Unmuted, Unmastered

"They really pull out the cautious"

On the show this week:

00:00:53 News

• Spotify will show listen counts for podcasts

00:12:29 Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon by Soot Sprite review discussion

00:42:09 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
6. Nazar - Demilitarize
7. Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
8. Anxious - Bambi
9. Barker - Stochastic Drift
10. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
11. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
12. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
13. Zement - Passagen
14. Flipturn - Burnout Days
15. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
16. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
17. Freckle - Freckle
18. Zach Phillips - True Music
19. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"I’m thinking like 90s electronica, the ones that have a snowy picture on the front cover"

On the show this week:

00:01:13 News

• Lord Buffalo cancel European tour after drummer Yamal Said is detained by US border control

00:07:33 You Wanna Fade? by Alien Boy album review discussion

00:45:47 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam
2. The Weather Station - Humanhood
3. Squid - Cowards
4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong
5. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
6. Nazar - Demilitarize
7. Anxious - Bambi
8. Barker - Stochastic Drift
9. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way
10. Courting - Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’
11. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III
12. Zement - Passagen
13. Flipturn - Burnout Days
14. Car Seat Headrest - The Scholars
15. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen
16. Freckle - Freckle
17. Zach Phillips - True Music
18. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"I'm now way more confused than I was going in!"

On the show this week:

00:00:46 News

• Tennis attack Pitchfork reviews

00:12:10 The Scholars by Car Seat Headrest

00:51:48 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

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

"I have a feeling we're going to diverge quite significantly"

On the show this week:

00:00:45 News

• Australian radio station hosted by AI for 20 hours a week

00:06:10 Demilitarize by Nazar album review discussion

00:24:15 Upcoming releases this week

Album rankings:

1. Great Grandpa - Patience, Moonbeam

2. The Weather Station - Humanhood

3. Squid - Cowards

4. Black Country New Road - Forever Howlong

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

6. Anxious - Bambi

7. Barker - Stochastic Drift

8. Julien Baker & TORRES - Send A Prayer My Way

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

10. Om Unit - Acid Dub Studies III

11. Zement - Passagen

12. Flipturn - Burnout Days

13. SASAMI - Blood On the Silver Screen

14. Freckle - Freckle

15. Zach Phillips - True Music

16. Ethel Cain - Perverts

"I want it noted for posterity that I've disagreed." "Noted."

On the show this week:

00:00:52 News

• Call to fine 'headphone dodgers' who play music on buses

00:08:33 Send a Prayer My Way by Julien Baker & TORRES album review discussion

00:49:04 Upcoming releases

Album Rankings:

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

"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