,140 Yeah, there's a lot of like dismembering of whales, I guess. 183 00:08:54,140 --> 00:08:58,300 It's a very visceral album, I guess is how I would describe it lyrically. 184 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:05,060 It sounds like there's things very sharp and inviting and has kind of a crazy apocalyptic 185 00:09:05,060 --> 00:09:06,580 energy to it, I would say. 186 00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:10,940 I wonder, I suppose if the whales are kind of killing themselves, like if they're giving 187 00:09:10,940 --> 00:09:14,660 up, then that's like the sign that it's the end, right? 188 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:17,940 Because sometimes we look to the clues in the sea. 189 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:22,120 When the animals start acting weird or whatever, then we know there's trouble. 190 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,340 So if the whales are just giving themselves up, then we're basically done at that point. 191 00:09:26,340 --> 00:09:27,340 Right, right. 192 00:09:27,340 --> 00:09:31,260 Have you guys heard these new stories about like whales attacking ships lately? 193 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:36,620 Like these reports of like different large ships being attacked? 194 00:09:36,620 --> 00:09:38,340 They're taking back the ocean. 195 00:09:38,340 --> 00:09:39,860 That's what I was thinking. 196 00:09:39,860 --> 00:09:42,020 Maybe it's a whale takeover. 197 00:09:42,020 --> 00:09:43,020 Yeah, it could be. 198 00:09:43,020 --> 00:09:44,020 The dolphins are next. 199 00:09:44,020 --> 00:09:45,020 That's right. 200 00:09:45,020 --> 00:09:47,020 Watch out when the dolphins get on board. 201 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:49,020 Anyway, let's play another clip. 202 00:09:49,020 --> 00:09:52,020 This is the closing track, Floral Organs. 203 00:09:52,020 --> 00:10:05,780 Stories of the sea. 204 00:10:05,780 --> 00:10:07,460 Yes. 205 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:13,740 Yeah, I guess what I enjoy about this album was like I kept wanting to figure it out. 206 00:10:13,740 --> 00:10:16,860 So I turned to the lyrics. 207 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:23,740 On this track here, it goes at the end, climbing trees older than anyone alive, we braid our 208 00:10:23,740 --> 00:10:28,140 intestines together, spitting teeth into each other's mouths back and forth until we make 209 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:29,140 a smile. 210 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:30,140 All right. 211 00:10:30,140 --> 00:10:35,780 I think that was in my wedding vows, if I remember correctly. 212 00:10:35,780 --> 00:10:41,080 So the three words I chose to describe the album are bored and afraid. 213 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:46,680 So that's actually part of a quote from the lyricist and front woman, Brandon McDonald. 214 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:52,900 She said the whaler was built around the idea of simultaneously being bored and afraid. 215 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:57,580 That reflects the pacing of the music and the loud and the quiet, I think. 216 00:10:57,580 --> 00:11:03,840 But yeah, I guess I spent most of the time this week just trying to figure out what this 217 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,160 album is. 218 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,900 So there was an interview in the publication Consequence of Sound. 219 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:13,340 It says the album as a whole tells the story of the whole world being stuck in a time loop 220 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:14,340 on 9-11. 221 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:17,860 And like with tape loops, the more it plays out, the more it degrades. 222 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:21,620 People grow older and things change, but the collapse of the world trade center happens 223 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:24,620 every morning. 224 00:11:24,620 --> 00:11:29,900 So the worst day in memorable history is every day. 225 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:31,380 Just stuck on it. 226 00:11:31,380 --> 00:11:32,380 Yeah. 227 00:11:32,380 --> 00:11:36,700 Yeah, there's a section of the album where the track five is Every Day Feels Like 9-11 228 00:11:36,700 --> 00:11:39,100 and the next track is 9-12. 229 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:45,780 And I get into that being sort of apocalyptic end times loop thing that she's living out. 230 00:11:45,780 --> 00:11:46,780 It's interesting. 231 00:11:46,780 --> 00:11:49,260 I don't know how that fits in with the wows at all. 232 00:11:49,260 --> 00:11:52,340 Yeah, I'm not sure. 233 00:11:52,340 --> 00:11:53,820 That's where I was a little confused. 234 00:11:53,820 --> 00:11:54,820 Yeah, me too. 235 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:57,820 But I find it interesting. 236 00:11:57,820 --> 00:12:00,660 And like Don was saying, it feels like a puzzle to unravel. 237 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:02,180 And I thought it was pretty engaging. 238 00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:07,100 Yeah, it's either a brilliant puzzle to unravel or it's nonsense. 239 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,260 And that's kind of the issue with records like this. 240 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:14,260 You have to decide early, which it is, so you don't waste too much time. 241 00:12:14,260 --> 00:12:18,020 Kind of Frank Zappa-ish like that. 242 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:20,540 But musically, I appreciated it. 243 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:23,700 I'm going to quote another journalist here, sorry. 244 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:28,460 Ian Cohen from Stereogum said, a whimsy that turns both surly and surreal. 245 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:30,420 Wish I could write like that. 246 00:12:30,420 --> 00:12:32,460 Surly and surreal. 247 00:12:32,460 --> 00:12:34,260 Surly and surreal. 248 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:38,300 But yeah, overall, I enjoyed the album a lot. 249 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:44,180 The problem with albums like these is they're kind of relegated to just me listening alone. 250 00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:50,380 So it's not something I can really play in the house and have it appreciated by other 251 00:12:50,380 --> 00:12:52,300 members of the household. 252 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:55,140 It's like reading a book, you have to sit down and pay attention. 253 00:12:55,140 --> 00:12:56,140 Yeah, that's true. 254 00:12:56,140 --> 00:12:57,140 Interesting. 255 00:12:57,140 --> 00:13:00,300 So why is it that it wouldn't be just the style of music? 256 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:01,620 Isn't it enjoyed in your house style? 257 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:05,340 Yeah, I think just the abrasiveness and the crass stuff. 258 00:13:05,340 --> 00:13:07,340 The screaming, definitely. 259 00:13:07,340 --> 00:13:09,740 The screaming. 260 00:13:09,740 --> 00:13:12,640 Screaming is, if an album is screaming, great. 261 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,640 People know what to expect. 262 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:18,940 But if it's, I am and then it kind of got a little weezer deal going on and then all 263 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:24,620 of a sudden it's ripping screaming and then you catch something about braiding intestines 264 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:29,140 and it's like, the hell are you making me listen to, man? 265 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:31,740 That could background music, I suppose, is accurate. 266 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:34,020 Why don't we play another cut from the record? 267 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:49,060 This is Every Day Feels Like 9-11. 268 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:58,100 I like the vocalist within songs, like a line being clean and then the next line is scream. 