1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,760 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,560 Summertime, Don's living easy. 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:17,560 What's up? 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:18,560 It's the Album Nerds podcast. 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,680 I'm Dude, I got Andy and Don with me. 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,000 Andy, what's up, man? 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,000 What's up, dude? 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,200 I'm just getting my bags packed. 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,480 Going on a little summer vacay here. 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:29,480 Nice. 11 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,040 A little trip around the Midwest, maybe. 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,440 Wow, that sounds like a very exciting vacation. 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:40,400 I don't think you can say vacay when it's traveling the Midwest, even though that's 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,200 where I live. 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,760 Don, it is the summer of Don, so how's it treating you? 16 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,760 Good. 17 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:53,040 Just came from a nice walk on the beach with a bottle of whiskey in my hand. 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,040 That sounds a little concerning. 19 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Do we need to have an intervention? 20 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,560 People don't know what time of day we're recording. 21 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,000 That's true. 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,200 This is indeed the Album Nerds podcast. 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:11,440 We love albums, the album format, and talking about said albums and music. 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:12,440 It's fun. 25 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:13,440 It's good times. 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:14,440 All right. 27 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,440 We've got a great show for you today. 28 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,520 We're going to continue with the summer of Don. 29 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,920 We're going to get into one of Don's picks that the Wheel of Musical Discovery delivered 30 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,760 to us, Chris Stapleton's Traveler. 31 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,560 Don is going to ask us a deep question. 32 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,320 Then we're going to get some shout outs to albums and album related items that we're 33 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:36,320 digging right now. 34 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:39,800 Then we'll spin that Wheel of Musical Discovery to find out what the summer of Don will be 35 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,600 bringing to us next time. 36 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,240 This week, it's all about that Stapleton. 37 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:50,640 I proclaim this the summer of Donnie Lakey. 38 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:56,760 That's what I'm talking about. 39 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,520 As you said, it is the summer of Don. 40 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,600 I've gone back into the archives of the Album Nerds and made a list of the records previously 41 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,580 covered on the show that I'd like to discuss. 42 00:02:05,580 --> 00:02:11,580 This week, thanks to the Wheel of Musical Discovery, we will revisit an album you guys 43 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:14,360 discussed only briefly in episode 102. 44 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,720 I believe it was one of your old dogs at the time. 45 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:18,720 Old dogs. 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:33,520 It's called Stapleton's Traveler. 47 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:40,080 That's the title track in the lead single from the debut album by singer-songwriter 48 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:45,680 Christopher Alvin Stapleton, born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978. 49 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,520 Stapleton was a prolific songwriter in Nashville. 50 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,280 He also fronted a bluegrass group called Steel Drivers and a southern rock band called 51 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,600 the Jomson Brothers. 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:01,480 This is his first attempt at a solo album, which was co-produced with Dave Cobb. 53 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:02,480 Oh, yeah. 54 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,480 Oh, my gosh, Dave Cobb. 55 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,000 Sound the alarm. 56 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Dave Cobb's heading in. 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Dave Cobb shows up a lot. 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,640 Well, he produces a lot of cool country albums, Churchill Simpson, Culture Wall, also some 59 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:20,560 rock and roll stuff that we like, Rivalsons, et cetera. 60 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:26,440 He could easily be a member of the Albinerds podcast if they keep FitzRyder in the dark. 61 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,480 Wikipedia and then Dave Cobb, pretty much. 62 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,480 Both of you guys seemed quite positive on this album back in episode 102. 63 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:35,480 How do you feel now? 64 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:40,080 Yeah, to me, this feels like we're kind of lucky to have a record like this because it 65 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,440 really is one of those records that brings everybody together. 66 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,360 It's one of those, let's all hold hands, sort of we are the world sort of things. 67 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:53,040 It's probably different disparaging genres around country music that he's nicely working 68 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,200 together, I think. 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:04:00,200 And honestly, a few records I think really have crossed that divide as elegantly as he 70 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,200 does here. 71 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Yeah. 72 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,200 And it still sounds like that. 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,000 I mean, I can't think of too many records that really do have this wide variety of country 74 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,240 adjacent sounds on it that sound genuinely good, not pandering. 75 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,080 Yeah, the soul sounds like true soulful vocals. 76 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,760 It's not done to make a soul sound. 77 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,000 I mean, this was my gateway to modern country music. 78 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:27,800 Yeah, I heard nobody to blame on country radio and was like, wait a second, this sounds like 79 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:28,920 outlaw country or what? 80 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,400 I mean, I had the same kind of like getting kicked out after a fight vibe, you know, not 81 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:38,920 an unfamiliar tale, but that tale is told in rock songs, country songs. 82 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:44,920 But it got me willing to go check out what else was out there in this sort of independent 83 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,120 outlaw-ish space and see what was there. 84 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,080 And there's a lot of good stuff out there. 85 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:56,920 So I think back fondly to 2015 and this record because not only do I like the record, but 86 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,640 it opened me up to a new world and it's been great. 87 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,040 So yeah, I don't think you're alone in that regard. 