This month on The Allender Calendar, it's a two-part special as I (Robin Allender) talk to the musician William Doyle about Cass McCombs's beautifully morbid 2011 album, Wit's End. In the first part, we discuss Cass's extraordinary lyrics, what makes him such a unique (and underrated) songwrite, and where we were when we first heard the album.

Interview with Cass McCombs from around the time of Wit's End:

https://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising

Also in The Fader, this is my favourite interview with Cass from 2022:

https://www.thefader.com/2022/08/17/cass-mccombs-heartmind-interview-new-album-2022

Never Ending Stories podcast interview with Cass McCombs:

https://shows.acast.com/never-ending-stories-pod/episodes/nes-068-the-cass-mccombs-interview

We briefly mention Cass's song Bradley Manning which was recorded before Chelsea Manning transitioned.

William Doyle's Bandcamp page:

https://williamdoyle.bandcamp.com/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/robinallender

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