269 00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:00,940 It's a gutsy approach. 270 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:06,660 So yeah, I mean, I was reading that the concept is that whole time loops and infinite possibilities 271 00:14:06,660 --> 00:14:11,060 through repetition and that the world is stuck in that 9-11 time loop. 272 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:16,300 But I just couldn't, other than those two songs, the 9-11 and 9-12, I couldn't find 273 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:17,300 those threads. 274 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:26,500 I was having a hard time because maybe I just, there's not enough history with new releases 275 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:30,140 where it's been percolated through a lot of minds. 276 00:14:30,140 --> 00:14:35,860 So all you have is a few reviews and what you hear and then it's challenging to make 277 00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:37,220 sense of all of it. 278 00:14:37,220 --> 00:14:43,580 The three words I used to describe the album were emo, folky, darkness. 279 00:14:43,580 --> 00:14:45,780 Concepts were not super obvious to me. 280 00:14:45,780 --> 00:14:50,220 I like the ideas, the disassociation, disillusionment. 281 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:52,580 I mean, obviously that's there. 282 00:14:52,580 --> 00:14:58,540 I'll make attempts to continue to listen, but like we said earlier, I'm not sure that 283 00:14:58,540 --> 00:15:00,700 it's really all there. 284 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:03,740 I'm not sure that I can put that broken piggy bank back together. 285 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:05,860 You know what I'm saying? 286 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:09,540 Can I find the glue to put the pieces together? 287 00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:13,300 I mean, it's all very fascinating, but I can't see it. 288 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:14,300 Yeah. 289 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:15,300 I'm not sure there is a piggy bank there. 290 00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:16,420 There might be pieces of one. 291 00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:19,660 This is their debut full length record. 292 00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:25,620 They're a fairly recently put together group, pretty young people. 293 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:28,820 It feels like a hodgepodge of interesting ideas. 294 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:33,700 I'm not sure it's a fully fleshed out concept and maybe won't be held up against the white 295 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:39,420 album in 50 years, but I think they have a promising start and some interesting ideas 296 00:15:39,420 --> 00:15:40,420 here. 297 00:15:40,420 --> 00:15:41,420 I like their sound a lot. 298 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:46,020 I think genre fans definitely would appreciate this record and maybe it's a little bit harder 299 00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:49,340 to get into, but I think I found it pretty cool. 300 00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:54,020 I would recommend it to most people who enjoy rock adjacent genres. 301 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:57,980 Once again, the album is The Whale by Home Is Where. 302 00:15:57,980 --> 00:16:00,060 Yeah, it's available on all the usual streaming platforms. 303 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:02,140 Check it out if you haven't heard these guys. 304 00:16:02,140 --> 00:16:03,140 I'm good enough. 305 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:07,180 I'm smart enough and doggone it, people like me. 306 00:16:07,180 --> 00:16:12,060 If you're enjoying the show and we sincerely hope you are, do us a solid and leave a review 307 00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:15,240 on Apple podcasts or your favorite podcast app. 308 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,560 Maybe we made you laugh or you discovered an album you enjoy, leaving a review keeps 309 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,620 the show going and helps other music fans find us. 310 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:27,140 That's why you're the boy genius. 311 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:32,140 So the new release I chose is from a group called Boy Genius. 312 00:16:32,140 --> 00:16:36,180 Real boy of genius. 313 00:16:36,180 --> 00:16:39,300 So in the album is called The Record. 314 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:42,140 Let's hear the kind of the big song right now. 315 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:44,380 Apparently it's on the AAA charts. 316 00:16:44,380 --> 00:16:59,060 This is a song called Not Strong Enough. 317 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:07,140 For those of you who didn't work in radio, AAA refers to Adult Alternative Airplay. 318 00:17:07,140 --> 00:17:13,620 So yeah, I see that it's just a really a perfect pop song and I like it not just because it 319 00:17:13,620 --> 00:17:15,660 mentions boys don't cry in it. 320 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:20,260 She says something about drag racing around the canyon or something, listening to boys 321 00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:21,260 don't cry. 322 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:26,140 Yes, we've all done that. 323 00:17:26,140 --> 00:17:33,780 So Boy Genius is actually a super group made up of three solo artists, Julian Baker, Phoebe 324 00:17:33,780 --> 00:17:36,660 Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. 325 00:17:36,660 --> 00:17:38,580 Three people I had not heard of before. 326 00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:39,580 I heard of Phoebe. 327 00:17:39,580 --> 00:17:44,380 Yeah, I think she's she found her way onto like the Taylor Swift tour and stuff as a 328 00:17:44,380 --> 00:17:45,380 support act. 329 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:49,020 Now, I heard that their original name was the Expressway Women. 330 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:56,860 But Expressway Women, it didn't stick. 331 00:17:56,860 --> 00:18:01,060 So they they released the self titled EP back in 2018. 332 00:18:01,060 --> 00:18:04,300 And this is their their first full length album. 333 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:09,420 Apparently the title or the name of the group Boy Genius kind of refers to the experiences 334 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:15,660 they've had collaborating with with men, these characters who have been identified as like 335 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:18,020 geniuses since they were children. 336 00:18:18,020 --> 00:18:22,900 And so when they're working with them and when you question the ideas of these geniuses, 337 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,420 you know, it makes for some mansplination. 338 00:18:25,420 --> 00:18:26,420 Yes. 339 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:33,220 So I kind of feel like the spirit behind this project is that this is just three women not 340 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:34,740 having their ideas stifled. 341 00:18:34,740 --> 00:18:39,140 I think most of the people involved in the production of this album were women. 342 00:18:39,140 --> 00:18:42,500 The three words I chose to describe the album are not just hype. 343 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:47,340 So unlike a lot of super groups, you know, where I think they often end up being underwhelming 344 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:53,340 or disappointing, ends up just sort of being contrived or sort of a novelty. 345 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:55,740 I don't see this that way at all. 346 00:18:55,740 --> 00:19:00,180 I mean, this just sounds like three people that want to work together, that are feeding 347 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:02,060 off of each other's creativity. 348 00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:04,180 And I think it I don't it really works. 