88 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,040 This record for a lot of people was kind of a stepping stone to country music. 89 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,520 Well, let's listen to one of the better known tracks from the album. 90 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,520 This is Tennessee Whiskey. 91 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,520 Tennessee Whiskey. 92 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:24,520 You're a sweet strawberry wine. 93 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:30,520 You're as warm as the sun. 94 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:35,600 I think that run is the part that people like the most. 95 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,320 There's something to that that works. 96 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,320 Yeah. 97 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,560 Tennessee Whiskey is one of two covers on the album. 98 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:46,400 Originally written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove, but covered by a few folks since 99 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:47,400 then. 100 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,320 I feel like the song, at least for me, was kind of like where I first became aware of 101 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,320 him. 102 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,000 There was a performance at the CMAs, I think in 2016 with Justin Timberlake and Stapleton 103 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,760 performing the song. 104 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,840 Kind of blew up on the internet and whatnot after the show. 105 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:08,280 Well, yeah, when they both started doing the bye bye bye dance in unison, that was amazing. 106 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,200 It's very unexpected, but classic. 107 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Stapleton can move, man. 108 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,440 Well, he's a soul brother, man. 109 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,320 He does bring a lot of soul in his voice. 110 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,680 I think that's probably what struck me the most coming back to this record after a few 111 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:24,680 years. 112 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,960 Man, there are moments where his voice just kind of digs down at something deeper that 113 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,720 a lot of vocalists just don't have. 114 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:33,720 He's got it. 115 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:34,720 He's got that. 116 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:35,720 I don't know. 117 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,200 It's hard to really describe what it is in his voice, but when he needs it, he can pull 118 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:44,200 it down and it sounds just gives you shivers to hear sometimes. 119 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:49,320 My clickbait headline for this album is, Stapleton delivers a strong, reliable, and economical 120 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,280 method of holding together many country adjacent genres. 121 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:58,520 Like I was saying earlier, I think this record really does tie together lots of things around 122 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,720 country music in a really nice way. 123 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:06,480 Yeah, I'm actually reminded, I had watched that Ken Burns country music documentary recently. 124 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:12,960 You get all those different parts, the folk, the bluegrass, blues, and then like Southern 125 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,420 rock, all that stuff that surrounds country music. 126 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,120 It's all here in the album. 127 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,600 It's so cool. 128 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,400 Yeah, it's the perfect blend. 129 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:30,400 If you're not a country fan, Stapleton might get you there or at least get you closer. 130 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:36,320 Get you in the door, I think, with his kind of willingness to experiment with different 131 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,320 sounds. 132 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,320 But then for me, yeah, this voice, the soulfulness of his voice is what kind of like kept me 133 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,280 there or what keeps me coming back to this record after all these years. 134 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,680 Yeah, it feels like a very earnest record too is kind of the other thing I've came back 135 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:47,680 to. 136 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,680 It feels very sincere. 137 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,720 There's no tongue in cheek or it's personal, but it's relatable too, which I think just 138 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,240 kind of has a nice middle ground there. 139 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:01,440 Yeah, like Traveler was really about him and his wife, she bought him a Jeep or something 140 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:06,280 for his birthday or a classic SUV and they drove across the country and he had to pull 141 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,760 over so that they could write down the words and just figure out the guitar part. 142 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:15,640 So just literally being a traveler while he wrote this song, Traveler. 143 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:21,320 The thing that's fascinating to me about this Tennessee Whiskey, which is a great rendition, 144 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:27,680 but the first recorded rendition was by David Allen Coe and it was super twangy and very 145 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:33,480 60s, maybe early 70s sounding and go watch a video of him performing. 146 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,560 His hair is ridiculous. 147 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:40,480 But then George Jones did a cover that kind of smoothed it out a little bit. 148 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,760 I feel like this Chris Stapleton version has kind of become the definitive version. 149 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:50,040 What if there's a David Allen Greer version? 150 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,320 Living color maybe. 151 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:58,480 Right now there's this viral Teddy Swims version of that song and he's all over the internet 152 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,960 right now, but his version kind of sounds like Chris Stapleton's version. 153 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:08,880 So it kind of reminds me of like Jeff Buckley redefined what the song Hallelujah is and 154 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,760 now people who cover it tend to cover his version. 155 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:18,320 I think that says a lot for what Stapleton was able to do vocally with an established 156 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,960 song and give it more soul than it had before. 157 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,960 Yeah, yeah. 158 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:27,200 It's the torchbearer carrying on the Tennessee Whiskey tradition. 159 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,680 All right, well, let's hear another one. 160 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,680 This is Outlaw State of Mind. 161 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:49,800 Yeah, so that is kind of, as the name suggests, kind of like an outlaw anthem. 162 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,960 I got friends who know how to have a good time. 163 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,560 They roll their own and drink Carolina's shine. 164 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,720 I've seen the devil in a dark coal mine. 165 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,440 I've been higher than a Georgia pine. 166 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,600 That's because you're having a good time. 167 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:07,240 At Georgia Pines, you always see them holding these giant bongs. 