TINH happening is officially 60 episodes old. Happy 60th to us.We're missing a team member again this month. David is back and in the hot seat, Guy is off making beautiful memories with his family. In Part 1, we review and Album of the Month. This month it's Davide's choice and he's picked Moisturizer, the sophomore release from Wet Leg, British Post-Punk, Post-Pop band that were previously catapulted to fame by their break out single Chaise Longue. Tune in to find out what we all thought.In Part 2, we play Spin It or Bin It, we pick a theme and all pick songs that represent that theme. This month the theme is 'English With An Accent'.                    ----- Part 1 | Wet Leg | Moisturizer -----Wet Leg, AKA 'that Chaise Longue band' started their career with a bang. Their first single Chaise Longue became a global hit and created a massive amount of attention. Could they ever break the curse of being a novelty, one hit wonder band ... well, yes is the simple answer. Their first album proved that (partially) but this second album smashes that idea out the park. Listen to the episode for more detail but there's a lot of positivity about this one.Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think. Here are some links that we mention on the pod or think could be useful to explore;Listen to the album ... HEREWatch some great videos ... HEREBuy some stuff ... HERE           ----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'English With An Accent -----The theme this month is English With An Accent. Simple. Artists singing in English but with an acent.Nolan chose - Hate To Say I Told You So by The Hives.David chose - Not Any Longer by The Lijadu Sisters.Guy chose - Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust.Joey chose - Keep The Streets Empty For Me by Fever Ray.We all chose 4 tracks as a shortlist which we combine into a belter of a 16 track playlist, listen to that bad boy HERE.We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/
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EP.59 | Little Simz | Lotus
Welcome to Episode 59 of This is Not Happening (TINH), an Album of the Month (AOTM) Podcast. We're missing a team-member this month as Davide is on an Anglo-French diplomatic mission. 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, Nolan is in the seat. He brings Little Sim'z new album, Lotus. This was a reluctant choice when he made it. He thought it was an interesting album but he was far from loving it. Has that changed in a month?In Part 2, we celebrate New Music. What are our favourite new tracks from the last couple of months?              ----- Part 1 | Little Simz | 'Lotus' -----This is the 2nd Little Simz album we're reviewed as our little Album of the Month collective. Last time round was here debut album Grey Area which would all pretty much loved. I think our experience of her work since then has varied significantly. This album has been launched in a quite dramatic and controversial environment following the collapse of Simz' relationship with former collaborator Inflo. What does Simz sound like without Inflo? Let's find out.Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think. Here are some links that we mention on the pod or think could be useful to explore;Listen to the album ... HERE.We mention the great Louis Theroux podcast interview ... HERE.Watch the video for 'Young' ... HERE.Buy some stuff ... HERE.               ----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'New Music' -----The theme this month is New Music. Simple. What new tunes are we loving? There's LOADS of amazing music out but we also need to pick something that we think the rest of us will vote 'spin it' to.Joey chose 'Feisty' by Smerz.Nolan chose 'Next to You' by Erykah Badu and The Alchemist.David chose 'Tricky' by New Windows.Guy chose 'Lowly' by Young FathersWe all chose 4 tracks as a shortlist which we combine into a belter of a 16 track playlist, listen to that bad boy HERE.We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/
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EP. 58 | Lucy Dacus | Forever is a Feeling