349 00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:06,820 You know, I think there's there's a lot of magic here. 350 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:08,980 It's way more interesting than I expected. 351 00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:13,380 You know, it's it's catchy and hooky, but it's also sort of musically it takes some 352 00:19:13,380 --> 00:19:16,060 turns that are that are unpredictable. 353 00:19:16,060 --> 00:19:19,220 But I think probably what I like most is just the lyrics. 354 00:19:19,220 --> 00:19:22,780 You know, I tend to think of them as kind of intelligent, also maybe a little pretentious, 355 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:26,140 but self-deprecating at the same time, which is something I've always liked, you know, 356 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:32,780 kind of that that Morrissey style or, you know, but well, why don't we let's hear a 357 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:33,780 little more. 358 00:19:33,780 --> 00:19:34,780 Here's a song called Satanist. 359 00:19:34,780 --> 00:19:39,780 Solomon had a point when he wrote Ecclesiastes. 360 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:47,100 If nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy. 361 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:53,820 That song just sounded so 90s alternative to me that I made an immediate connection. 362 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:56,220 I just like the vibe of it and the harmonies. 363 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:57,220 Yeah. 364 00:19:57,220 --> 00:20:03,300 So that song revolves around this protagonist that is urging their partner to embrace extreme 365 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:07,620 lifestyles like Satanism, anarchy, nihilism. 366 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:11,820 Despite all of that, the challenge of breaking away from society and the fear of being overwhelmed 367 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:15,100 by the radical decisions make you end up not doing them. 368 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:18,900 You know, and I just like I like Bible references. 369 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:20,660 I think it's when they're used cleverly. 370 00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:22,660 I think it's fun. 371 00:20:22,660 --> 00:20:27,620 Ecclesiastes, King Colette, had experienced everything and done everything, but concludes 372 00:20:27,620 --> 00:20:30,580 that nothing is ultimately reliable. 373 00:20:30,580 --> 00:20:37,060 The idea of vanities all is futile and taking that idea, name dropping Solomon who wrote 374 00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:39,300 the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. 375 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:42,180 It's all very smart, heady and I like that. 376 00:20:42,180 --> 00:20:43,180 Yeah. 377 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:49,580 I like trying, you know, could have said the same stuff in a much more boring pedestrian 378 00:20:49,580 --> 00:20:50,580 way. 379 00:20:50,580 --> 00:20:51,580 So I appreciated that. 380 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:56,540 The three words I used to describe this album, rock folk realness. 381 00:20:56,540 --> 00:21:00,060 It just doesn't sound contrived. 382 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:01,660 I didn't know they were a super group. 383 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:04,220 I had listened to this album when it first came out. 384 00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:07,540 It was a recommendation from the streaming service. 385 00:21:07,540 --> 00:21:08,540 I enjoyed it. 386 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:09,540 It's cool. 387 00:21:09,540 --> 00:21:11,060 I mean, it's a cool sound. 388 00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:13,420 Ups and downs, ultimately interesting. 389 00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:18,140 And this is one that I will attempt to continue to listen to throughout the year and let it 390 00:21:18,140 --> 00:21:23,220 steep, as it were, in my brain. 391 00:21:23,220 --> 00:21:28,100 As I said, you know, I'm just a big fan of the lyrics and I tend to cringe, you know, 392 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:32,420 when people incorporate sort of like modern phrases into songs. 393 00:21:32,420 --> 00:21:35,040 And then of course, it also dates them in the future. 394 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,780 But in the one song, True Blue, there's the line, when you don't know who you are, you 395 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:41,460 fuck around and find out. 396 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:45,900 For some reason, I like that, you know, because I think you're using the fuck around and find 397 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:49,140 out in sort of like a different way, which I thought was clever. 398 00:21:49,140 --> 00:21:51,740 There's a lot of clever on this album. 399 00:21:51,740 --> 00:21:54,360 Okay, well, let's hear another one. 400 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:55,360 This is $20. 401 00:21:55,360 --> 00:22:09,300 I really enjoyed that track in particular. 402 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:12,180 I mean, I enjoyed a handful of tracks on here quite a bit. 403 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:17,780 I totally agree with that big like 90s alternative rock guitar sound pops up in a couple of places 404 00:22:17,780 --> 00:22:21,740 here, which is just fun for me to hear, I guess. 405 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:26,580 And yeah, I mean, I was aware of these guys and they put out an EP probably like four 406 00:22:26,580 --> 00:22:31,100 or five years ago when they were all still fairly, I want to say they all had their own 407 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,800 solo careers, but they were, I want to say unknown, but they weren't nearly as popular 408 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:35,800 as they are nowadays. 409 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,420 Especially Phoebe Bridgers, who I feel like is just like everywhere the last couple of 410 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:41,420 years. 411 00:22:41,420 --> 00:22:43,300 Yeah, I mean, I like their sound as a whole. 412 00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:44,940 I think they do play well together. 413 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:49,980 This definitely feels like something they wanted to do on that record they felt obligated 414 00:22:49,980 --> 00:22:54,620 to do, which as so often, as we said in the past, these super groups is the case. 415 00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:58,860 I think they all seem pretty committed here and they're all, feel like they're all contributing 416 00:22:58,860 --> 00:23:04,100 towards a bigger goal and not really trying to outplay each other or be in competition 417 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:05,100 with each other. 418 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,100 So I think that works pretty well. 419 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:10,740 I mean, there were some, what I would say, less compelling moments, like the track, We're 420 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:14,900 in Love towards the end of the record or Revolution Zero kind of in the middle of the record. 421 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:19,460 I found those to be a little bit less consequential, I guess, than some of the other songs, but 422 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:24,820 as a whole, I found it pretty enjoyable and also good hooks and good melodies and they're 423 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:25,820 all super talented. 424 00:23:25,820 --> 00:23:29,660 Yeah, the three words I use to describe this record are head of the class. 425 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:36,380 I do think they are kind of upper echelon of that sort of pop folk space right now. 426 00:23:36,380 --> 00:23:37,660 This is definitely the future. 