In this very special episode, Nic Brant from Minor Movements joins Christopher and Lance to talk about “good” music. True feelings are shared, and bonds are strengthened. The group starts a discussion around Forhill and San Fermin. A heated debate takes place around drone music, which leads to talking about the artist, Benoît Pioulard. The conversation turns to Tigerwine, Rhone, and Spotlights. Nic talks about the difference between listening to music on Bandcamp vs. other streaming platforms. They talk about music from Philip Daniel, Old Man Gloom, Copeland, Voyage, Astron, Girih, and Charlie Megira. This episode features the new collaboration track from Minor Movements and Coastlands, “Migrations.”

Episode Playlist:

Forhill - Closer

Benoît Pioulard - Partic, reve

Tigerwine - Black Water

Rhone - Cedar Springs

Spotlights - Part I

Philip Daniel, Alistair Sung - Always

Old Man Gloom - In Your Name

Copeland - Lay Here

Voyage - Aura

Astron - Floating in Space

Girih - Eigengrau

Charlie Megira, The Bet She’ an Valley Hillbillies - Dunkel Party

Minor Movements, Coastlands - Migrations

This episode of the Waves of Sound Pod is a little different than the others to come before it. The boys gathered in person shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss new music before going to see Thrice, mewithoutYou, Drug Church, and Holy Fawn in Los Angeles. They improv a playlist and listen to music for the first time together to share initial feedback. They discuss new music from Trevor Something g, Emancipator, and Brambles. They also talk about new artist discoveries, including Kosatka, Vaudlow, and 1900. This episode features the new single Low Hum from Minor Movements.

Episode Playlist:

Kosatka - El Ahrairah 

Trevor Something - You Are My Obsession 

Ingrina - Black Hole

Emancipator - Iron Ox

1900 - 30 sekunder under Tokyo - Fältinspelad

Eluvium - House Taken Over (I)

Brambles - Spirits 

Vaudlow - Obliviate 

Minor Movements - Low Hum

The 22nd episode begins with a discussion around the enigma that is Christopher’s music taste and Lance’s introduction to the band, Casio. Lance then shows off and talks about his new merch from Hundredth.

They get into a new music discussion about the band Holy Fawn and talk about seeing them with Thrice and mewithoutYou in LA. They dive back into new music from Loscil, Sleeper, The Mercury Program, and Holm. There is a heated debate around the band Only Child Tyrant, which rolls into a conversation around Withered Hands, Porter Robinson, All Shall Be Well, and few other tangents, including the new album from Tame Impala.

This episode wraps up with a discussion around On Circles, the newest release from Caspian, and the featured song “Collapser.”

Episode Playlist:

Jungle - Casio

Holy Fawn - Candy

Loscil - Persistent

The Mercury Program - Dance Pact

HOLM - Spool

Only Child Tyrant - Monkey Box

Withered Winds - Death Gives Life Meaning

Porter Robinson - Get Your Wish

All Shall Be Well (and All Shall Be Well and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well) - Beyond Us, Only Darkness

Holy Fuck (feat. Nicholas Allbrook) - Free Gloss

WMD - Soft Dormancy

Caspian - Collapser

Sleeper - Myxolydia

It’s that time when Christopher and Lance review the top albums of the previous year - 2019. The two friends get right to it and count down to their number one albums of the year. Their top ten lists include From Indian Lakes, Duster, Rafael Anton Irrisari, Cult of Luna, A Swarm of the Sun, We Lost the Sea, Feed Me To The Waves, Glassing, Sadness, and Tides From Nebula.

