Welcome to Original Material. I’m Gemma Syme, and each episode I ask my favorite musicians to share three songs that blew their minds in high school, three words that described their teenage selves, and one track every young person needs to hear today.

Introducing Today’s Guest

From an 11-year-old kid whose primary job in his first band was hitting the "on and off" button on a Casio keyboard's drum loop, to being my band mate in Holidays with Friends in the late 2000’s charging around Wellington’s alt-indie scene, Matt Buck joins me today.

Matt takes us on a journey through his older siblings' music collections, tuning into Channel Z from the bathtub, and how a chic, pale-blue album cover featuring a glass chair completely changed how he looked at the connection between music and visuals. We also talk about his first band, The Mabin Experience, his love for "unbelievably smooth" vocals, and how his synaesthesia allows him to literally see sounds as distinct colors and three-dimensional objects. 

Chapters:

0:00:00 Welcome to Original Material

00:01:51 What were three words that you would use to describe yourself as a teenager

00:03:46 How did you discover new music in high school?

00:06:25 Song #1: The Strokes – “Hard To Explain”

00:11:44 Song #2: Jimi Hendrix – “All Along The Watchtower”

00:18:05 Song #3: Beck – “Debra”

00:28:10 One song all teens today should hear: The Modern Lovers – “She Cracked”

Stream or buy the tracks featured in the podcast here: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/P9nSbOpqMI

https://holidaywithfriends.bandcamp.com/

https://myspace.com/thanksforthename

https://instantfantasy.bandcamp.com/

https://www.sunreturn.co.nz/

This podcast is for educational purposes. Any opinions and all that jazz is the hosts only, and not their employers and such.

Created, recorded by Gemma Syme

Edited by Daif King