Album Divers

Everything Everything - Mountainhead (2024)

For his next pick of an album from this calendar year, Shane selects the 7th studio album by the Manchester art rock band, Everything Everything.The album is a concept album and metaphor for human inequality depicted as a fictional world where the common workers (Mountainheads) must build a giant mountain where every inch higher brings them deeper and deeper into a pit they find themselves living within. Shane and Trevor have fun breaking down these dense lyrics but equally enjoy just bobbing their heads and dancing to so many of these 14 amazing tracks. 
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Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)

On this special episode, Trevor sits down with Joey Deschenes, his long time friend and lead singer of the band Carciofi to discuss Joey's favorite band and one of his favorite albums of all time with Primus's Sailing the Seas of Cheese. For over four decades now, Primus has combined some of the most technically complex music in rock and roll with some of the silliest imagery, both from a songwriting perspective and a visual component with their art work and music videos that often feature pig masks and strange claymation. Often touted as one of the most skilled bassists in history, Les Claypool, the band's lead singer and principle songwriter writes most of his songs with the bass guitar providing not only the backbone of the music, but the lead riffs. Joey and Trevor have fun reminiscing about how impressive this band is to see live. Whether you have been listening to them for decades, just discovered this band, or only know them as that band from the Tony Hawk skater game or the South Park theme song, you are in for a treat as Album Divers break down this impressive and hilarious album.
 
***Dont forget to check out our featured independent artist and this episode's guest, Joey Deschenes and his band Carciofi! You can find their music at Bandcamp. Here is a link: https://carciofi.bandcamp.com/
 
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Dog Party - Dangerous (Inside the Making of "Dangerous" with Gwennie and Lucy Giles) (2024)

On this special episode, Shane and Trevor sit down with sisters Gwennie and Lucy Giles of the pop-punk duo Dog Party and discuss their latest album Dangerous. This is already the 7th studio album for the Giles sisters who began playing and writing songs together when they were just kids growing up in Sacramento. Dangerous is also their first release under their own label, "Sneak Dog Records" co-founded with Lizzie Killian (Teens in Trouble).
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Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)

On this special episode, Trevor sits down with his sister Jessie to discuss her favorite all time artist Joanna Newsom. Joanna has the ability to channel a childlike innocence in her voice, yet at the same time a mythical elderly sage. Her lyrics are no less mysterious, and Jessie and Trevor have fun trying to unwrap all of the meaning behind these 5 tracks that span almost an hour. Part of the beauty of that mystery is it can't fully realized, let alone broken down on a podcast. All of this is not even to mention her beautiful harp playing that somehow adds both strength and frailty throughout the album. This was also an opportunity for Trevor to dive deeper into what draws his sister to this Joanna, and why both of them are so special.
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Teens in Trouble - What's Mine (A deep dive with the artist Lizzie Killian) (2024)

On this episode, Trevor and Shane sit down with Lizzie Killian, the voice and mind behind Teens in Trouble's debut album What's Mine. In the words of the album's producer/engineer Ryan Perras (and uttered by him in the background during the album itself if you listen closely enough), "When you're doing songs like this the key is to make it as stupid as humanely fucking possible." That isn't exactly the feeling evoked listening to these 10 tracks, but somewhere around the stomping, train whistle, and dreams about making out with Joseph Gordon Levitt, you can start to understand where the impetus for that quote came from. However, amidst a discussion with Lizzie that digs into the stories behind some of these more transparent and lighter songs, it becomes clear there is much more than just a self-proclaimed awkward girl recanting them. Shane and Trevor were so grateful to discover this album and get to hear about these stories from the artist herself on this special track-by-track breakdown. 
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Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)

For his next pick of an album that has “been around awhile,” Trevor takes us back to 1997 and selects Radiohead’s groundbreaking album Ok Computer. This was more or less Shane’s entry point into the band, at least as far as consuming a full album is concerned. As is commonly the case with this band, it took time for Shane to appreciate these songs and this album in its entirety, just like it did for Trevor as a 13 year old upon its release. The influence of this music laid the groundwork for so many albums that came after it, and for that reason, upon reflection nearly three decades later, this music doesn’t feel as hard to digest as it did in its release, but the creativity and innovation remain as impactful as ever. Ok Computer also remains a pivotal album in Radiohead’s discography as they would move even deeper into experimentation in albums to come. Finally, Shane and Trevor discuss the importance and value of this experimentation on the zeitgeist of popular music but balance that with the value of a band that may by contrast find its groove and stay there. Follow the link in bio to hear Album Divers break down this iconic album track-by-track...
 
