Opossums – straight out of Memphis USA and into your ears - a podcast by Richard and Tobin: Self confessed music addicts
from 2019-07-27T22:00:03
Welcome to the show which today is brought to you by bedroom lo-fi furry little critters Opossums. We've got a double spin in the studio from these Memphis-based, garage-pop, post-punk, stripped back recording genii. You're in for a real treat as we lift the lid on the new LP from Opossums, direct from the ever-growing catalogue from Black and Wyatt Records. We play one track from the new release and one track from a previous recording. Also in the show today is the return of the mighty Andi Hanley and his reworking of NuNorthern Soul classics. The whole LP is a testament to Andi's talent and comes as a FTBOTRB Recommendation. Find out more about Andi later in today's show notes. Following on from that, we received a pre-release copy of Normil Hawaiian's classic 1984 LP What's Going On? This release from Upset the Rhythm label sees the original LP remastered including 7 bonus tracks. It is presented on heavyweight vinyl, limited to 500 copies and includes copious amounts of sleeve notes and photographs. It also includes hand numbered Louise Michel poster, glossy gatefold cover, inner lyric sleeve and booklet. Tobin brings us New Music with the childlike enthusiasm of Beef Gordon, tastes as good as it sounds apparently. You could have listened to this 3 weeks ago on it's release for less than the price of a cup of coffee right here. In stark contrast to the loose, thrash beats of Opossums comes the musically tight funk and soul of Mali's finest export Songhoy Blues. Bamako is a banger of a track from these very talented funk-meisters. We certainly want to hear more from Songhoy Blues. Oh, sorry, did anyone mention Black Pumas? We've got a bookend from Eric and Adrian of Black Pumas fame!
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