A Deeper Listen

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A Deeper Listen episodes

July 22, 2021 Amythyst Kiah Breaks Free of “Shut Up and Sing” Policy
Amythyst Kiah talks about her new album featuring the Grammy-nominated single, "Black Myself." She discusses mental health and the song written about her mother’s death, "Wild Turkey." She talks about breaking free of the “shut up and sing” policy and how she's now able to fully express herself as a Black and queer artist in her music and on stage.
“I represent the very thing I needed to see when I was growing up,” Kiah says.
TW: this episode discusses topics of suicide and trauma
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23 min
July 20, 2021 Prom Queen Covers Britney Spears
Seattle’s Prom Queen is releasing a Britney Spears covers EP on July 30th that will benefit the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse. Emily Fox caught up with Prom Queen’s Leeni Ramadan to talk about the EP and the latest on Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship controlled by her father– whom she’s trying to remove from the post.
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17 min
July 20, 2021 Prom Queen Covers Britney Spears
Seattle’s Prom Queen is releasing a Britney Spears covers EP on July 30th that will benefit the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse. Emily Fox caught up with Prom Queen’s Leeni Ramadan to talk about the EP and the latest on Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship controlled by her father– whom she’s trying to remove from the post.
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17 min
July 15, 2021 The Mystery of SAULT
The anonymous British collective called SAULT released their fifth album, ‘9,’ this summer. It's only going to be available for 99 days.

KEXP’s Larry Mizell, Jr. and Gabriel Teodros discuss how this limited release sparks questions around value in the age of streaming. They also talk about how humor shows up on the album, how different songs have impacted them, and both the local and global aspects of the group's messages.
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17 min
July 15, 2021 The Mystery of SAULT
The anonymous British collective called SAULT released their fifth album, ‘9,’ this summer. It's only going to be available for 99 days.
KEXP’s Larry Mizell, Jr. and Gabriel Teodros discuss how this limited release sparks questions around value in the age of streaming. They also talk about how humor shows up on the album, how different songs have impacted them, and both the local and global aspects of the group's messages.
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17 min
July 13, 2021 The Marías’ Cinematic Debut
Maria Zardoya and Josh Conway of The Marías started out writing music for film. On their debut album, Cinema, they pay tribute to those early days. The bilingual album sets out to capture the feeling of a film through genre shifts and recurring motifs. Conway says, “We did want it to feel like watching a movie, maybe listening to a movie.”
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13 min
July 13, 2021 The Marías’ Cinematic Debut
Maria Zardoya and Josh Conway of The Marías started out writing music for film. On their debut album, Cinema, they pay tribute to those early days. The bilingual album sets out to capture the feeling of a film through genre shifts and recurring motifs. Conway says, “We did want it to feel like watching a movie, maybe listening to a movie.”
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13 min
July 08, 2021 Ambar Lucid's Psychedelic Inspiration
Ambar Lucid talks about how a trip on magic mushrooms inspired the title track of her new EP, 'Get Lost in the Music.' She also talks about a documentary about being reunited with her dad years after he was deported to Mexico, and how she hopes to heal her own and others' generational trauma through her music.
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14 min
July 08, 2021 Ambar Lucid's Psychedelic Inspiration
Ambar Lucid talks about how a trip on magic mushrooms inspired the title track of her new EP, 'Get Lost in the Music.' She also talks about a documentary about being reunited with her dad years after he was deported to Mexico, and how she hopes to heal her own and others' generational trauma through her music.
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14 min
July 06, 2021 Garbage’s Shirley Manson on Sexism, Racism and New Album
The band Garbage, known for hit songs “Stupid Girl” and “Only Happy When It Rains” is out with their seventh album, 'No Gods No Masters.' Frontwoman Shirley Manson discusses the album’s themes of racism and sexism.

“As a woman, a lot of the time you’re not judged for your work, you’re judged for your beauty and your youth,” Manson says. “For women there is a future beyond your 30s when you develop your first wrinkle.”
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15 min

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