What does Jake Ryan sound like when he feels like his buttons are pushed? Also, there’s a disproportionate amount of new tunes here… which makes it an exceptional episode. Anyway, after this episode was over, Tyler (on Lenny’s recommendation) went and flipped Jake’s toilet paper to deliver in the opposite way of his preference. He texted within 2 hours to let us know that he caught it. True story.
PLAYLIST:
Mint Julep – Blinded
Motorama – Sign
The Frantic Elevators – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Prior to recording this episode we came up with a fantastic tagline for our podcast. Will Lenny, when given the proper setup from Jake and Tyler, actually say it? There’s really only one way to find out and that’s to listen to the episode.
It’s true – the Tiger King is mentioned, not for his recent re-sentencing of 21 years in prison for his attempted murder for hire of that bitch Carol Baskins (his words, not mine) but for his songs, that aren’t really his but remind me of The Mighty Lemon Drops (and not for their songwriting.) Can an episode really make sense of this? To be sure, it does. Dig in. Share it out.
In this episode we remind you to go download and listen to Episode 32 with Annemarie Duff. I’m going to remind you do it here in these show notes.
I also realize I don’t know how to describe the music played on this podcast. Are we a shoegaze podcast? Are we a brit-pop podcast? Are we a baggy podcast? Are we we an indie podcast? (Am I adding these terms to try and optimize for search engines?) Listen – I don’t know how to talk about this cornucopia of sounds that we deliver. If you have thoughts, let us know.
PLAYLIST:
The Streets – Don’t Mug Yourself
Vox Jaguars – Swagger
Terry vs. Tori – Magic Hour
Majesty Crush – No. 1 Fan
Boy Azooga – Loner Boogie
TVAM – These Are Not Your Memories
Stone – Leave It Out
Sweet Trip – Chocolate Matter
The Age of Chance – From Now On This Will Be Your God
Out of the gate, sorry to bore the old listeners – we tend to repeat ourselves. Trying to do it less but when we discuss an album like Verve’s A Storm In Heaven, certain known opinions have to be shared. I promise, our self-awareness is growing and we’re trying to do it less, but, boy howdy, if you’re bored of hearing the same opinions over and over – thanks for listening over the years. Happy to be repetitious.
We waited 5 months between recording episode 34 and episode 35 – but you only needed to wait a week. See how well we take care of you?
Oh hey – we also found out our email hasn’t been working so if you tried to send us something – please try again. You can always just fire it off to info@thecasualsound.com or, better yet, yell at us on social media so your friends can see.
On with the magic…
PLAYLIST:
Blushing – Blame
Easy Life – Skeletons
New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Stockholm
T.V. Priest – This Island
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
Porridge Radio – You Are A Runner And I Am My Father’s Son
You should know that the “Clowns” song doesn’t go on forever and we cut it off halfway through. Even as a fan of that track I agree – it’s too long.
Episode 34 was recorded on the same afternoon, outside and germ-free, as episode 33. Lager was involved but it still comes across as nothing short of professional. Really, we’re nothing if not pros.
Be prepared to get turned on cos this episode features a track that is sure to be your favorite in no time flat. You’ll know it when you hear it (and if you don’t – fret not – we call it out as we’re prone to do.)
Episode number 33 of The Casual Sound was actually recorded on June 12, 2021. It was recorded outside and we’re talking about all sorts of things that have already happened (Vegas trip) and didn’t yet happen (Cruel World Festival). And the tunes… well, it’s just a load of fantastic songs that are new to the show and hopefully new to you. Dig in.
Our guest for Episode 32 is Annemarie Duff of New Zealand’s T. G. Shand and Melbourne, Australia’s Miniatures. As you’ll hear, we had a wonderful time discussing her projects and our shared love of shoegaze.
Annemarie was kind enough to go above and beyond the request for a handful of her favorite songs to supplement the episode and instead programmed (with the exception of her own song that opens the episode, which was our pick) this entire extended episode of some of her favorite tracks, broken up by the two countries her bands represent. Scroll below this episode’s playlist for even more from Annamarie.
PLAYLIST:
Annemarie Duff’s extended Roogaze mix:
T.G. Shand – Girls NZ:
Bailter Space – Shine
She’s So Rad – Cool it
Juno Is – No Groover
Fazerdaze – Lucky Girl
Die Die Die – Daze
Tamaryn – Mild Confusion
So So Modern – Miyagi
Water – Wallflower Aus:
Contrast – Drum Machine
Flyying Colours – This One
VIM – Down
Hideous Towns – Heart Attack
Lowtide – Alibi
Fait – Slow Glow
Japanese Heart Software – Holiday (Nat from VIM again)
Luna Ghost – The Sea / In the Shadows of Ghosts
Bloodhounds on my trail – Words like weapons (may be biased as I did some backing vocals on this, but it’s my fav of theirs)
Roku Music – Collider
Rinse – Tamaryn (wherever I am)
Hatchie – Sure
VHS Dream – A E I O U (this is Matt Hosking who recorded the Miniatures Jessasmines album)
Hachiku – Bridging Visa B
Egoism – What are we doing?
Additionally, she humored our request for her desert island tracks with the below bonus content:
Chapterhouse – Pearl / Falling Down (falling down = best kick sound ever)
Curve – Lillies dying
Jeff Buckley / Elizabeth Fraser – All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun
Has it been a year already? Crazy – only felt like 12 years. Episode 31 is a mix of songs that kept me comfort through the pandemic (so far), new bangers, and some that are classics.