Episode Playlist:

Sunn 0))) - Ascension (A)

From Indian Lakes - It Pulls You Up

Duster - Copernicus Crater

Square Peg Round Hole - How to Say Goodbye

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Organ Farmer

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Chrysalism

Cult of Luna - The Silent Man

The Ascent of Everest - Dreadful Patient Persistence

A Swarm of the Sun - The Woods

We Lost The Sea - Towers

Feed Me To The Waves - All Align

Heron - Gravity Shift

Glassing - A Good DeathCorre - First

Outlander - Return

Feed Me To The Waves - Patterns in Static

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Coastal Trapped Disturbance

Minor Movements - Clouds of Smoke

Sadness - I Want to Be There Tides

From Nebula - Ghost Horses

In this episode, Christopher and Lance interview Nic Brant and Jeremy Wurst from Minor Movements! The episode begins with a debut clip from their new single, Low Hum. They get into the history of Minor Movements and how it grew from a solo project with Nic producing the first two records to a full lineup on the most recent album, Bloom, as well as the recording process. They talk influences, including This Will Destroy You, Converge, Lowercase Noises, Hammock, Tides of Man, and Thrice. The majority of the conversation is centered around Bloom, how they recorded it, mixed it, and which song is their favorite to play live. They briefly discuss how even the new single is vastly different from the music on Bloom. Nic and Jeremy discuss the future of Minor Movements and the possibility of writing music to visual aids. This episode concludes with the featured song, Where You're Looking From, from Bloom.

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Episode Playlist:

This Will Destroy You - New Topia

Converge - The Dusk in Us

Lowercase Noises - Passage

Hammock - Turning Into Tiny Particles... Floating Through Empty Space

Tides Of Man - Mountain House

Thrice - Hurricane

PILLARS - Finalita

Frightened Rabbit - Little Drum

Death Cab for Cutie - Brothers on a Hotel Bed

Christopher and Lance interview Feed Me To The Waves from Västerås, Sweden! The discussion starts with brief introductions and a history of the band - how they started, and a thrilling story full of twists and turns of how they got to their current lineup and recording their most recent album, Intill. They talk about how and why they decided to record Intill themselves, and how natural it was creating the new record. The band touches on the meaning behind Intill, their writing process, and constructive jamming. They discuss what it’s like working with and becoming part of the Dunk! Records family and the announcement of playing Dunk! Festival for the first time in 2020! This jam-packed episode ends with the featured song “Within Reach.”

You can visit https://feedmetothewaves.bandcamp.com/ for music and merch, as well as https://dunkrecords.com/products/feed-me-to-the-waves-intill-2xlp for a limited vinyl of Intill!

Episode Playlist:

Antarctic - Friendly Insects

pg.lost - Crystalline

Mogwai - Cody

Tortoise - Seneca

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

Big Thief - Not

Sebastian Plano - Éxta

Billie Eilish - bury a friend

Kanye West - Follow God

This Will Destroy You - Clubs

Feed Me To The Waves - Within Reach

The boys have a rough start but quickly recover. They discuss new music from Tourist, Federico Albanese, From Indian Lakes, Have a Nice Life, Hundredth, eery, eli filosov, Pray for Sound, and Wang Wen. The back half of the episode is spent discussing the entire discography of mewithoutYou following their announcement that they are calling it quits in 2020. They feature the song Carousels from Catch for Us the Foxes.

Tourist - Elixir

Federico Albanese - Mauer Blues

From Indian Lakes - Your Heartbeat Against Mine

Have a Nice Life - Science Beat 

Hundredth - Iridescent

eery and eli filosov - closer 

Pray for Sound - Talus

Wang Wen - Stone Scissors

mewithoutYou - Nice and Blue

mewithoutYou -Leaf

mewithoutYou - A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains

mewithoutYou - The Fox, The Crow, and The Cookie

mewithoutYou - Grist for the Malady Mill

mewithoutYou - D-Minor

mewithoutYou - Red Cow (Golden Calf Version)

mewithoutYou - Cities of the Plain 

mewithoutYou - Flee, Thou Matadors!

