The Reel FEEdBack Podcast

Talking surfing, AI-created music videos, transitioning from punk to the wholly different sound of new album My Guardian Angel, working with producer Chris 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Coady, and his love for the Strokes, Jakob 'son of Green Day's Billie Joe' Armstrong is very much his own man and a top notch songwriter in his own right. With not a whiff of nepotism in sight, he details his band's latest offering and how it came to be.

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Live at Leicester Square's world-famous Prince Charles Cinema, Brian Blessed surpasses the swear quota of all previous 95 episodes combined, and covers what 'Gordon’s Alive' has become, Peppa Pig, Patrick Stewart, burping, Z Cars, sparring with Muhammed Ali, wrestling a gorilla, Blackadder, Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Peter O’Toole, being in a plane crash, meeting The Queen, creating the South Downs, being a trained cosmonaut, Kenneth Branagh, I Claudius, an absolutely cutlery-dropping, eye-popping, 100% hard 18 certificate Maggie Thatcher’s funeral skit and a dazzlingly operatic finale recalling being in Stars In Their Eyes.

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Just two weeks shy of releasing their debut album Plus Ultra, front men Charlie Woods and Jake Mac talk about writing the album, but also throw in the crime of venue closure, bunting, Mogwai, trying not to swear in live sessions, angering parents and children and more.

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Born in France, raised in Australia and living in L.A, Flo Chase brings his extraordinary origins to his music, even initially using it to communicate when he couldn't speak English. He talks about his admiration for John Mayer, writing and recording debut album Toi, writing in French and more.

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Australian singer/ composer Matt Corby talks photoshoots, being signed by a Mumford & Son, live shows, Covid, his love for Radiohead's Kid A, breaking down his Lonely Boy cover and new upcoming, rather excellent album 'Everything's Fine'.

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The DMA'S guitarist Johnny Took talks supporting Arctic Monkeys, ‘fessing up to an onstage boo boo, first coming to the UK after Liam from The Courteeners got them over for a tour from hearing one song, Neil Young cocaine nose, breaking down writing a heavily electronic song compared to writing on an acoustic, DMAs time off on tour schedule, playing drunk, Sonic Youth’s influence on a song from the new album and getting married.

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Scottish singer-songwriter Hamish Hawk talks about recording his new album Angel Numbers under the pressure of it being the follow up to a very favourably received predecessor, being compared to playwrights such as Euripides, horoscopes, lockdown, his upcoming tour and more.

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From Dublin to Paris to London, Somebody's Child, aka Cian Godfrey has soaked up a lot of culture and it shows in his music. After three EP releases in two years, he is now releasing his debut, self-titled album produced my Mikko Gordon (The Smile, Arcade Fire) in Feb 2023. He talks about writing and recording it, his intent on showing Ireland as modern and progressive creatively, and why he ticked yes on a visa for to the question 'Have you ever transported human organs?'

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Former Duke of Darkness, now Archduke O'Darkdom, Garth Marenghi is not usually one to allow his words and wisdom be recorded and scrutinised forevermore. Maybe it was the Christmas season, but live at The Comedy Store in London's West End, the horror author talked not only about his new smash-hit novel TerrorTome, but also the man behind the mystery; what makes him tick, what he does for Christmas, what scares him, as well as fielding questions from his fans in the audience. So listen if you dare, I'm sure he hopes you have an UN-pleasant experience doing so.

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The Black Angels released their latest album Wilderness of Mirrors in Sept 2022. Front man Alex Maas, a true gent, opens up about the difficulty of writing lyrics, his love for The Beatles and Radiohead, his fear of war, touring as a parent and ghostly goings on in the studio.

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