168 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,320 So weird how nature works, you know? 169 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,240 Just hearing it now, it kind of reminded me of Skinnerd. 170 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,160 Southern Rock thing. 171 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,760 Simple kind of man. 172 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:19,760 Yeah. 173 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:26,320 Yeah, so my clickbait headline is Stapleton tries to fix Nashville from within. 174 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:33,960 So he is kind of an outlaw on this record and, of course, on that song. 175 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:40,680 But it's interesting because I think unlike the other outlaws, the Johnny Cash and Willie 176 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,120 Nelson and Waylon Jennings. 177 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,120 Just Jennings. 178 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Yeah, right. 179 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,120 Billy the Kid. 180 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,120 Doc Holliday, sort of. 181 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,120 Good guy, by the way. 182 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,120 Sorry, Don. 183 00:10:49,120 --> 00:11:00,720 I don't feel like Stapleton's really an outsider, even though musically he's an outsider, I 184 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,580 think, from the Nashville establishment and country radio. 185 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:09,940 But somehow he still seems to be embraced and he's still on the awards circuit. 186 00:11:09,940 --> 00:11:12,840 But he reminds me of Willie Nelson quite a bit. 187 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:18,240 Willie was part of the slicked back hair country music establishment writing for other people. 188 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:24,440 And then he came out in the 70s with the late 60s, the grizzled beard, the long hair. 189 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,440 Pay your dues sort of thing. 190 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,160 Stretch your legs, do what you want. 191 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:34,040 And then he became an outlaw because he took that step forward of this is how I do it. 192 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,240 But he hung in there with the establishment until it was time. 193 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,800 That's right, Stapleton. 194 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,760 I compared you to Willie Nelson. 195 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,760 You're welcome. 196 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,080 I don't get the impression that he's really trying to change country music or upset it 197 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,880 in a revolutionary sort of way. 198 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:57,880 I get the impression he's more like a diplomat or someone who's more about bringing together 199 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,560 and trying to keep what we have, but maybe making it more cohesive or encompassing. 200 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:08,600 I don't know if diplomat country is really going to catch on as a set of genres. 201 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,480 That's not the spirit we're going for. 202 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:17,480 The diplomats, like the highwaymen. 203 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,320 There is a group of artists like Sturgill Simpson or Brandi Carlile who are... 204 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:23,320 They're diplomats. 205 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,320 Yeah. 206 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:30,880 Well, they've been sort of relegated to Americana, I think is the label that these artists get 207 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:31,880 stuck with. 208 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:37,520 And somehow Stapleton is still kind of in the game. 209 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,160 So yeah, so maybe he's a go between. 210 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,760 I do wish country radio sounded more like this. 211 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,760 Some of it does. 212 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,760 At least some of it does. 213 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:46,760 And it didn't before. 214 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,760 Yeah. 215 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:48,760 A little bit, yeah. 216 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:49,760 All right. 217 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,280 Well, let's hear another. 218 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,800 This is Fire Away. 219 00:12:53,800 --> 00:13:15,240 Yeah, so Fire Away deals with themes of unconditional love, resilience, emotional vulnerability. 220 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:20,600 It's about a relationship where one partner offers support despite the other's struggles 221 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:25,680 and emotional turmoil and says, I love you, tell me what it is that's going on with you 222 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,680 and fire away. 223 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:29,440 I've got your back. 224 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:34,720 The opening lyrics, honey, load up your questions and pick up your sticks and your stones. 225 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,680 Pretend I'm a shelter for heartaches that don't have a home. 226 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:42,120 Choose the words that cut like a razor and all that I'll say is fire away. 227 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,120 I really like that. 228 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,320 It's a nice feeling. 229 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,760 I think this song, probably one of the bigger ones from the record has spoken to a lot of 230 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:55,880 people and maybe even made people more likely to share things with their partners. 231 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:56,880 Who knows? 232 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:57,880 One can hope. 233 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,360 Especially with a little Tennessee whiskey. 234 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,440 There you go. 235 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,160 My clickbait headline to describe the record, Chris Stapleton reshapes country music in 236 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:13,000 his own image, epic beard included, with the support of Morgan and Dave. 237 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,680 We already talked about Dave Cobb, so we're done with that part of the conversation. 238 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:24,200 But I think Morgan, his wife, this fire away makes me think of their relationship and she's 239 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:31,920 background vocals on many of the songs, co-writer, songwriter in her own right in Nashville. 240 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,120 They met there, both being songwriters. 241 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,840 I think her voice and her influence on him and their relationship has shaped what he 242 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,360 is as a solo artist. 243 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,920 I think without her, it wouldn't be the same. 244 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,680 I really like that. 245 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:53,040 I think that's really important to think about sometimes of what these artists that move 246 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,040 us, what moves them? 247 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,640 I think she's a big part of that. 248 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,520 Yeah, it sounds like they have a very sweet relationship. 249 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:04,760 This record does feel like it's not exactly a deep dive into that relationship, but you 250 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:05,760 can sense it. 251 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,360 She is in the vocal harmonies there. 252 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,240 She's there in the background just nudging him in the right direction or giving him the 253 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,280 support he needs to do these types of things. 