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Nialler9 Podcast: Kevin Morby’s depiction of a Middle American twilight

Nialler9 Podcast: Kevin Morby’s depiction of a Middle American twilight

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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

Stevie G’s Soul Ireland mix

Adrienne Lenker’s new instrumentals

The Brave Rat tweet


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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