Another year, another month, another pod. Welcome to Episode 54 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. 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'. We pick a theme and each pick a song that represents that theme. We judge the selections by asking the question 'Spin It or Bin It'?

In Part 1, Joey hosts a bit of a love-in on The Weather Station's 7th album Humanhood.

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is 'New Music', tracks from the past 2-3 months.

----- Part 1 | The Weather Station | Humanhood -----

One of the rare times that we've double dipped on artist, we return to Tamara Linderman and The Weather Station. In 2021 we all (eventually) loved Ignorance. An album focusing largely on nature and the climate crisis. It was an album of global concerns. Humanhood is feels quite different, it feels deeply personal but retains global relevance in different ways.

I think this is going to be a big one for the pod this year. I know Joey and David will love this album but not so sure about Nolan and Guy. We discuss the album in comparison to Ignorance, we talk about production and sound mixing, percussion backing vocals and lovely lovely woodwind.

• Listen to the album here.
• Listen to the essential Sheroes podcast interview with Tamara here.
• Watch a few videos here.
• Buy some stuff here.

----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | New Music -----

January / February is usually a great time for new tracks. This year is no exception. Let's celebrate that. We each pick a new track and ask each other 'Spin It or Bin It?'

• Guy chose Orlando In Love by Japanese Breakfast.
• Joey chose Ocean Steppin' by John Glacier and Sampha.
• David chose One Foot by Greentea Peng.
• Nolan chose Lalala by Redman and Method Man.

Here is a link to a long list of new tracks that we put together. Enjoy.

Episode Chapters:

1 - Intro - 0:00
2 - Weather Station - Album introduction - 1:48
3 - Weather Station - What did you expect, what did you get? 5:28
4 - Weather Station - The energy of the album - 15:39
5 - Weather Station - Album production - 27:20
6 - Weather Station - Favourite tracks - 36:27
7 - Spin It Or Bin It - 41:53
8 - Outro - 1:05:54

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Another month, another pod. Welcome to Episode 53 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. 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, Guy hosts an interesting discussion on Father John Misty's (FJM) latest album, Mahashmashana. 50% of the Pod love FJM, 50% don't!

In Part 2, Spin It or Bin It, our theme this month is 'Location, Location, Location', or 'songs about places' and it's a belter!

Part 1 | Father John Misty | Mahashmashana

We often review artists that we all love. This month this is not the case. 2 of us love FJM, one of us gets very angry when listening to FJM and one of us doesn't really have an opinion. Can this album keep the fans happy and win over the angry and the non-plussed?

Given the above, this is a surprisingly well mannered and coherent conversation about FJMs latest album. There's only 8 tracks but they're all pretty long. We discuss songwriting, song length and album themes like ageing and the associated ego deaths that accompany it.

• Listen to the album ... HERE
• Watch some of the videos for the tracks discussed ... HERE
• Watch the World Cafe interview that we reference on the pod ... HERE
• Watch a live performance of lead single 'She Cleans Up' ... HERE

Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'Location, Location, Location'

Songs about places are really common. It's a theme explored by many (most?) artists at some point in their songwriting. This was a great chat and 4 great track selections.

• Guy chose Paris by Friendly Fires feat. Au Revioire Simone.
• Nolan chose New York State of Mind by Nas.
• Joey chose Welcome to Jamrock by Damien Marley.
• David chose Tobacco Road by Bobby Gentry.

Here is a 16 track playlist where we all contribute 4 Location, Location, Location themed tracks to an extended playlist.

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:10 - Album of the Month
00:06:26 - What Do You Expect and What Did You Get?
00:18:40 - Album style and themes
00:27:30 - The 'character' Father John Misty
00:38:56 -

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It's the end of the year and that means it's time for us decide on our individual Top 10 Favourite albums list. Once this is done, we hand this to David, who fires up the TINH algorithm and a collective Top 10 is created. Sometimes it's predictable, sometimes it's not, more often than not Guy feels like the TINH black-sheep but every year we tell him we love him and it all works out well.

Part 1 | TINH Collective Top 10 List.

We run down our top 10 list, introducing the albums and why they made it into our top 10. We always plan to be short and snapy. We always fail. But hopefully you enjoy it.

Part 2 | Spin It Or Bin It | Favourite Track of 2024.

We usually create a short list of 4 tracks each and pick a single track to represent the theme. With it being the end of the year, the theme is obvious, Favourite Track of the Year. But we each created a 10 track 'short' list this time.

The 40 track 'Favourite Tracks of 2024 is available here and it's a belter.

In Part 2 we each talk through our favourite track of the year and then ask the question ... Spin It or Bin It where we try to decide a track of the year.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:10 - Albums 10/9/8
00:11:58 - Albums 7/6/5
00:25:16 - Albums 4/3/2
00:44:50 - No.1 Album
00:53:24 - Spin It Or Bin It - Tracks of 2024
01:24:28 - Outro

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