254 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,920 It feels like she's on the album too. 255 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:24,800 It's not corny like the Johnny Cash and June Carter stuff, his back and forth. 256 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,560 The back and forth, yeah. 257 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,080 The call response thing. 258 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,720 She's very understated in the mix. 259 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:36,200 You can just hear her slightly, but it's enough to kind of, it's a very masculine sounding 260 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,200 record. 261 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,560 I guess it just sounds manly, I guess, the whole album. 262 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,080 I was lifting weights when I was listening. 263 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,440 It's a muscular album. 264 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:50,840 I picture you on the preacher bench there, crying your eyes out listening to Fire Away. 265 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:56,720 You guys don't think it's a masculine sounding album? 266 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:57,720 I think it's- 267 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Oh yeah, absolutely. 268 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,720 Yeah, totally. 269 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:05,840 But yeah, I mean, like I said, most importantly, this album is what helped me find cultural 270 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:06,840 wall. 271 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,040 Charlie Crockett, Mac Leapard, Tyler Childer, Sergel Simpson, Brett Cobbie, and no, Charles 272 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,760 Wellesley Godwin, et cetera. 273 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:18,520 There's so much independent and sometimes called Americana, if you're searching lists, 274 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,280 artists and groups and bands that are out there. 275 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:28,440 Go find them because there's country music that anybody can like that's into any genre. 276 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,920 There's hip hop fans that can find country music that they like. 277 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,920 There's metal fans that can find country music that they like. 278 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:40,000 Drop that, I don't like country because you're thinking about Luke Bryan or whatever. 279 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 There's more out there. 280 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 You dig, you dig? 281 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:49,880 Well, it sounds like we're all digging this record, so I am going to nominate it for the 282 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,120 Album Nerds Hall of Fame. 283 00:16:52,120 --> 00:17:00,160 I think my only, if I had to find criticisms for it, I'd say it's maybe a bit long. 284 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,160 What is it, like 62 minutes or 64 minutes? 285 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:09,160 64 minutes are pure muscle. 286 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,280 And then maybe just a few too many whiskey references. 287 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,720 That's country music, dude. 288 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:15,720 Just dial it back, choose something. 289 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:16,720 But it's with some gin or some- 290 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,720 Well, you got the weed references in there. 291 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:25,520 Is he going to start talking about having some fuzzy navels or something? 292 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,520 Appletini. 293 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,720 But anyway, so my vote is yes. 294 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:32,720 Dude. 295 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,960 I'm not convinced that he's made his best record yet, at least what I consider his best 296 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,960 record, but because of what I feel like this did for me and so many other fans, I think 297 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:49,160 it changed country music and popular country music and gave independent artists a chance 298 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,160 at the big time. 299 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,160 So I'm going to say yes. 300 00:17:51,160 --> 00:18:00,040 Yeah, I'm a little bit on the fence here, but it does, it feels like kind of those like 301 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,920 crossroad moments where things kind of diverged in a different direction than they could have 302 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,920 gone. 303 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,920 Yeah, I'm going to say yes as well. 304 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,680 I think yes was a positive thing for country music and we're in a better place because 305 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:10,680 of it. 306 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,960 I thought for sure you were going to shut it down. 307 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:18,480 Well, congratulations to Christopher Alvin Stapleton. 308 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,680 Alvin! 309 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:27,120 Your album Traveler is now in the Alvin Nerds Hall of Fame. 310 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,120 Excuse me. 311 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:31,800 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 312 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,520 All right, well, it's time to go deep again. 313 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,000 Deep Questions by Don. 314 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,480 So well, the album was called Traveler. 315 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,880 What are your best and worst traveling experiences? 316 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,840 Yeah, that's a good question, Don. 317 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:54,240 I have been traveling a couple of years, but I do enjoy to travel. 318 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:59,920 We usually go to Caribbean islands kind of places, like the tropics. 319 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:05,040 Yeah, so I enjoy going to those tropical islands, but the downside of those islands is a lot 320 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:12,480 of times the infrastructure is not up to snuff or used to in the States here, particularly 321 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:13,480 the roads. 322 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:18,360 So I've had a few experiences of driving around and rental cars in these islands that are 323 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,800 pretty harrowing in terms of the road conditions. 324 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,400 And then you get like two miles down a road and then you find out it's a one-way road 325 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,640 and you have to back up like two miles on this dirt path that's winding up a mountain 326 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:29,640 side. 327 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,960 So it's not too good for my blood pressure. 328 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,360 So I try to relax here. 329 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:36,360 Yeah. 330 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:41,080 Yeah, I mean, as far as if you're doing a vacation, like the people who go do outings 331 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,640 and have to explore things, I'm like, if you're going to do it, just sit by the pool, man. 332 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,040 I like to get my, I like to get dirty. 333 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,440 I like to get a little immersed, a little culture. 334 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,440 Yeah. 335 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,440 I usually backfire. 336 00:19:53,440 --> 00:20:01,600 All right, so one, the first thing that came to mind for bad experiences was being a teenager 337 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,080 and going on family vacations, which weren't vacations. 