427 00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:41,460 I'll be super curious if these guys do anything else together as a group. 428 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:44,580 I hope they do, but it feels like they're all going to become pretty big stars on their 429 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:45,580 own. 430 00:23:45,580 --> 00:23:49,900 They might really become like the highway women at some point where they're all such 431 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:51,260 big characters of their own. 432 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:54,780 It might be hard to contain them all in this small little trio. 433 00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:55,780 Real boy of genius. 434 00:23:55,780 --> 00:24:01,220 How did you get that in there? 435 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:03,500 I'm really excited about this album. 436 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:06,220 I'm not ready to ain't off it. 437 00:24:06,220 --> 00:24:10,660 I definitely need to take some time with it, figure out if I'm just kind of infatuated 438 00:24:10,660 --> 00:24:14,020 at the moment or if it's going to be like a long time love affair. 439 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,860 You guys can probably relate to this. 440 00:24:15,860 --> 00:24:21,500 I think why I'm such a big music fan is that I'm always kind of chasing those moments where 441 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:25,620 you're listening to something and you're just like, holy fuck, that's good. 442 00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:28,540 You've had those experiences. 443 00:24:28,540 --> 00:24:31,420 I did have that a couple of times on this album. 444 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:32,420 Good. 445 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:34,420 That doesn't happen all the time. 446 00:24:34,420 --> 00:24:36,180 That's all we hope for here, man. 447 00:24:36,180 --> 00:24:38,580 Those fleeting moments of pure joy. 448 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:41,340 Few and far between usually. 449 00:24:41,340 --> 00:24:48,940 Okay, well, so that is boy genius with the record. 450 00:24:48,940 --> 00:24:49,940 Excuse me. 451 00:24:49,940 --> 00:24:53,020 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 452 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:59,340 Well, it's that celebrated part of the show where we ask ourselves a question. 453 00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:01,260 We're going to do it a little differently this time. 454 00:25:01,260 --> 00:25:07,580 In fact, I'm going to turn it over to our game show host Andy, who will ask dude and 455 00:25:07,580 --> 00:25:13,180 I some trivia questions. 456 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,180 And here's your host, Andy. 457 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,380 All right, boys and girls. 458 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:22,580 I hope you got your trivia hats on because it's trivia time. 459 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:23,580 This is going to be ugly. 460 00:25:23,580 --> 00:25:29,780 We're going to be doing some multiple choice questions about music within the last 23 years. 461 00:25:29,780 --> 00:25:32,340 So anything in the 2000s is fair game. 462 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:37,180 I picked out questions that I think I could answer and hopefully you guys can too. 463 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:38,180 We'll find out. 464 00:25:38,180 --> 00:25:40,180 Feel free to play along at home if you like. 465 00:25:40,180 --> 00:25:41,180 You guys ready? 466 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:42,180 Sure. 467 00:25:42,180 --> 00:25:43,180 Okay. 468 00:25:43,180 --> 00:25:46,260 The last 23 years is not my area of strength. 469 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:47,860 You were alive for the last 23 years. 470 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:48,860 That's true. 471 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:49,860 Okay. 472 00:25:49,860 --> 00:25:50,860 All right, here's an easy one. 473 00:25:50,860 --> 00:25:51,860 Softball to get you started. 474 00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:55,180 Which band had the best selling album of the year 2000? 475 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:58,700 I will now provide some multiple choices. 476 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:01,260 Feel free to buzz in when you think you know the answer. 477 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:07,020 Radiohead, Kid A, Santana, Supernatural, The Beatles, one. 478 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:08,500 Oh, shit. 479 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,740 Nelly, Country Grammar. 480 00:26:10,740 --> 00:26:12,460 One of those four is the correct answer. 481 00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:13,740 Who's going to try first? 482 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:14,940 I'll say Santana. 483 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,260 I'll say The Beatles. 484 00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:20,420 The point goes to Dude with The Beatles. 485 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:21,420 Damn it. 486 00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:22,420 Yes. 487 00:26:22,420 --> 00:26:25,420 I thought I remembered that that thing, that collection went to number one. 488 00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:26,420 I remember it. 489 00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:27,420 It did. 490 00:26:27,420 --> 00:26:29,020 It was number one for eight weeks between 2000 and 2001. 491 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:30,020 Yeah. 492 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:33,400 I was just remembering working at the record store at that time and that Santana album 493 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,400 was so damn huge. 494 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,400 Oh, man. 495 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,400 That was huge. 496 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 Oh, yeah. 497 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,400 Just like the ocean. 498 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:44,220 I knew we'd find a way for you to sing. 499 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:45,860 It's tougher with the new releases. 500 00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:48,860 So I'm glad you found your way in. 501 00:26:48,860 --> 00:26:49,860 All right. 502 00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:50,900 Question number two. 503 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:57,940 Which hit song of 2013 by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams became the subject 504 00:26:57,940 --> 00:27:02,800 of a bitter legal dispute in which it was adjudicated that it was infringed upon the 505 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,780 copyrights of Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up. 506 00:27:05,780 --> 00:27:09,180 I brought Marvin Gaye in there for you guys. 507 00:27:09,180 --> 00:27:10,180 Straight lines. 508 00:27:10,180 --> 00:27:15,540 Ah, it's not the name of the song. 509 00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:16,540 Something like that. 510 00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:17,660 I'm going to read some choices here. 511 00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:18,660 See if you can get it here. 512 00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:19,660 All right. 513 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:20,660 It's a song title. 514 00:27:20,660 --> 00:27:25,580 The Monster Can't Hold Us, Thrift Shop or Blurred Lines. 515 00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:26,580 It's Blurred Lines. 516 00:27:26,580 --> 00:27:27,580 Blurred Lines. 517 00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:28,580 Damn it. 518 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:32,460 I'm going to give you guys both half credit for that one. 519 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:35,960 One and a half for the dude, half point for Don. 520 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:36,960 Question number three. 