This week we're featuring the genre-bending and weird Stainless Style from Neon Neon, the collaboration between Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys.
“We wanted the tracks to sound like a new version of something familiar but also hit hard on a sound system, so it was a careful process of making sure some sounds were full and warm while others were thin and ping-y. For guitars, we mostly recorded those direct into an Eventide chorus [effects pedal]. There wasn't any reason to have an amp color the sound. It just needed to be thin, with the chorus dominating the sound” — Boom Bip
We also continue to look forward to the upcoming The Universal Want from Doves, also indulging their remix collaboration with The Comet is Coming, to take us on a bit of a jazz-detour this week.
Finally, there's a new single from Arab Strap that so, so good it's the kind of thing you point to when someone asks you why you want to have a radio show. It's to play things like this. Huge.
Also, it's been really smokey in San Francisco, so my throat is giving out a bit, having not spoken to another soul all day.
Playlist
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Bucciarati (feat. Kari Faux) by Open Mike Eagle on Anime, Trauma and Divorce (Auto Reverse) New - Break
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A Window/O'Keeffe by Emmy the Great on April/月音 (Bella Union) New -
Campfire by Kevin Morby on Sundowner (Dead Oceans) New -
Baby Let's Make It Real by Eels on Baby Let's Make It Real (PIAS) New Surprise summer single from Eels, which will get a limited 7" release along with b-side “Who You Say You Are”.
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Featured Dream Cars by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex) Opening pick from our record of the week — Neon Neon's concept album inspired by the life of DeLorean founder John DeLorean.
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Cathedrals Of The Mind by Doves on The Universal Want (Heavenly) New - Break
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Featured Steel Your Girl by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex) -
New Age by Clap You Hands Say Yeah on Hysterical (Bonus Tracks) (Self Released) -
Don't Ask Me Twice by Porridge Radio on Every Bad (Secretly Canadian) - Break
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Carousels (The Comet Is Coming remix) by Doves (Heavenly) -
Featured Stainless Style by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex) -
Blackstar by David Bowie on Blackstar (ISO) Continuing our “surprise jazz” theme with the Doves remix.
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In the Night by Ela Orleans on Movies for Ears: An Introduction to Ela Orleans (Night School) - Break
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Featured I Told Her On Alderaan by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex) -
Paraphernalia by Temples on Paraphernalia (ATO) New -
Wildflowers by Rose City Band on Summerlong (Thrill Jockey) New - Break
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Featured I Lust U by Neon Neon on Stainless Style (Lex) -
Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex on Apocalypse (Partisan) - Break
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The Turning of Our Bones by Arab Strap on The Turning of Our Bones (Rock Action) New Absolutely huge comeback single from Arab Strap, after a patchy hiatus of 15 years. Great sound, great beat, powerful enthralling lyrics. Tracks like this are why you should have a radio show.
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History Day by Mogwai on Music Industry 3, Fitness Industry 1 (Rock Action) -
Breaking My Light by Minor Victories on Minor Victories (Fat Possum)