338 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,560 They were in fact week long visits with family in like rural towns and stuff where there 339 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:09,680 was nothing to do. 340 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:15,040 But the worst part was riding in an 86 Renault Alliance, which is like the size of a nineties 341 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,240 or eighties or nineties Jetta. 342 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:22,520 And I was probably already like six feet tall at this point being jammed in the back seat, 343 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,720 you know, in August with my two sisters. 344 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:31,160 One was in elementary school and very sweaty and in the middle and sweating all over me. 345 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:38,480 I know it's like this family truckster sort of a national, national ampoon kind of vibe, 346 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,480 you know. 347 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,120 Did you guys have air conditioning in the car? 348 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,120 No. 349 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,120 Any sort of amenities? 350 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:49,400 No windows down my ass on fire from the metallic bars in the seats. 351 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:50,680 Not good. 352 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,680 The visits were fine. 353 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,720 You know, once we were there it was all right, but 1500 miles each way. 354 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,720 That's rough. 355 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,520 That's a long time. 356 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,280 And I think that time we didn't stop at a hotel. 357 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:01,280 Anyway. 358 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:02,280 That's straight through? 359 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Yes. 360 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,280 Yes. 361 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,280 No way. 362 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,280 Yes way. 363 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,640 My dad would put ice cubes in his hat to keep him so warm. 364 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,040 All right. 365 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:18,200 But the best experience was when I went to Laughlin for a few days for a casino trip 366 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,200 thing. 367 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,800 They had a little airport about 15 minutes from here and they actually had a charter 368 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:28,240 direct flight from there to Laughlin, Nevada, Arizona, right across the border. 369 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,100 And then just a shuttle bus trip to the hotel. 370 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:33,320 That was awesome to not have to connect. 371 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,560 That's the only time I've ever been on a flight where you get on where you live and you get 372 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:38,960 off where you're going. 373 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:44,120 It was that part alone was a great travel experience. 374 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,800 Well I, you know, having asked this question, it's occurred to me that I just don't travel 375 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,840 enough because I don't really have great answers for these. 376 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,600 You've made a lot of trips to Canada. 377 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,600 Yeah. 378 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:56,600 I have done. 379 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,480 So I can tell you a bad experience going up to Canada. 380 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,320 For me to see the people I want to see perform like Depeche Mode or The Cure, I generally 381 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,120 have to go to Toronto to see those acts. 382 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,240 It's Europe Junior up there. 383 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,240 So yeah. 384 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,240 Yeah. 385 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:18,660 But depending on the day, it's like four hours depending on the border and stuff like that. 386 00:22:18,660 --> 00:22:26,520 But I've kind of figured out that I can actually hop on a train outside of Toronto and be able 387 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,240 to avoid traffic. 388 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,680 So after a Depeche Mode show one night, all of a sudden the train stopped. 389 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,680 It was already like midnight or something like that. 390 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,660 And I'm like, I know I'm going to be home at like three in the morning as is. 391 00:22:38,660 --> 00:22:42,860 So we were told to get off the train and it was like a mess. 392 00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:46,440 But anyway, so the reason the train stopped was because somebody had thrown themselves 393 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,360 in front of the train or on the tracks. 394 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,240 Perhaps they were at the Depeche Mode show. 395 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,240 Yeah. 396 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,640 So that was kind of bad. 397 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:58,640 That's terrible. 398 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,640 Yikes. 399 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:00,640 That was terrible. 400 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:01,640 Yeah. 401 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:02,640 You know, positive experiences. 402 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:08,760 I guess it was also sort of negative, but I remember going to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg 403 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,200 with my family when I was a kid. 404 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,040 Colonial Williamsburg as well. 405 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:18,800 But I remember at Busch Gardens there was some girl, you know the thing where you hold 406 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,200 the sledgehammer and you ring the bell. 407 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,240 So there was a lady there kind of razzing people, talking smack. 408 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,080 And so my dad went up to do it and he actually rang the bell. 409 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,560 It turns out it's all like fixed, I guess. 410 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,520 So he was really proud of himself. 411 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,520 He outdid all these younger guys and stuff, but his back was shot for the rest of the 412 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,520 trip. 413 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,880 So, anyway. 414 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:51,280 So what are your best and worst travel experiences? 415 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,280 Let us know. 416 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:57,880 Visit us on the socials, Facebook, Instagram and threads, or go to our website, AlbumNerds.com. 417 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:58,880 Can you dig it? 418 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,880 Can you dig it? 419 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:00,880 Can you dig it? 420 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:01,880 Can you dig it? 421 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:02,880 All right. 422 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:11,400 Well, it was a nice week listening to Chris Stapleton, but what else have you guys been 423 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,400 checking out lately? 424 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:13,400 All right. 425 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,400 Let me crack open my new release, Satchel here. 426 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:18,400 Satchel? 427 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,400 Satchel. 428 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:20,400 What the fuck? 429 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,800 Just a handful of things in here. 430 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,400 I was hoping you were going to say your new release, Valise. 