521 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:42,380 Shallow, a pop duet by Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper. 522 00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:43,380 Yes. 523 00:27:43,380 --> 00:27:48,980 When the Academy won for Best Original Song in 2019, which film soundtrack did it appear? 524 00:27:48,980 --> 00:27:49,980 Star is Born. 525 00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:50,980 Ah. 526 00:27:50,980 --> 00:27:53,980 Dude takes that one with a quick answer. 527 00:27:53,980 --> 00:27:54,980 Nice. 528 00:27:54,980 --> 00:27:57,580 No, I won't do it. 529 00:27:57,580 --> 00:27:58,580 Thank you. 530 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:00,780 You, sir, are no Lady Gaga. 531 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:01,780 Maybe Bradley Cooper. 532 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:05,660 It's got the Bradley Cooper hair on it. 533 00:28:05,660 --> 00:28:06,660 Question number four. 534 00:28:06,660 --> 00:28:08,540 Get a little bit harder here, guys. 535 00:28:08,540 --> 00:28:12,340 We Found Love was one of the top selling singles of the decade. 536 00:28:12,340 --> 00:28:18,740 It was a hit for Rihanna and featured which artist from Scotland who also wrote the song? 537 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:21,420 It's a, God, what's that guy's name? 538 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:22,420 It's Sheenan. 539 00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:23,420 Yes, that's it. 540 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:28,380 Is that Sheeran Guy Scottish or does he just look it because he has right hair? 541 00:28:28,380 --> 00:28:29,380 That's the guy. 542 00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:31,380 Are you guys saying Ed Sheeran? 543 00:28:31,380 --> 00:28:32,380 Is your answer? 544 00:28:32,380 --> 00:28:33,380 Yeah, sure. 545 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:34,380 Dude gets that. 546 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:35,380 That's incorrect. 547 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:36,380 No, it's incorrect. 548 00:28:36,380 --> 00:28:37,380 No. 549 00:28:37,380 --> 00:28:38,380 I didn't think he was. 550 00:28:38,380 --> 00:28:39,380 Barry Styles. 551 00:28:39,380 --> 00:28:40,380 He was Scottish. 552 00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:41,380 It's like one of those dudes. 553 00:28:41,380 --> 00:28:42,380 Give us the rest. 554 00:28:42,380 --> 00:28:44,980 I'm going to eat the choices because you guys are not even in the ballpark. 555 00:28:44,980 --> 00:28:45,980 Phillips Phillips. 556 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:52,580 You guys know the Rihanna song We Found Love In a Dark Place? 557 00:28:52,580 --> 00:28:54,180 Oh, no, I don't. 558 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:56,020 But maybe it was, was it Fat Bastard? 559 00:28:56,020 --> 00:28:57,020 Oh my gosh. 560 00:28:57,020 --> 00:28:58,020 Get in my belly. 561 00:28:58,020 --> 00:28:59,020 Here's the choices. 562 00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:02,660 Number one, Susan Boyle. 563 00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:04,820 Number two, Kelvin Harris. 564 00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:07,020 Number three, Paolo Nutini. 565 00:29:07,020 --> 00:29:09,060 And number four, Lulu. 566 00:29:09,060 --> 00:29:13,460 Any of those ring a bell to you guys? 567 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:14,460 Susan Boyle. 568 00:29:14,460 --> 00:29:15,460 Okay. 569 00:29:15,460 --> 00:29:16,460 Pretend it's Kelvin Harris. 570 00:29:16,460 --> 00:29:17,460 We're giving that one to nobody. 571 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:18,460 Okay, is that a wide receiver? 572 00:29:18,460 --> 00:29:19,460 All right. 573 00:29:19,460 --> 00:29:20,460 So what's this going on? 574 00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:21,460 I think dude has two and a half. 575 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:22,460 I think it's two and nothing. 576 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:23,460 All right. 577 00:29:23,460 --> 00:29:24,460 We'll give you a one and a half. 578 00:29:24,460 --> 00:29:32,460 Here we go. 579 00:29:32,460 --> 00:29:33,460 Winner takes all. 580 00:29:33,460 --> 00:29:34,460 I have the lead. 581 00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:35,460 What the hell, man? 582 00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:36,460 It's the lighting around us. 583 00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:37,460 All right. 584 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:38,460 Here we go. 585 00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:48,700 After initially appearing on the album Red Pill Blues, the song Girl Like You was extended 586 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:54,340 on its release as a single in May 2018 to include lyrics by Cardi B. Which band did 587 00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:56,940 she appear with? 588 00:29:56,940 --> 00:29:57,940 Fallout Boy. 589 00:29:57,940 --> 00:29:58,940 No, no. 590 00:29:58,940 --> 00:29:59,940 2018. 591 00:29:59,940 --> 00:30:00,940 All right. 592 00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:01,940 Well, they're still around. 593 00:30:01,940 --> 00:30:02,940 Are they? 594 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:03,940 Okay. 595 00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:06,100 Here are the choices. 596 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:09,900 One Direction, Black Eyed Peas, The Weeknd, or Maroon 5. 597 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:12,380 Don, here's your chance to take it off. 598 00:30:12,380 --> 00:30:13,380 Shoot. 599 00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:15,820 I don't think it's Maroon 5. 600 00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:16,820 I'll say The Weeknd. 601 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:17,820 It was Maroon 5. 602 00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:18,820 You guys really are the pop. 603 00:30:18,820 --> 00:30:19,820 What the hell? 604 00:30:19,820 --> 00:30:22,820 Man, they're older than Fallout Boy. 605 00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:26,060 Yeah, they've been around for a long time. 606 00:30:26,060 --> 00:30:27,060 All right, guys. 607 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,060 So I win. 608 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,060 Bonus question. 609 00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:31,260 Just lay up for you guys to go out on a 100 note here. 610 00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:33,780 In 2014, Applebot beats electronics. 611 00:30:33,780 --> 00:30:34,780 Who? 612 00:30:34,780 --> 00:30:35,780 Dr. Dre. 613 00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:36,780 Okay. 614 00:30:36,780 --> 00:30:37,780 Thank you. 615 00:30:37,780 --> 00:30:39,780 I got shut out. 616 00:30:39,780 --> 00:30:41,220 All right, guys. 617 00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:43,500 Not as pretty as last time. 618 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,180 Maybe just the newer stuff is a little more tricky. 619 00:30:46,180 --> 00:30:47,180 Well, thanks, Andy. 620 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:48,820 That was, oh, I won. 621 00:30:48,820 --> 00:30:51,980 So it doesn't matter. 622 00:30:51,980 --> 00:30:52,980 Congratulations, dude. 623 00:30:52,980 --> 00:30:53,980 How about you? 624 00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:54,980 Are you good at trivia? 625 00:30:54,980 --> 00:30:55,980 How'd you do with those questions? 626 00:30:55,980 --> 00:31:00,420 Do you have any trivia questions for us? 627 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:01,420 Let us know. 628 00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:05,500 Hit us up on the socials and Discord, AlbumNerds.com slash Discord. 629 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:08,580 In Saturday Night Live this week with musical guest, Foo Fighters. 630 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:12,180 I don't know why, but I assumed that you were Chinese. 