Tired
of having your social media filled with the latest COVID-19 stats or
fire and brimstone messages from friends who aren't virologists
offering their two cents worth? Never fear. This month on LTA, we
will digress your mind with stories of murder, depression, and drug
addiction. There you go...feel better?
For
episode 132 of Love That Album, I am joined by electronic music duo,
Lovers and Poets ….oh yeah and the hosts of the wonderful All Time
Top Ten podcast, Shannon Hurley and Ben Eisen to talk about Wilco's
third album Summerteeth.
To the casual listener, Wilco
are thought of mostly for their collaboration with Billy
Bragg, “Mermaid Avenue” or for the stranger than fiction story
surrounding the recording of their Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album.
Summerteeth was YHF's predecessor and is often written off as a
transitional album. As great as YHF is, Summerteeth is not
transitional to anything – it's its own magnificent beast. The
lyrical subject matter gets very dark, which can be easily overlooked
because many of the melodies are bright and poppy. As wonderful as
Wilco's catalogue is, they never made another album that sounded
quite like this again. Of course, aside from Jeff Tweedy and John
Stirrat, Wilco in 2020 is not the same band as Wilco of 1998.
Ben,
Shannon and I discuss band dynamics, musical contributions and the
stories told on Summerteeth. I make a really large stretch in
suggesting that the record is a concept album. Do I justify it? What
are Ben and Shannon's thoughts? Tune in and find out.
You can download this episode of LTA from Spotify, Stitcher or iTunes (search for “Love That Album podcast”). Love That Album is proudly part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Go to http://www.rocknrollarchaeology.com/ to check out all the great shows in the Pantheon family.
I
am so hugely grateful for Ben and Shannon for having this great
conversation with me. Check them out weekly on ATTT Podcast (wherever
you get your podcasts, or from the website at
https://alltimetopten.podomatic.com/).
You can check out their musical collaborations from
https://loversandpoets.com/
- listen to their music and smile.
Also,
in a cross-podcast venture this month, I will be joining Ben on ATTT
talking about the greatest cathartic albums. I will provide a
separate link for this.
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