34: Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith
10/19/21 • 47 min
In this episode, Kate talks about her all time favourite song contained on the eponymous album from Elliott Smith. Louis shows off his Celine Dion knowledge while Kate despairs about how difficult it is to play these songs on guitar. In between, we talk about the interesting song writing, DIY recording set up and the heart breaking emotion contained in this classic album.
Content warnings: During our discussion of this record, we mention the lyrical themes of some of the songs which include alcohol and substance misuse, depression, suicide, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abuse
Support if you are struggling
If you live in England, you can find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline
You can find details of local and national services that provide counselling and treatment for substance misuse at https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you
Helplines
- Samaritans (available 24hrs) - 116 123
- FRANK (available 24hrs) - 0300 123 6600
- The Mix (under 25s) - 0808 808 4994 (Sunday-Friday 2pm–11pm)
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (for those who identify as male) - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day)
- Shout Crisis Text Line - Text “SHOUT” to 85258
In this episode, Kate talks about her all time favourite song contained on the eponymous album from Elliott Smith. Louis shows off his Celine Dion knowledge while Kate despairs about how difficult it is to play these songs on guitar. In between, we talk about the interesting song writing, DIY recording set up and the heart breaking emotion contained in this classic album.
Content warnings: During our discussion of this record, we mention the lyrical themes of some of the songs which include alcohol and substance misuse, depression, suicide, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abuse
Support if you are struggling
If you live in England, you can find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline
You can find details of local and national services that provide counselling and treatment for substance misuse at https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you
Helplines
- Samaritans (available 24hrs) - 116 123
- FRANK (available 24hrs) - 0300 123 6600
- The Mix (under 25s) - 0808 808 4994 (Sunday-Friday 2pm–11pm)
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (for those who identify as male) - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day)
- Shout Crisis Text Line - Text “SHOUT” to 85258
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Also, somehow, Louis crowbars in not one, but two, completely ridiculous impersonations. Both utterly unrelated to The Outer Worlds, but a nice treat for you, the listener. Which is awfully kind of him.
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Louis also blesses/curses us with multiple impersonations, and even, in keeping with the show being discussed, some poems.
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