In today's episode of Students' Union: Access All Areas we sit down with the formidable Canadian rockers Metric. 

Olly Hilton joins Emily from the band to go track by track through their latest genre-defying and genre-defining album Formentera.

Even real places become imaginary when they are so far out of reach. Named for an idyllic island near Ibiza off the coast of Spain, Formentera is a place that, for Metric, only existed on a page in a “dream destinations” travel book that lay open on a desk in the new recording studio that guitarist Jimmy Shaw built in 2020, in a rural hamlet north of Toronto. This is the setting where the band’s eighth album took shape.

Take a listen.

Presenter: Olly Hilton

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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From being the artist behind the song 'No Roots' which inspired a smash TikTok trend to creating her own record label (Paper Plane Records International), the German-Canadian-English singer songwriter Alice Merton has become an exciting independent voice in the music scene.

Today, we go track by track through her incredible new album S.I.D.E.S. Take a listen!

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Presenter: Beatrice Lancet (Burn FM)

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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Here we are again, comin' at cha with a brand new Access All Areas podcast. 

This time, we're chatting to Aussie rockers The Faim, going track by track through their brand new album Talk Talk.

For their sophomore record, the Perth-based four-piece teamed up with a number of producers including: Zakk Cervini [Bring Me The Horizon, YUNGBLUD, Machine Gun Kelly], Erik Ron [Panic! At the Disco, Godsmack, Set It Off], and Matthew Pauling [Palaye Royale, 5 Seconds of Summer, State Champs].

Host: Olly Hilton (URY)

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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For this episode we're joined by Nashville songwriter Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Alison). Adored for her observant, intimate lyrical style, and angular, melancholic rock melodies, Soccer Mommy has grown to become one of indie rock's most respected songwriters, since the release of critically acclaimed debut Clean (2018).

Today we go track by track through Sophie's third album Sometimes, Forever. For this album, she enlisted producer Daniel Lopatin, whose recent credits include the Uncut Gems movie score and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM.

FFO: Lucy Dacus, Julia Holter, Snail Mail

Host: Matt Speed (Forge Radio)

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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In this episode, we join Charlie Hickey to talk through his debut album Nervous at Night, released on 20th May via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records.

Upon the release of the album, Hickey explained, "I’d like to write songs that are for everyone, that let people into my inner world while also hopefully making people feel less alone on their own. I hope that these songs can be there for somebody the way my favourite songs have been for me."

Here, we take a step closer still, by going track-by-track through the inner workings of this album with the artist himself.

Host: Christian Sayers

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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In the latest episode of AAA, Max Pope takes us track-by-track through his highly anticipated debut album 'Counting Sheep', released via Virgin Music Label & Artist Services. 'Counting Sheep' was produced by the double-platinum selling JD. Reid (Mabel, Slowthai and Celeste), and it is Max's first complete body of work, having previously collaborated with Tom Misch, Conor Albert and Mahalia.

Max’s summer residency at Spitalfields City Farm kicks off this Sunday (3rd July) which will see him perform live with a curated support line up.

Host: Olly Hilton (University Radio York)

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale (NSR alumni)

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Will Joseph Cook makes music that will put a smile on your face. The indie-pop dreamer’s third album, Every Single Thing, is an exercise in joy: a collection of unashamed love songs, it’s a bubbling and exuberant reminder to cherish the present. The Student Music Network recently had the pleasure of chatting to Will to get the inside story on each track.

Host: Ben Winter (SMN Team & Radio Sonar alumni)

Co-hosts: Kat Pittalis (Purple Radio), Ben Newns (Nerve Radio) & Christian Sayers (Insanity Radio)

Edited by: Liam Daly (SMN Team & URY alumni)

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Irish spoken-word poet and artist Sinead O'Brien is our guest in the latest episode of AAA, with Leeds Student Radio's Ella Buckley taking Sinead track-by-track through her debut album ‘Time Bend and Break The Bower’, released on Chess Club Reecords.

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Dublin's Ciara May-Alice Thompson, aka CMAT, chats to Belfast's Rachel Graham from Queen's Radio about each track on her debut album 'If My Wife New I'd Be Dead' in our latest episode of AAA!

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Night Gnomes is the brilliant new album from Australian psych rock band, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

We break down the album with them

Presenter: Hope Lynes

Producer: Bridie Lonsdale

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