431 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,400 Oh, well that sounds imported. 432 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,400 Attaché. 433 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,400 Very nice. 434 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,400 All right. 435 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:39,160 I thought we'd start things off with a band from my hometown of Rochester, New York, 436 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,160 Joywave. 437 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,360 We have a new album out called Permanent Pleasure. 438 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:44,360 It's got a kitty cat on the cover. 439 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:45,360 It's adorable. 440 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:46,360 So cute. 441 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,360 These guys, they're pretty legit. 442 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,360 They're an indie rock three piece. 443 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,360 It's their fifth album. 444 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,360 They have great sound. 445 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:54,360 It's kind of dancey, but also kind of like a pop rock vibe. 446 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,360 I think they're really good. 447 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,360 I've enjoyed the last few records. 448 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,360 Have you guys ever heard of them? 449 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:02,360 I've heard of them, but I've never really paid attention. 450 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:05,360 This record's pretty accessible, I would say. 451 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:07,360 Yeah, I've not heard them, but okay. 452 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:12,960 It's got some cool Rochester history, actually, at the end of the album. 453 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,360 Little shout out to Nathaniel Rochester. 454 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:17,360 Pretty much. 455 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,360 It's a good record, though. 456 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,360 I would recommend it. 457 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:24,360 The next up for me, we have a reissue from Childish Gambino. 458 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:26,360 The album is called Alta Vista. 459 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:31,360 This is a reissue of his 2020 album with a handful of changes. 460 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,360 The big single is called Little Foot, Big Foot. 461 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,360 Came out a couple weeks ago, I believe. 462 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:41,360 I don't know what to do with Childish Gambino, because I know it's Donald Glover, who's this 463 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:42,360 funny guy. 464 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:46,360 I know he's a really talented rapper, but I don't know. 465 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:49,360 Am I supposed to take it seriously, or is he goofing? 466 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:50,360 I know, right? 467 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:55,360 It always seems like he's goofing, but then sometimes there's a really serious message 468 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,360 as the undertone. 469 00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:03,360 I think because he chose to use a different name, I've always been able to separate the 470 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:08,360 ideas from the actor, maybe because I heard Childish Gambino not knowing it was him to 471 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:09,360 start a... 472 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,360 All right. 473 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:15,360 The last one for me here is from the Chicago rock group named Shellac. 474 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,360 I like the name. 475 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:20,360 They have a new album out, Two All Trains is the name of the album. 476 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:27,360 This is the sixth studio album for the group, formed back in 1992, featuring Steve Albini 477 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:31,360 on guitar, among other things. 478 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,360 Did you guys realize that he passed away about two weeks ago? 479 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:35,360 Yeah. 480 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,360 I said. 481 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,360 Yeah. 482 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,360 Real shame. 483 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,360 Very influential 90s producer or songwriter. 484 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:42,360 The Pixies. 485 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,360 Yeah. 486 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,360 But this was his project. 487 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,360 This just came out before he passed away. 488 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:49,360 It sounds really cool. 489 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,360 I've been enjoying it. 490 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:51,360 It's all original stuff. 491 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,360 Sounds good to me. 492 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:53,360 You too. 493 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,360 Garagey. 494 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:55,360 Yep. 495 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:56,360 Very garagey. 496 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,360 What you been digging on down? 497 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:04,760 Well, I'm not sure that I'm digging it, but I was amused by it. 498 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:09,720 There's a new tribute album to the Talking Heads Stop Making Sense. 499 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,240 It's called Everyone's Getting Involved, a tribute to Talking Heads Stop Making Sense. 500 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:21,640 It includes Miley Cyrus, The National, Paramore, Norah Jones, Lord. 501 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:27,400 The Miley Cyrus, Psycho Killer, is the one I was listening to, which is fun. 502 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,400 Not bad. 503 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,920 I'm not sure if she was going to put a pop treatment on it or do the more stripped down 504 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,000 thing that she does with songs sometimes where it's all about her voice. 505 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Yeah. 506 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,000 Yeah. 507 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,000 It's very poppy. 508 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Yeah. 509 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,520 Kind of makes the Psycho Killer sound a little more likeable. 510 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,520 I don't know if I... 511 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:45,520 A little more bubble gum, Psycho Killer. 512 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:46,520 I'm a Psycho Killer, come on now. 513 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:52,400 The kind of Psycho Killer you want to dance with. 514 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:58,800 Well, so it's not an album, but I did watch the new Beach Boys documentary that showed 515 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,240 up on Disney Plus. 516 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,360 I think it's just simply called The Beach Boys. 517 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:06,160 I mean, I just eat the shit up. 518 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,320 I mean, I've seen so many Beach Boys documentaries and... 519 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,320 You eat shit? 520 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:16,320 You eat pieces of shit for breakfast? 521 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:17,320 No. 522 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:25,840 So yeah, so I knew all this stuff before, but it's well done. 523 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:34,160 They've got Brian Wilson's First Wife, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and lots of cool footage 524 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,760 and audio that I hadn't heard before. 