"It feels very English and I don't know how to elaborate on that but it does"

On the show this week:

00:00:52 News

• Buskers banned from Leicester Square

00:08:05 Forever Howlong by Black Country New Road

00:41:43 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
5. Anxious - Bambi
6. Barker - Stochastic Drift
7. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
8. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
9. Zement - Passagen
10. Flipturn - Burnout Days
11. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
12. Freckle - Freckle
13. Zach Phillips - True Music
14. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"Stave off the boygenius tiredness"

On the show this week:

00:00:39 News

• Trump's tariffs cause fallout in the music industry

00:09:27 Stochastic Drift by Barker album review discussion

00:29:38 James' thoughts on Patience, Moonbeam by Great Grandpa

00:32:26 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

5. Anxious - Bambi

6. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

7. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

8. Zement - Passagen

9. Flipturn - Burnout Days

10. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

11. Freckle - Freckle

12. Zach Phillips - True Music

13. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"We love and respect Imogen Heap in this household"

On the show this week:

00:01:11 Patience, Moonbeam by Great Grandpa review discussion

00:31:45 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Squid - Cowards
3. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
4. Anxious - Bambi
5. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
6. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
7. Zement - Passagen
8. Flipturn - Burnout Days
9. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
10. Freckle - Freckle
11. Zach Phillips - True Music
12. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"This is cosmic payback for me using the word lugubrious"

On the show this week:

00:00:48 News

• Soundcloud trends released

00:06:47 For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast review discussion

00:45:54 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Squid - Cowards
3. Anxious - Bambi
4. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
5. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
6. Zement - Passagen
7. Flipturn - Burnout Days
8. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
9. Freckle - Freckle
10. Zach Phillips - True Music
11. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"Is this required reading for the album listening experience?"

On the show this week:

00:01:04 News

• PRS and the BBPA launch the Pubs Go Live initiative

00:06:15 Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ by Courting album review discussion

00:35:56 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood

2. Squid - Cowards

3. Anxious - Bambi

4. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

5. Zement - Passagen

6. Flipturn - Burnout Days

7. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

8. Freckle - Freckle

9. Zach Phillips - True Music

10. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"sounds like the really short synopsis you see under Netflix movies"

On the show this week:

00:00:51 News

• Global music growth slows in 2024 with streaming's share of revenue actually dipping

00:08:22 Blood On the Silver Screen by SASAMI review discussion

00:35:36 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Squid - Cowards
3. Anxious - Bambi
4. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
5. Zement - Passagen
6. Flipturn - Burnout Days
7. Freckle - Freckle
8. Zach Phillips - True Music
9. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"I only measure in Bruce Springsteens"

On the show this week:

00:01:05 News

• Create Music Group acquires deadmau5 and mau5trap records

00:09:45 Acid Dub Studies III by Om Unit review discussion

00:37:23 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Squid - Cowards
3. Anxious - Bambi
4. Zement - Passagen
5. Flipturn - Burnout Days
6. Freckle - Freckle
7. Zach Phillips - True Music
8. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"Bambi by Bambi"

On the show this week:

00:01:09 News

• Musicians in the UK protest new AI law

00:09:26 Bambi by Anxious album review discussion

00:57:15 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood

2. Squid - Cowards

3. Zement - Passagen

4. Flipturn - Burnout Days

5. Freckle - Freckle

6. Zach Phillips - True Music

7. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"as someone who grew up in a Radio 2 household, it is 100% the Radio 2 audience"

On the show this week:

00:00:51 News

• Red Hot Chili Peppers seeking $350M in masters catalog sale

00:05:00 Passagen by Zement review discussion

00:40:27 Quantum Sound: Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini gig review

00:47:44 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Squid - Cowards
3. Flipturn - Burnout Days
4. Freckle - Freckle
5. Zach Phillips - True Music
6. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"if you want a lyric from this album tattooed on you...you might get some questions"

On the show this week:

00:00:45 News

• Universal Music Group and Music Health Alliance Launch Music Industry Mental Health Fund

00:06:34 Cowards by Squid review discussion

00:37:07 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. The Weather Station - Humanhood
2. Flipturn - Burnout Days
3. Freckle - Freckle
4. Zach Phillips - True Music
5. Ethel Cain - Perverts