This week’s new albums: Courtney Barnett | Eaves Wilder | RAYE. 

Also: compromised assets, novelty Olympic single B-sides of the early '90s, the Rogers Continuum, winery tour nostalgia, Rumble vs Vulcanella, half a room of reverb, the rewards of low expectations, my skin is crawling, Find My Spouse, main character energy, on the hour every hour, musical theatre superstructure, reading the phone book, the producers’ cut, comfort is the enemy, Stoner to Rossi, reasons to end the podcast, Wallpaper TISM, stereotypes are a great time-saver, journeys of personal realisation, the narrative cannot hold, LeBron Ain’t Clutch and other historically badly aged takes, #AdamReadsBoxScores, the East is a joke and Boston will win it, casual fan journeys, Howie: Australia’s Oprah, Lol @ Strom, the asbestos is load-bearing and swearing on podcasts. 

2:03  Courtney Barnett

8:15  Eaves Wilder

12:32  RAYE.

29:27  Next week’s albums 

35:26  After Dark - NBA, rugbaloig, podcasts

Next week’s new albums: Hermitude | Angine de Poitrine | Abronia

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