An extraordinary guest, Armando “Mando” Torres, joins Christopher and Lance on this episode of the Waves of Sound Pod Podcast. Lance regales his two friends with a story of seeing This Patch of Sky a week before the band broke up. He also shares his story of seeing The Midnight at The Novo in Los Angeles. Mando invents “Saxvember.” They jump into a conversation about new music, including Slow Meadow, A.L.I.S.O.N, Cult of Luna, Flamingosis, Sannhet, Ranges, Trna, LFO Waves, and Max Richter. Another special guest, Buck Yuma, makes an appearance to discuss his movie review of Ad Astra. Christopher, Lance, and Mando dive back into new music by M83, From Indian Lakes, and round out the episode with the featured artist, Sadness.

Episode Playlist:

Slow Meadow - Helium Life JacketA.L.I.S.O.N - pink cloud daysCult of Luna - A Dawn to FearPure Colors, Flamingosis - Bootsy’s New BassSannhet - So NumbRanges - Babylon the Great, Pt. 3Trna - EarthcultLFO Waves - Pulsating Ice Sheet. Max Richter - To The Stars - From “Ad Astra” SoundtrackM83 - Temple of SorrowFrom Indian Lakes - It Pulls You UpSadness - Somewhere

The boys begin the 16th episode with blasphemies, monsoons, and sci-fi books. Christopher is ready for the Phoenix summer to be over, and Lance discusses a new book series he started called Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman, that has kept him busy of late. Christopher reminisces and regales Lance with a story of seeing Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, and Boris live. “Existential Fear Everywhere” goes into a deep playlist starting with new music from Tool, from which Lance quickly digresses into the show Frasier and the latest standup of Dave Chapelle. The two friends get back on track with music by Codes In The Clouds, Jimmy Stofer, Autumn Creatures, Rosentwig, Astodan, and Djo. They argue over new music from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, talk new Corre, Battles, and Christopher gets real about an old favorite of Lance’s. They discuss the new single, Demagogue, from Ranges and Lance shares a story about how sharing this song and this band affected someone he knows. This #wosp episode ends with the featured artist, The Ascent of Everest, and the song "Forest of Mirrors" from their latest album Is Not Defeated.

Episode Playlist:

Tool - Fear Inoculum

Codes In The Clouds - Tide Creeps Like a Thief

Jimmy Stofer - Snowfall

Autumn Creatures - Death in Silent Places

Rosentwig - Hiraeth

Lifeformed - Cider Time

Astodan - Nasu

Djo - Roddy

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Perihelion

Corre - Cycles

Battles, Sal Principato - Titanium 2 Step

65daysofstatic - trackerplatz

Ranges - Demagogue

The Ascent of Everest - Forest of Mirrors

“Hot and Randy” begins with the boys celebrating 50 years of the Apollo missions and discuss Brian Eno. They quickly digress into a movie review of First Man and how perfect Ryan Gosling is. Christopher and Lance jump back into regularly scheduled programming and discuss new releases from Heron, Circa Survive, Black Marble, The Ascent of Everest, and Tycho. Lance throws a rare hissy fit over a new single from Russian Circles. After Christopher calms him down, they continue their new music conversation with Nightmare Scenario and Tom Yorke. Somehow they end up digressing into reminiscing over Dashboard Confessional nostalgic feels. The home stretch of episode 15 includes music from We Lost the Sea, The Appleseed Cast, Sabrepulse, and The Echelon Effect. They round out this episode with their featured artist, Spotlights.

Episode Playlist:

Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day - Remastered

Heron - Moon Data

Circa Survive - Act Appalled

Black Marble - One Eye Open

The Ascent of Everest - Buried in Leaves

Tycho, Saint Sinner - For How Long

Nightmare Scenario - Darkness All Around

Thom Yorke - Dawn Chorus

We Lost the Sea - Towers

Sabrepulse - Hayati

The Appleseed Cast - Time The Destroyer

Halftribe - Ideosyncrasy

The Echelon Effect - Goodbye My Friend

Spotlights - Far from Falling