525 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,440 So it's worth watching. 526 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,520 Is it like classic Arab Beach Boys or is it... 527 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,360 Yeah, it basically goes up into the 70s. 528 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,200 They kind of stop it there. 529 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,120 They play Kokomo in the closing credits, but they don't really talk about the 80s. 530 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,120 Gotcha. 531 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,120 Cool. 532 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,120 Sounds good. 533 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,120 I don't know that history very well. 534 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:56,600 I should check it out. 535 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:02,720 Yeah, I'm really intrigued by the sort of that post-Smile, late 60s, 70s era, because 536 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,760 there's some really good stuff in that time. 537 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:12,640 Yeah, how do you react to that when you're a good time group, where it's fun, fun, fun 538 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,640 and all that? 539 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,960 How do you represent the darkness that's going on too? 540 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,960 Yeah, in some ways, the Beach Boys are more interesting than the Beatles because there's 541 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,080 sort of like this... 542 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:30,240 I think the mythology behind the album that got scrapped and then just this band trying 543 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:37,000 to be innovative, but having the striped shirts and the Beach Boys persona, kind of holding 544 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,200 them back, it's an interesting story. 545 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,880 And that's why there's so many documentaries and biopics about them. 546 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,960 Dude, what are you digging? 547 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:49,120 Well, Lenny Kravitz, new album, Blue Electric Light. 548 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,400 We'll play a little bit of... 549 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:57,840 It's Just Another Fine Day in This Universe, which I like how wordy the title is, but it 550 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,840 somehow works in the chorus. 551 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,640 But this is his 12th studio album. 552 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,180 The last few I've kind of been very dismissive of, they haven't been very interesting. 553 00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:12,160 This one has more variants of sound, a lot of it's written and recorded during the pandemic. 554 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,560 I guess he wrote a ton of material. 555 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,040 I don't know. 556 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,280 I think I'm warming up to this one. 557 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,200 I think it's one of his better albums in a long time. 558 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,480 There's just some really nice moments. 559 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:28,520 And sometimes his lyrics are a little corny and I'm not finding as much of that here. 560 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,520 There's some nice bass there. 561 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,520 I knew you'd like that. 562 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,520 Yeah, it's a little funky than I expected. 563 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:34,520 Check it out. 564 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,840 And there's some electronic touches. 565 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:43,440 There's little synth pop sounds here and there too, so you're speaking my language. 566 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,440 Something for everyone. 567 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,200 That's like that guy still looks amazing, man. 568 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,040 I saw him a couple of days ago on something and I was like, Jesus, how the hell are you 569 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,040 doing this? 570 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:57,320 Well, yeah, the video for TK421, he's just in like a towel and he's all wet. 571 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,840 Oh my God, he is ripped, dude. 572 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,680 Like he is so cut. 573 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,680 He's like 60 or something. 574 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:04,680 No? 575 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:05,680 Yeah. 576 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:06,680 Anyway. 577 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,840 Was TK421 a Star Wars reference? 578 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,680 Because I think when he's got TK421, what is your position? 579 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,680 I would have no idea. 580 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,680 Turned to the wrong guy. 581 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:21,600 You know, Lenny Kravitz is big, big into sci-fi. 582 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:22,600 He might be. 583 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,600 Maybe he is. 584 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,880 He's the right age for Star Wars. 585 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:25,880 It's true. 586 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:26,880 It's true. 587 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:32,200 I've also been digging a single that was released, Prince Silver Tongue. 588 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,600 I guess the song was written with Nika Kosta in 2004. 589 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,320 It was a Virtual B-side to Call My Name. 590 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,840 No other version was released at the time and the lyrics were written by Nika Kosta, 591 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:51,240 but this sort of ballade-y piano sound, you don't hear much of that from Prince, so I 592 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,880 was fascinated with this single. 593 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,240 I don't know if it's going to be a part of a bigger thing, but. 594 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,240 Interesting. 595 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,200 This guy just had like a huge catalog of stuff he didn't release, didn't he? 596 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,200 Yes. 597 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,200 He's so prolific. 598 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,600 Occasionally I'll see a Prince single pop up that's something like this, but this one 599 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,440 just was a little different. 600 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,560 So it's cool. 601 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:09,560 Go check that out. 602 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:15,500 And then as far as recent acquisitions for the vinyl collection, I picked up a copy of 603 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:18,800 Star Crawlers 2022 album, She Said. 604 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,360 I got this on a site called Experience Vinyl. 605 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,800 It's a new vinyl. 606 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,680 It's a white vinyl. 607 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,240 I got it for like seven or eight bucks, so maybe they printed too many. 608 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,240 I'm not sure. 609 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,520 It was recorded during the pandemic. 610 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,560 Punk Poppish, this is their third album. 611 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:41,920 It's a little more rock with some country influences and slide guitar pedal steel stuff 612 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:42,920 going on. 613 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:49,880 It's a kind of a garbage-y whole kind of thing, and I really like their sound and nice to 614 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,840 have one of their records on vinyl. 