631 00:31:12,180 --> 00:31:13,180 All right. 632 00:31:13,180 --> 00:31:20,220 So I went with a known band, a well-established band, one that I have brought up more times 633 00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:22,100 than I should on this show. 634 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:29,580 It's the Foo Fighters, their June, 2023 album, But Here We Are, the 11th studio album, kind 635 00:31:29,580 --> 00:31:34,140 of unexpected after the death of Taylor Hawkins, their drummer. 636 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:37,900 It was unclear what the future held for them, but it held this album. 637 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:42,380 So why don't we get started with the track Rest, which is actually the last track on 638 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:43,380 the album. 639 00:31:43,380 --> 00:31:59,740 So Rest, final track on the album, But Here We Are. 640 00:31:59,740 --> 00:32:05,020 It's an ode to the people that the band and its members lost over the last year, particularly 641 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:10,500 Taylor Hawkins, as I mentioned, the longtime drummer of the band, and Dave Grohl's mother, 642 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:13,740 Virginia Grohl, who he was very close to. 643 00:32:13,740 --> 00:32:18,420 So the Foo Fighters were formed in 94 by Dave Grohl, former drummer of Nirvana. 644 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:19,420 That's news to you. 645 00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:21,140 Congratulations. 646 00:32:21,140 --> 00:32:22,820 And Dave had a lot of success. 647 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:28,460 They are the surviving big time arena rock band of that era. 648 00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:34,860 Dave Grohl is a lover of rock and roll, a lover of music, a lover of his fans and having 649 00:32:34,860 --> 00:32:35,860 fun. 650 00:32:35,860 --> 00:32:40,100 And this album blends hurt and heartache with Foo Fighters. 651 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,060 I mean, it is a Foo Fighters record. 652 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:43,060 It is joyous. 653 00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:46,140 It is full of great hooks and everything you'd expect. 654 00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:50,260 But the lyrics have a little bit more meat to them than they typically do. 655 00:32:50,260 --> 00:32:54,940 Dave leaves things very wide open for people to interpret so that everyone can have a shared 656 00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:58,900 experience because they turn it into whatever the song means to them. 657 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:02,800 But there are some really nice moments on this. 658 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,860 One example is at the end of that song, Rest, he actually makes a specific reference to 659 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:08,860 his mother. 660 00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:13,500 That's a sort of little outro where the song calms down again and he says, waking up, had 661 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:18,540 another dream of us in the warm Virginia sun, there I will meet you. 662 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:20,060 Now, her name was Virginia. 663 00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:26,300 She was raised in Virginia and it was nice to have him actually be specific. 664 00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:29,820 And it's kind of an emotional moment when you're listening to the record. 665 00:33:29,820 --> 00:33:31,500 It can catch you. 666 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:36,100 Three words I use to describe this album are tragedy meets triumph. 667 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:37,580 The insult comic dog. 668 00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:45,180 For me to poop on were the other three words. 669 00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:47,740 Like that's a lot to carry. 670 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:52,620 And they managed to make probably their best record in over 10 years. 671 00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:55,100 I always think that their new releases are good. 672 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:58,580 The last few have I've enjoyed, but this overshadows them. 673 00:33:58,580 --> 00:34:00,500 It's really amazing. 674 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:01,740 It's some of their best stuff. 675 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:06,620 So why don't we continue with the songs and get the conversation going with. 676 00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:08,260 But here we are. 677 00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:09,260 Title track. 678 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:21,860 Yeah, I mean, that's pretty classic. 679 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:23,700 Classic food right there for my money. 680 00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:26,320 I can't believe how good his voice sounds. 681 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,540 Like how close it sounds to how it did in 95 with how much he tears it up. 682 00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:31,540 No, he sounds great. 683 00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:36,860 My three words to describe this record are from midnight to heaven's light. 684 00:34:36,860 --> 00:34:39,060 We talked about their record last year. 685 00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:43,400 I just ended up at midnight, which was like a totally different sound for them. 686 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:48,540 This record is interesting because obviously they had this tragedy happen to the band last 687 00:34:48,540 --> 00:34:49,540 year. 688 00:34:49,540 --> 00:34:53,580 I feel like this is a very positive, almost uplifting record for me to listen to. 689 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:57,420 Obviously, I mean, obviously the lyrics deal with the loss and stuff like that, but sonically 690 00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:01,940 their sound, I mean, especially on the first half of the record is like big and anthemic 691 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:05,940 and lots of like uplifting sounds and stuff here going on. 692 00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:10,700 In some ways, I think this contradicts like the sound that the darkness I'm missing at 693 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,580 midnight, which was much more of a late night dance record sort of vibe. 694 00:35:13,580 --> 00:35:17,780 And this is more of like kind of like the morning after kind of like trying to grapple 695 00:35:17,780 --> 00:35:19,120 with what happened sort of thing. 696 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,100 I think they seem like they're in a good place. 697 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:26,980 At least Dave does in terms of like processing this grief and coming out the other side, 698 00:35:26,980 --> 00:35:29,420 you know, stronger band and the stronger people. 699 00:35:29,420 --> 00:35:30,820 And I was impressed. 700 00:35:30,820 --> 00:35:35,500 I was kind of expecting it to be lower key. 701 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:40,500 There are some songs on the album that fit that bill, like Show Me How, where his daughter 702 00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:44,140 Violet does vocals with them and it's a little more low key. 703 00:35:44,140 --> 00:35:48,620 That's what I thought most of the record would be like, but they came out Fooin and it's 704 00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:54,420 good because I think that is a way to, it's celebration of life and the people that you 705 00:35:54,420 --> 00:35:57,620 loved is also important to the grieving and healing. 