Ep. 38 | Noname | Sundial

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10/17/23 • 61 min

This Is Not Happening - An Album Of The Month Podcast

Welcome to Episode 38 of This is Not Happening. An Album of the Month Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play 'Spin it or Bin it'. This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question 'Spin It or Bin It'?
This month, we get stuck in Noname's latest release 'Sundial' in Part 1. It's a short album but there's a lot to talk about. In Part 2, the Spin it or Bin it theme is 'New Music' where we all chose a track released since 1st August 2023 and present it for judgement.

Part 1 | Noname | Sundial
It's Nolan's choice this month and he's chosen the new album from Noname, 'Sundial'. It's an interesting, uncompromising album with a challenging cover from an unapologetic, controversial artist. It's only 30 mins long but packs a big punch and brings a lot to the party!

Check out Noname's Insta here and her Twitter here
Listen to the album here or here

Here are some links to check out if you want a little more background

Check out the album's metacritic page here
Check out a few opinions on some Noname controversy here

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | New Tracks
It's a simple theme this month. New Music. We all chose tracks that have been released since August 1st 2023. We all chose a track that fits the theme then ask the others a simple question 'spin it or bin it?'
We all chose a 4 track shortlist to chose our track, you can here all 16 tracks on this playlist here.

Guy chose 'More' by Pale Blue Eyes - listen here.
Nolan chose 'Glory Glory' by Little Brother - listen here.
David chose 'Annie Pick a Flower' by Saya Grey - listen here.
Joey chose 'Mindful Solutionism' by Aesop Rock - listen here.

*** Enjoy the Episode ***

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Check out Noname's Insta here and her Twitter here
Listen to the album here or here

Here are some links to check out if you want a little more background

Check out the album's metacritic page here
Check out a few opinions on some Noname controversy here

Guy chose 'More' by Pale Blue Eyes - listen here.
Nolan chose 'Glory Glory' by Little Brother - listen here.
David chose 'Annie Pick a Flower' by Saya Grey - listen here.
Joey chose 'Mindful Solutionism' by Aesop Rock - listen here.

*** Enjoy the Episode ***

We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/

Previous Episode

Ep. 37 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings

Welcome to Episode 37 of This is Not Happening. An Album of the Month Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play 'Spin it or Bin it'. This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question 'Spin It or Bin It'? This month, we get pretty emotional about Julie Byrne's latest album 'The Greater Wings' in Part 1. In Part 2, Spin it or Bin it theme is 'no human sounds'. All will be explained ...
Part 1 | Julie Byrne | The Greater Wings
It's Joey's choice this month and for the 2nd time in This is Not Happening history he chooses a beautiful album by Julie Byrne. We're in the indie-folk-ambience hinterlands from a stylist perspective. From an emotional perspective we're right at the intersection of beauty, grief, loss, hope and reflection. We talk about what this album is, how there's more than one way to experience it, our favourite tracks and what it means to us.

Visit Julie Byrne's website here
Listen to this stunning album here
Buy some of Julie's stuff here

Here are a few links for some background;

The Metacritic page for 'The Greater Wings'
Marty's Music Talk interview with Julie is here
Another interview with Julie, this time on KEXP Podcasts

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'No Human Sounds'
This one was way harder than it sounded at first. The theme this month is 'No Human Sounds'. We started with no vocals, then decided no human sounds at all, then we added that it couldn't be 'dance music'. Joey suggested we define 'dance music', he got laughed at ... then we got into an argument about all of Guys choices being dance music.
We all chose a track that fits the theme then ask the others a simple question 'spin it or bin it?'

Guy chose Vision of Self by Rival Consoles
Nolan chose Time is the Enemy by Quantic
Joey chose Transitions by Beastie Boys
David chose Speed of Life by David Bowie

In order to select our tracks we shortlist 4 each and create a 16 track playlist that can be found here.
*** Enjoy the Episode ***
We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/

We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/

Next Episode

Ep. 39 | Sufjan Stevens | Javelin

Welcome to Episode 39 of This is Not Happening. An Album of the Month Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play 'Spin it or Bin it'. This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question 'Spin It or Bin It'?
This month, in Part 1, we get stuck in TINH favourite, Sufjan Steven's latest release 'Javelin'. Wow. Is there a lot to talk about. I hope we do it justice. In Part 2, the Spin it or Bin it theme is 'Unconventional Love Songs' where we all chose a track that we think fits the theme and ask the others 'Spin It or Bin It'.
Part 1 | Sufjan Stevens | Javelin
It's David's choice this month and a record 3rd time that we've reviewed an album by the same artist. On one hand this Sufjan doing Sufjan things ... and then on the other, it's a heart breaking, gut punch of an album that takes you to beautifully uncomfortable places. It's genuinely spectacular.

Listen to the album here.
Watch some videos here.
Buy some stuff here.
In the chat we reference Sufjan's Instagram, that can be found here.
A rare and recent (ish) interview with Sufjan on his health condition is here.

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | Unconventional Love Songs
Who are we to judge what 'conventional' means, what 'love' means ... what a 'song' is? The interpretation of 'unconventional love songs' was left wide open this month.
We all chose a 4 track shortlist to chose our track, you can here all 16 tracks on this playlist here.