615 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,360 Somebody told me that like colored vinyl or like the clear vinyl doesn't sound as good. 616 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:57,360 Is that true? 617 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,880 That's my experience, but I'm not really an audiophile. 618 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,520 I like the way vinyl sounds, like having physical media. 619 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,520 But one thing with clear vinyl that is not good is if they're scratched, it's really 620 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,760 hard to tell by looking at them. 621 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:13,760 You can't really tell they're dirty. 622 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,000 I mean, they're a pain in the ass, clear ones, but this one's white. 623 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,720 So go check out Star Crawler if you haven't heard them. 624 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,720 I might just. 625 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,280 Do we talk about that album in the past though? 626 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,280 I've mentioned them. 627 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,920 I think the first two albums you would like a lot, they're punk pop-ish and a little more 628 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:31,920 raw. 629 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:32,920 This is good stuff. 630 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:33,920 Is it all girl group? 631 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:34,920 No, just a singer. 632 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:35,920 Oh, I see. 633 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:36,920 The guys wear tuxedos and stuff. 634 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:37,920 I know you love that. 635 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,920 Kind of a Hives vibe there. 636 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,920 Yeah. 637 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:41,920 Well, that's what we're digging. 638 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:42,920 What are you digging? 639 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:43,920 Let us know. 640 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:44,920 Hit us on Facebook, Instagram or threads. 641 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:45,920 Also our website, albumnerds.com. 642 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:46,920 It will be a decision. 643 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:47,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 644 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:48,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 645 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:49,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 646 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:50,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 647 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:51,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 648 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:52,920 I think it's going to be a decision. 649 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:59,720 It will be a discovery of extraordinary value. 650 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,440 All right. 651 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,680 What's about that time on the show? 652 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:10,160 And I'm reminded of the great Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen. 653 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:11,160 Danish. 654 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,160 Sounds good. 655 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:23,800 Yeah, and he wrote famously, to move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while 656 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:29,880 you give, to roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live. 657 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:30,880 Yeah. 658 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,200 Really nicely summed up the sentiments of Chris Ableton there, I think. 659 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,200 Nicely. 660 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,200 Yeah. 661 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,560 Too bad Hans didn't have the ability to just watch travel videos on YouTube, then he wouldn't 662 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,480 have to go anywhere like me. 663 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,160 I don't know that's quite what he was getting at, but let's bring out my friend here as 664 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:58,960 a Wadbat to see what we'll be discovering on next week's show. 665 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,320 The summer of Don continues. 666 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:05,840 With that in mind, I will be choosing which albums from Don's curated list you will be 667 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,480 exploring this summer. 668 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,920 At the same time, the forecast shows a quiet storm in your area. 669 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:16,040 Prepare yourselves to get soaked with the smooth jazzy vocals of Sade on their 1984 670 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,320 album, Diamond Life. 671 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,520 To live the diamond life of Sade once again, I'm excited to talk about that record. 672 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,440 I don't think we did it justice on the last conversation. 673 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960 Well, we'll be sure to do it right this time. 674 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,640 Yeah, Don's going to bring that smooth operator to the mix. 675 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,560 Don't forget, you can suggest topics for the wheel on our website, albinoards.com, as well 676 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,360 as vote for any ongoing Album Nerds Hall of Fame nominations. 677 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,800 How do you feel about Sade's Diamond Life? 678 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,040 What else are you listening to? 679 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,600 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at albinoards.com. 680 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:51,160 You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and threads at Album Nerds. 681 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,960 And please subscribe, rate, and review on your favorite podcast app. 682 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,280 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at albinoards.com slash 683 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:00,280 support. 684 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,720 Thank you once again for joining us on the Album Nerds podcast. 685 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,680 We'll continue the summer of Don. 686 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,200 You can live that diamond life. 687 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,200 See you. 688 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,200 Thanks for listening everybody. 689 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,200 Catch you next week. 690 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,200 Smooth operator. 691 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,200 I thought it was smooth operetta at one point. 692 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,200 I think I did too actually. 693 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,200 She sounds like operetta. 694 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,200 Hey, we got an Andy. 695 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,200 Andy vocal there. 696 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,200 Andy's the guy with the vocal chops in the house apparently, all right. 697 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,200 I could take the summer off. 698 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,200 I don't know if you guys want that. 699 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,200 I don't think I want that. 700 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,200 As long as you do rap, you can do it. 701 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:32,800 I'm going to go with the 702 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:42,320 guy from the journal, Pete dumville.