706 00:35:57,620 --> 00:36:00,260 It's sweet that he brought his daughter on that track, but I felt like they were- 707 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:01,260 She's good too. 708 00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:02,260 She has a good voice, yeah. 709 00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:03,620 I felt like that was the biggest. 710 00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:07,940 It stuck out the most in the rest of the album, I guess, in terms of the energy on there. 711 00:36:07,940 --> 00:36:11,820 I mean, it feels like the album might be kind of like a reset for the band, you know, since 712 00:36:11,820 --> 00:36:16,780 now they have, well, without Taylor Hawkins, you know, they have a new lineup. 713 00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:20,740 So I mean, to me, this is the first time I've had the opportunity to talk about a Foo Fighters 714 00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:22,220 record on the show. 715 00:36:22,220 --> 00:36:24,540 This sounds like classic Foo Fighters. 716 00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:28,620 You probably haven't heard some of the more recent releases where it sounds like classic 717 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,060 Foo Fighters, but they're trying to do different things. 718 00:36:31,060 --> 00:36:32,060 Yeah. 719 00:36:32,060 --> 00:36:35,060 I remember you guys talking about the last record there, which to me kind of had like 720 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,340 an 80s feel to it. 721 00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:37,340 Yeah, it did. 722 00:36:37,340 --> 00:36:42,020 I think intentionally it was supposedly kind of inspired by Let's Dance by David Bowie. 723 00:36:42,020 --> 00:36:46,460 But yeah, the new drummer is Josh Fries, Friese. 724 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:47,620 He's not on this record. 725 00:36:47,620 --> 00:36:50,700 This was Dave doing the drumming, which I could feel it. 726 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:54,380 I think that's part of why it felt like a classic Fooz, like the first record a little 727 00:36:54,380 --> 00:36:55,380 bit. 728 00:36:55,380 --> 00:37:00,700 The drumming, he definitely has his own style and it works really well here. 729 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:02,820 It leans into that reset, you know? 730 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:06,500 And the emotion, like you can really hear the emotion in his voice. 731 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:11,380 There's a lot of like little growls and gnarly sounds coming out of him and the drums sound 732 00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:13,780 pretty gnarly too, I would say overall. 733 00:37:13,780 --> 00:37:18,900 Probably the most surprising moment on this record for me was at the end there, the teacher, 734 00:37:18,900 --> 00:37:19,900 the 10 minute. 735 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:20,900 Yes. 736 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:24,100 That's something that they've kind of hinted at on some past records doing this sort of 737 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:28,260 like, not quite like Foo Fight or Prog, I guess I would say, or like kind of like post 738 00:37:28,260 --> 00:37:31,700 rock sound where they were like, you know, pulled out some different, tease out some 739 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,660 different ideas across a longer track. 740 00:37:33,660 --> 00:37:38,100 I think it worked pretty well here in this case, especially in this point on the record, 741 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:39,700 it works nice as a kind of a crescendo. 742 00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:43,860 Once there's some Pink Floyd-ish-ness here and there. 743 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:48,300 So the song kind of ebbs and flows in and out of different styles, kind of low key and 744 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,900 then, you know, your typical Foo Bang. 745 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:57,900 But then that drum section where it just becomes so frenetic and so loud. 746 00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:01,580 It's like you hear your speakers going gung, gung, gung, gung, gung. 747 00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:07,140 I felt like it's a strobe light in my face, like maybe passing on to the next world or 748 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:10,340 to the next phase or to the afterlife. 749 00:38:10,340 --> 00:38:14,180 But it felt magical that moment in the song. 750 00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:15,780 And yeah, I was pretty impressed. 751 00:38:15,780 --> 00:38:17,860 I couldn't believe they did a 10 minute song. 752 00:38:17,860 --> 00:38:20,340 All right, so let's listen to another track. 753 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:22,340 This is Hearing Voices. 754 00:38:22,340 --> 00:38:29,540 I love that sound. 755 00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:36,860 It's just, you know, great hooky pop rock right there. 756 00:38:36,860 --> 00:38:40,220 One of my favorite moments on the record. 757 00:38:40,220 --> 00:38:44,860 The three words I chose to describe the album are well-oiled rock machine. 758 00:38:44,860 --> 00:38:48,940 You know, so these guys are just polished rock and roll veterans. 759 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:52,820 And it just seems like, I mean, they can just pull these melodies and hooks out of their 760 00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:53,820 asses. 761 00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:55,220 And it's just so good. 762 00:38:55,220 --> 00:39:03,940 You know, they balance sort of the rock and soul experience with polish and, you know, 763 00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:04,940 just being tight. 764 00:39:04,940 --> 00:39:06,300 I didn't really say that well. 765 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:11,520 But somehow, I mean, they're just like so good at what they do, but it's not so perfect 766 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,100 that it takes away from the feeling. 767 00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:15,100 They're good at what they foo. 768 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:16,100 Very good. 769 00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:17,100 Yes. 770 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:18,100 Very good. 771 00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,100 Yeah, we've talked a lot about the lyrics here. 772 00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:25,260 It's a big contrast from the other two records we are discussing today. 773 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:29,420 Even though it's more specific than usual, it's still, I mean, the lyrics are relatively 774 00:39:29,420 --> 00:39:30,420 simple. 775 00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:35,460 I mean, somewhat, I guess, banal in terms of rock themes and stuff like that. 776 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:37,540 And it's dudes in their 50s. 777 00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:43,100 That's a different flavor and shade than the younger artists experimenting, playing with 778 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:47,260 new sounds not set in a particular direction yet. 779 00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:48,260 Yeah. 780 00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:51,940 I'm just, you know, I'm so impressed with them and I don't spend enough time listening 781 00:39:51,940 --> 00:39:56,700 to the Foo Fighters and I'm not sure why over the years they haven't evoked a lot of passion 782 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:57,700 from me. 783 00:39:57,700 --> 00:40:00,660 But maybe just Grohl is just so accessible. 784 00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:01,940 You know, I feel like he's everywhere. 785 00:40:01,940 --> 00:40:06,420 I feel like every rock documentary has him in it. 786 00:40:06,420 --> 00:40:11,940 I always like an aura of mystery with my like my rock and roll histories, my rock and roll 787 00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:14,460 heroes and I'm not sure that there's... 788 00:40:14,460 --> 00:40:16,020 It's not mysterious enough anymore. 