It’s Episode 110 of the Nialler9 Podcast with Niall and Andrea and with Lockdown 2 having begun we are taking a transportive trip to the American midwest with Kevin Morby, and focus on the good things.
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Running Order:
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Adrienne Lenker’s new instrumentals
Album of the week
Kevin Morby – Sundowner
The Texas singer-songwriter has released his sixth solo record on Dead Oceans. Sundowner is “an attempt to put the Middle American twilight — its beauty profound, though not always immediate — into sound.”
“It is a depiction of isolation. Of the past. Of an uncertain future. Of provisions. Of an omen. Of a dead deer. Of an icon. Of a Los Angeles themed hotel in rural Kansas. Of billowing campfires, a mermaid and a highway lined in rabbit fur. It is a depiction of the nervous feeling that comes with the sky’s proud announcement that another day will be soon coming to a close as the pink light recedes and the street lamps and house lights suddenly click on.”
Songs of the week
- Julien Baker – Faith Healer
- James Blake – Do You Ever
- Orla Gartland – Pretending
- Biig Piig – Oh No
Any Other Business?
Niall finished The Sopranos
Closing Track
The Vision – Missing feat. Andreya Triana and Ben Westbeech
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
