Welcome to week 10 of The Spotlight where Sarah Mae and Aaron highlight and discuss their favorite records!

This week, Sarah Mae opened the show with “Sofia” by Clairo off of her 2019 summer release, ‘Immunity.’ Clairo is a 21-year-old artist who grew up in a small town in Massachusetts. Her rise to bedroom-pop fame was skyrocketed by her refreshingly simple music video to “Pretty Girl” in 2017. Sarah Mae discusses how ‘Immunity’ is a coming-of-age album through and through. She also draws parallels between ‘Immunity’ and ‘Apollo XXI,’ a record that was discussed earlier in the season. In the second half of the show, Aaron highlighted ‘Schlagenheim’ by UK-based band black midi. ‘Schlagenheim’ is the first record for black midi, who was formed in 2015. The album received critical acclaim, gaining the band their first-ever Mercury Prize nomination. Aaron discusses the ways that the band blends elements of jazz, post-punk and math rock together to create a sound unlike most artists today. He is also a huge fan of black midi’s drummer, Morgan Simpson.

Unfortunately, we will not be having our regularly scheduled LIVE show on November 25. (We’re going to see Brockhampton, yeehaw!) We’ll be back for our SEASON FINALE on December 2st!

But, please give our previous episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor.fm a listen!