789 00:40:16,020 --> 00:40:19,980 I like the mystery in my rock and roll history. 790 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:23,580 You had it. 791 00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:25,420 And then you just let it go. 792 00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:27,380 I was listening to a podcast about this album. 793 00:40:27,380 --> 00:40:33,540 I think it was from Pitchfork, but one of the guys said that Dave Grohl is the Ted Lasso 794 00:40:33,540 --> 00:40:37,100 of rock and roll and I think that's a pretty good explanation. 795 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:40,900 Believe, you know, he's got, he believes in it. 796 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:41,900 Yeah. 797 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:45,060 He's the champion of rock and roll and we certainly need those. 798 00:40:45,060 --> 00:40:46,980 These guys are on the AAA charts. 799 00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:48,940 There you go. 800 00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:49,940 That's something. 801 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:50,940 It is. 802 00:40:50,940 --> 00:40:51,940 All right. 803 00:40:51,940 --> 00:40:59,260 So AAA chart having superstars, the Foo Fighters, but here we are. 804 00:40:59,260 --> 00:41:00,260 Go check it out. 805 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:06,180 You'll have fun with it and if there's someone you're missing, it will tug a couple of heartstrings, 806 00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:08,460 but it'll be worth the time and investment. 807 00:41:08,460 --> 00:41:09,460 Go check it out. 808 00:41:09,460 --> 00:41:12,300 Okay. 809 00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:20,100 So this is our second time, you know, bringing albums from 2023 to the table. 810 00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:21,100 What did we learn? 811 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:26,300 Well, I mean, so, so far in 2023, about more than halfway through the year, I think it's 812 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:32,020 a fairly strong year for new music and fairly engaged with what's going on with the new 813 00:41:32,020 --> 00:41:33,020 stuff. 814 00:41:33,020 --> 00:41:36,260 We've got some good old stuff, but we also do have some new artists on the scene. 815 00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:40,380 So yeah, I mean, I think today on the show, we brought a pretty good mix as we usually 816 00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:41,380 do. 817 00:41:41,380 --> 00:41:42,980 And I think it's pretty good quality. 818 00:41:42,980 --> 00:41:47,140 New music is tough because you don't have the perspective of time to look back on these 819 00:41:47,140 --> 00:41:50,620 things and really judge them on how they held up. 820 00:41:50,620 --> 00:41:53,020 That's what I learned and I've noticed this before. 821 00:41:53,020 --> 00:41:59,260 The summertime is better in terms of releases because the known established artists tend 822 00:41:59,260 --> 00:42:02,700 to put their records out in the summer, not early in the year. 823 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:08,940 So I had more to play with this time around than on our last run in Q1. 824 00:42:08,940 --> 00:42:09,940 Yeah. 825 00:42:09,940 --> 00:42:13,380 It's kind of like movies, like the beginning of the year, pretty light and you have all 826 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:18,260 the big blockbusters in the summer and then the prestige films in October and November. 827 00:42:18,260 --> 00:42:24,220 I think of the new release shows we've done, I think this is my favorite group of albums. 828 00:42:24,220 --> 00:42:29,020 I mean, I had a positive experience with all three of these records. 829 00:42:29,020 --> 00:42:34,500 I found interesting lately that I've been looking to women like newer releases because 830 00:42:34,500 --> 00:42:38,300 I did the Ashley McBride when we did the Modern Country. 831 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:41,060 I did the High Women a while ago. 832 00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:47,220 I think I apologized in the past because I think I kind of had sort of a chauvinistic 833 00:42:47,220 --> 00:42:52,020 legacy with music and I was always gravitating towards male artists. 834 00:42:52,020 --> 00:42:58,980 I'm starting to reverse that and for some reason, the modern female voices are what 835 00:42:58,980 --> 00:42:59,980 it's calling to me. 836 00:42:59,980 --> 00:43:00,980 That's awesome, man. 837 00:43:00,980 --> 00:43:01,980 And that's one to grow on. 838 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:02,980 I'm your density. 839 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:03,980 I mean your destiny. 840 00:43:03,980 --> 00:43:20,420 All right, boys and girls, it is that time once again to put fate in the hands of a 841 00:43:20,420 --> 00:43:21,420 robot. 842 00:43:21,420 --> 00:43:34,020 Let's Wadbot here and see what our musical destiny has in store for next week. 843 00:43:34,020 --> 00:43:39,100 Your musical destiny will require you to explore 1990s hip hop albums. 844 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:43,300 Many consider this the golden age of hip hop, so choose wisely. 845 00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:44,300 Hip hop hooray. 846 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:45,300 Ho. 847 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:46,300 Hey. 848 00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:47,300 Ho. 849 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:50,100 Yeah, so some 90s hip hop. 850 00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,380 That is a little bit different than what we did this past week, boys. 851 00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:55,260 Yeah, should be fun. 852 00:43:55,260 --> 00:43:57,580 Maybe the Foo Fighters had a rap record back then. 853 00:43:57,580 --> 00:43:58,580 I'll check it out. 854 00:43:58,580 --> 00:44:00,500 I'm sure you can put in something. 855 00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:04,100 Okay, what's your favorite hip hop album from the 90s? 856 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:05,380 What's your favorite new release? 857 00:44:05,380 --> 00:44:06,380 What else are you listening to? 858 00:44:06,380 --> 00:44:07,380 Let us know. 859 00:44:07,380 --> 00:44:11,060 Join fellow album nerds on discord at albumnerds.com slash discord. 860 00:44:11,060 --> 00:44:17,020 You can email us at podcast at albumnerds.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and threads 861 00:44:17,020 --> 00:44:18,420 at album nerds. 862 00:44:18,420 --> 00:44:21,060 Be subscribed, rate and review on your favorite podcast app. 863 00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:25,740 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at albumnerds.com slash 864 00:44:25,740 --> 00:44:26,740 support. 865 00:44:26,740 --> 00:44:29,980 Thank you for joining us here on the podcast. 866 00:44:29,980 --> 00:44:30,980 We'll catch you next week. 867 00:44:30,980 --> 00:44:31,980 Hip hop hooray. 868 00:44:31,980 --> 00:44:32,980 Ho. 869 00:44:32,980 --> 00:44:33,980 Hey. 870 00:44:33,980 --> 00:44:34,980 Ho. 871 00:44:34,980 --> 00:44:35,980 Come on, guys. 872 00:44:35,980 --> 00:44:36,980 Hey. 873 00:44:36,980 --> 00:44:37,980 Ho. 874 00:44:37,980 --> 00:44:38,980 Hey. 875 00:44:38,980 --> 00:44:39,980 Ho. 876 00:44:39,980 --> 00:44:40,980 Okay. 877 00:44:40,980 --> 00:44:41,980 See you guys next week. 878 00:44:41,980 --> 00:44:42,980 Thanks for listening. 879 00:44:42,980 --> 00:44:43,980 Done, done. 880 00:44:43,980 --> 00:44:44,980 On to the next one. 881 00:44:44,980 --> 00:44:45,980 Done. 882 00:44:45,980 --> 00:44:46,980 On to the next one. 883 00:44:46,980 --> 00:44:47,980 Done. 884 00:44:47,980 --> 00:44:48,980 On to the next one. 885 00:44:48,980 --> 00:44:49,980 I don't know. 886 00:44:49,980 --> 00:44:50,980 Is that how it goes? 887 00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:51,980 Like that's for putters. 888 00:44:51,980 --> 00:44:52,980 Yep. 889 00:44:52,980 --> 00:44:53,980 Yeah. 890 00:44:53,980 --> 00:44:54,980 Yeah. 891 00:44:54,980 --> 00:45:21,980 It sounds just like them.