Episodes 14
Avg. Duration 1h 12m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Episodic
Consistency
80%
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A podcast in which two friends give each other an album to listen to. The caveat: the listener has never heard the album before.

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#14 The Mountain

Apr 19, 2026 1h 29m

In this episode, Alex and Tom both listen to the same album: Gorillaz’s The Mountain. We discuss serious philosophical matters of life and death. Goodness. I hope they’ve thrown in some dick…

#13 The Plastic Sound

Mar 15, 2026 1h 19m

In this episode, Alex’s favourite album of the year Greeps up on him and never lets him go; Tom plays Spot the Albarn on a plastic beach drawn by Jamie Hewlett. We discuss singular artistic vision…

#11 Tallakissy

Jan 26, 2026 1h 11m

In this episode, which was recorded a long time ago 3cm from the surface of the sun, Alex plays marriage counsellor; Tom gets kisses and hugs. We muse about America, broken people, and the fragility…

#12 SuperFrank

Jan 26, 2026 1h 17m

In this episode, Tom parties like it’s 2008 (he had a lot less hair back then); Alex gets himself on a CIA watchlist. Jazz is criticised in jazz-like discourse. That’s postmodernism for you.Albums…

#10 Sing to the Pastoral

Jul 05, 2025 1h 6m

In this episode, Tom is lulled by lush soundscapes; Alex is knifed by post-Brexit nastiness. We muse about out the album form, Englishness and jazz. Told you we’d be back.Albums discussedAlex gave…

#9 Broken Alligator Outside, Boxer

May 03, 2025 1h 26m

In this episode, Tom is punched and bitten by a Boxer and an Alligator respectively, but don’t worry: he enjoyed every second. Alex wonders why so many women are being murdered in Appalachia, but he…

#8 Clarity Is Really Great, Sort Of...

Mar 02, 2025 1h 7m

In this episode, Alex decides that poetry is not, after all, for the birds, but is very satisfying when sung by a Bird; Tom wishes some Arizonans would turn the bloody noise up, please, and rather…

#7: O My Super Taranta Heart

Dec 28, 2024 1h 1m

In this episode, Tom enjoys a second trip to whimsical, witty Canada; Alex realises he knows nothing about Ukraine. The accent should have been cut. Sorry, Ukrainians. But we’re not saying sorry to…

#6: The Reconstruction of Death

Dec 09, 2024 1h 13m

In this episode, Alex ponders the 70s and the nature of the album form; Tom falls in love with some Canadians. Alex’s two urination breaks have been skilfully excised from the final edit.Albums…

#5: Peasants Fall Apart

Nov 09, 2024 1h 3m

In this episode, Tom gives Alex yet more folk whose opening track’s farty trumpet causes trepidation; Alex gives Tom Jimmy Fallon’s house band before they were Jimmy Fallon’s house band. Tom is ill…

#4: The False Fear of False Lankum

Sep 21, 2024 1h 3m

In this episode, Tom gives Alex an album that makes him question the very nature of liking things; Alex gives Tom an album that sends Tom down the metal subgenres rabbithole. The introduction is…

#3 This Could Be The Holy Texas Bible

Aug 31, 2024 1h 12m

In this episode, Tom finds beauty in the horror (and horror in the beauty) much to his delight; Alex realises that whatever he is feeling will be weaponised.Tom gave Alex This Could Be Texas by…

#2: Songs Preserved While Our Mothers Float Up

Aug 10, 2024 1h 22m

In our second episode, Tom is surprised by a sweet suite of Mancunian space-rock; Alex is irritated by post-punk edgelords. There is much flailing. Tom gave Alex: Songs for Our Mothers by Fat White…

#1: The Modern Ants Up There Are Rubbish

Jul 23, 2024 1h 4m

Alex gets Tom to confront his hatred of Britpop; Tom gets Alex to listen to a punk band let loose in the school music cupboard. This makes both of them lie back and think of England.Albums featured:-…

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