This month's podcast could be re-titled 'How to Disagree Nicely. Welcome to Episode 58 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, Guy is in the seat. He brings Lucy Dacus' new album, Forever is a Feeling for us to consider and discuss.In Part 2, we celebrate the summer, it was hear, it has already gone. Nolan's specialist subject, the Summer Night track is our theme for Spin It or Bin It.              ----- Part 1 | Lucy Dacus | 'Forever is a Feeling' -----We have varying levels of experience and history with Lucy Dacus but Guy has fallen for this album in a big way. It's Lucy's 4th solo album and sits alongside her work as part of Boygenius. The album is a really easy listen, it can sit with you on repeat for a significant chunk of time. The question that we explore is, can penetrate beyond a nice listen ... opinions vary but at least one of us has this in their album of the year list at this point in the year.Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think. Here are some links that we mention on the pod or think could be useful to explore;Listen to the album ... HERE.Listen to the the 'A Deeper Listen interview / podcast ... HERE.Watch some videos (particularly the live performances) ... HERE.Buy some stuff ... HERE.                  ----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'Summer Nights' -----The theme this month is 'Summer Nights'. Which tracks give us big summer night vibes. Ever since I've known Nolan he has always immediately given songs a season, I've never known anyone think as 'seasonally' about music. So no pressure but we play Spin It or Bin it with his specialist subject!David chose 'Tropical Gangsters' by Kid Creole & the Coconuts.Nolan chose 'Thinking About You' by Saraga.Joey chose 'Tomas'  by Girl Ultra, Empress Of and Chromeo.Guy chose 'Fly Life Xtra' by Basement Jaxx.Here is a link to our 16 track playlist of religion-inspired tracks - with the first 4 tracks being our picks for this month. (and just for a laugh, here's the video of DC10 we talked aboutWe've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/
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EP. 57 | Perfume Genius | Glory
This month we struggle with very conscious bias when we discuss how much we love Perfume Genius' new album Glory. Welcome to Episode 57 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 is in the seat and basically bangs on about how much he loves Perfume Genius.In Part 2, we celebrate contemporary queer music and play Spin It or Bin It with the theme. Joey's track is unfairly and poorly treated ... as is David's but two other bangers make up for it.                   ----- Part 1 | Perfume Genius | 'Glory' -----I love Perfume Genius. Always have ... barring something horrific happening, I always will. I love him so much that I get nervous when a new album comes out. And this one is a belter. But is it for the fan-people or is there enough to attract and entertain newcomers?Listen to the album, listen to the pod, tell us what you think.Listen to the album ... HERE.Listen to the Soda Jerker podcast that we mention ... HERE.Watch the AMAZING Tiny Desk Performance ... HERE.Watch the No Front Teeth video we discuss ... HERE.Buy some stuff ... HERE.                      ----- Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | 'Contemporary Queer' -----Music has always been massive to the Gay and Queer community and has always been an interesting area of crossover. Has it changed? What ever, we're here to celebrate.David chose 'Cinderella' by Model/Actriz.Joey chose 'The Giver' by Chappell Roan.Nolan chose 'Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix' by Hercules and Love AffairGuy chose 'Tilted' by Christine and the Queens.Here is a link to our 16 track playlist of religion-inspired tracks - with the first 4 tracks being our picks for this month.We've been writing the blog for years come and have a look - https://thisisnothappening.net/
About This Is Not Happening - An Album Of The Month Podcast
Welcome to This Is Not Happening: an album of the month podcast with four massive music fans that have been talking and blogging about their favourite records for the last ten years together. An exiled Londoner in the North (Guy), a Leeds scriptwriter (David), ex-housemates in Leeds Joey and Nolan whose paths all crossed through music, be it festivals, DJing, gigs, or just sitting at home listening to entire albums without talking. Music is the bedrock of our friendship. The podcast name nods to our one nailed-on shared love: LCD Soundsystem, but our tastes are wide, sometimes odd, and often not the same! From bass to balearic, disco to dub, house to hip-hop, folk to funk, pop to punk, and rock to r'n'b, we'll all have music to champion, ready to be blessed or butchered by each other. Each episode we'll be talking freely about our album of the month, and what we've been listening to lately. The conversation twists and turns, and while we are serious about music, it's not so much that we can't enjoy ourselves talking about it, in fact it's why we do it. For everything we've loved in the past years, check out www.thisisnothappening.net, which will run alongside the podcast choices and much, much more. So why not join us for the conversation. It will always be lively....
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