On this episode of the podcast, Tess, Sam, Holly and special guest and self-confessed IDLES fan Zak Wash, discuss the latest record from Bristol Post-Punks IDLES. They dissect what makes this band and album so divisive and weigh up the merits of the record's pronounced politics and bombastic sound. 

On this episode of the podcast, Holly, Sam and Adam delve into the new record by Welsh electronic artist Kelly Lee Owens, "Inner Song". We dissect the genre blurring exercise that is "Inner Song" and provide some context for the period that led up to the record which Owens describes as "the worst three years of her life". 

This week the Analysis Paralysis "kids" look into Stevan’s mixtape, ‘Just Kids’.

The 18 year old Wollongong musician looks at the process of working out the difference between budding love and intense lust while wrapping his narratives in smooth, intimate production reminiscent of Steve Lacy and Mac DeMarco.  

Tess, Sam and Tanya look back at their early romantic relationships and compare them with the ones on Stevan's mixtape. Plus, they also question why Gen Z kids seem to know what's going on (across the board) a bit better than they did during the same stages of their lives.

Have your own thoughts about Stevan's new record? - Let us know! Email us at analysisparalysispod at gmail dot com or find us on Instagram at AnalysisParalysisPodcast, on Twitter as PodcastAP or on Facebook as Analysis Paralysis Podcast.

Don’t you want to feel alive, don’t you want to feel emotions? That’s the crux of our latest episode of Analysis Paralysis, a swim through the latest record by Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius.

"Set My Heart On Fire Immediately" is the fifth album from Perfume Genius and subtle it is not.

Big bold deconstructions of pop sounds, late night waltzes, shifting, lilting vocal performances. In a nod to its predecessor, "No Shape", this is a record of excess, of big, brash sounds. It’s also an album of transformation, of softness, of quiet revolution and sexual tension and desire.

Sam, Holly and Adam get together to talk about gender, co-dependence, power dynamics in queer relationships, self-loathing, the power of a teenage crush on Alyssa Milano and a whole lot more.

Have your own thoughts about Perfume Genius’ new record? - Let us know! Email us at analysisparalysispod at gmail dot com Or find us on instagram at analysisparalysispodcast or twitter at PodcastAP.

Analysis Paralysis discuss "Forever, Ya Girl"  the debut album by the Chicago born, New York based artist KeiyaA.

The record deconstructs the R&B form through a blurry concoction of warped loops, oblique samples and pop craft with each song providing a piece of a broader narrative around loss, community and black liberation. The team also discuss the state of underground R&B and Hip Hop and the way success, money and artistic merit is measured in today's constantly shifting musical landscape. 

The AP team rifle around through the latest record 'Song for our Daughter' by British musician Laura Marling.

A more subtle, minimal series of compositions from Marling has the team wondering about the role of folk music, the importance of narratives in music that are penned by women for women and the enduring nature of the 'manic pixie dream girl' in popular culture.

Extra reading:

NPR interview
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/11/832052963/laura-marling-on-maya-angelou-and-arming-a-younger-generation-of-women

Guardian Q&A
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2020/apr/24/laura-marling-webchat-post-your-questions-now

This week, the Analysis Paralysis team dig into the recently released album 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters', the fifth album from American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters is a heady mix of percussion, noise, piano lines, feminism and fury. Unflinching in its focus and filled with incisive gut-punching lyrics, the team dig deep to work through their feelings brought on by listening to the album and consider the wider criticial acclaim the record has received from critics.

CONTENT WARNING: Fiona Apple's 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters' is a work that explicitly discusses sexual assault, domestic violence and abuse. We discuss these themes as they crop up on tracks.
in particular, from 19:15 to 21:30 we discuss 'For Her' a song about sexual assault.
There are also wider conversations about me too toward the end of the episode.(from 31:00 - 38:00 minutes).

further reading:

NY times profile piece on Fiona Apple
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/arts/music/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters.html

big long NewYorker profile on Fiona Apple:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity

THAT pitchfork review:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters/

We have dipped into the recent archives and unearthed our conversation unpacking the genre fluidity of "1000 Gecs", the debut record from American "experimental pop" duo 100 Gecs. 

***Warning: This episode contains a conversation about the validity of third wave Ska revival 

Much like the rest of the world, the Analysis Paralysis team are self-isolating and spending their days steeped in new music and old favourites. On this special isolation edition of the podcast, the team catch up over Skype and share the music and records that are keeping them sane during this pandemic. 

The AP team put on their gas-masks and wade through the bong-haze and fumes of King Krule's latest work 'Man Alive!'

From intellectual guitar sh*t to hazy, chopped and screwed production, King Krule's Man Alive is the fourth studio album from english musician Archy Marshall.

Tanya, Tess, Sam and Adam look at the lyricism on the record, the jazzy intonations that inspire music of the music, its somber late-AM lonliness and subtly enquire upon the themes of fatherhood and growing up swirling within.

Listen to Man Alive here on Spotify

Listen to the 'Hey World!' tour video from youtube here

Want to get ready for the next Episode?
We'll be covering the following records in upcoming episodes (so you can listen along)
Tame Impala - The Slows Rush
Grimes - Miss Anthropocene