 
***Dont forget to check out our featured independent artist and album for this episode, Lars Katz of Body Hits Floor! You can find their music on all major music platforms. Here is a link to their Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AHWZKizCD6ORU65Va3Y7E?si=1z_cjwDCTVeQ6CA-elKAxg
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2023 ”Best of the Rest” (Album Divers top 10 albums of the year)

On this final (and unfortunately only) episode of 2023, Trevor and Shane each select 5 albums and together compile their top 10 albums of the year. The ground rules were simple and were the same this year as prior years:
1. They couldn't select an album from 2023 that already had a "deep dive" episode.
2. They wouldn't be ranking their top 5 or the final top 10 in any particular order
3. They couldn't both select the same album.
Finally, like last year, at the end of the episode, Shane and Trevor each announce their #1 album of the year, information they have not previously shared with one another until this moment recording.
With these self-imposed rules in place, Trevor and Shane took turns sharing their picks for the year one by one. The list is as follows:
Trevor: Boy Genius - The Record, Jason Isbell - Weathervanes, Ratboys - The Window, Complete Mountain Almanac - February, Tinariwen - Amatssou
Shane: The Arcs - Electrophonic Chronic, Youth Lagoon - Heaven is a Junkyard, Susto - My Entire Life, Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
Did your favorite album make our list? Write us and let us know what we forgot!
 
**Thanks you to all of our listener contributions for “Album of the Year.” Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear listener picks and your voice if you contributed
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2022 ”Best of the Rest” (Album Divers top 10 albums of the year)

On this final episode of 2022, Trevor and Shane each select 5 albums and together compile their top 10 albums of the year. The ground rules were simple and were the same this year as last year:
1. They couldn't select an album from 2022 that already had a "deep dive" episode.
2. They wouldn't be ranking their top 5 or the final top 10 in any particular order
3. They couldn't both select the same album.
Finally, like last year, at the end of the episode, Shane and Trevor each announce their #1 album of the year.
With these self-imposed rules in place, Trevor and Shane took turns sharing their picks for the year one by one. The list is as follows:
Trevor: Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa, Wet Leg - Wet Leg, Ezra Furman - All Of Us Flames, The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta, Angel Olsen - Big Time
Shane: Dead Tongues - Dust, Bronze Radio Return - Back Burners, Jamestown Revival - Young Man, Dehd - Big Sky, Big Theif - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Did your favorite album make our list? Write us and let us know what we forgot!
 
**Thanks you to all of our listener contributions for “Album of the Year.” Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear listener picks and your voice if you contributed
 
**Finally, why listen to new music anyway? Well, because it's good for you! Here is a link to the article we reference in the episode.https://pitchfork.com/features/article/listen-to-music/
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Mandolin Orange - Such Jubilee (2015)

For his next pick of an album that has, “been around awhile” Shane selects Mandolin Orange’s 2015 release, “Such Jubilee.” Mandolin Orange (now known as Watchhouse since a name change last year) is an Americana/Folk duo from North Carolina formed in 2009 by husband and wife duo Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. Shane has special memories with this band seeing them live with his father. Trevor’s introduction to the band was their 2019 release which Shane had recommended when Album Divers was in its infancy though never materialized as a deep dive episode. This 2015 release was written by the couple while on the road, but recorded back at home in North Carolina and offers a stripped down aesthetic which allows the listener to absorb lyrics offering little worlds about the importance of savoring the moment in the context of love, loss, and generational connection. This album represents the first  revelation by Shane of a trio of albums that he purchased on vinyl for Trevor as a surprise gift. The next two will be revealed to both him and the Album Divers audience in due time. Stay tuned.________________________________________________________________________________________________ HOW TO CONNECT WITH ALBUM DIVERS: *You can submit your questions or comments about this episode or anything else on your mind here via our text line at: 425-287-6832 *Leave us an audio message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AlbumDivers We promise to respond and may even feature your thoughts on a future episode. *Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Album Divers *Email us at Albumdiverspodcast@gmail.com *Please subscribe and review wherever you get your podcasts!

Arcade Fire - WE (2022)

For Shane's pick of a 2022 album, he selected indie rock staple Arcade Fire and their new album "WE.” This was a unique endeavor for your hosts at Album Divers in that Arcade Fire is a band Trevor had been following since their beginnings but lost track of in recent years, and Shane, though familiar with the band’s music, had never listened to an entire album from start to finish. Arcade Fire’s latest album “WE” was written in the throes of isolation brought on by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Arcade Fire weaves interstellar imagery with Greek mythos and takes the listener through the rabbit hole that is the disintegrating human connection found and lost again in technology and social media. Like many of Arcade Fire's previous releases, this record is a concept album. It is divided into two halves. The first, titled “I,” represents the self, and the second, "WE,” portrays our relationship with others. "WE” takes the listener into an imagined dystopia of anxiety, violently destroys it, and builds a new world again, only to find clarity in human connection.
 
*** Special thanks to those of your who contributed your thoughts on this album via audio clips. You will hear your voices sprinkled in throughout the episode.
 
*** This episode was recorded before hearing of allegations of sexual misconduct from four unnamed individuals against lead singer Win Butler. For this reason and others that we explain to begin the episode, you will not hear these allegations mentioned throughout the album’s dissection. Shane and Trevor have had several thoughtful conversations about this topic and encourage you to do the same.
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