SIDE B available on WATF Patreon.

Happy Grammephone Friday, mate. For this month's convening of Random Record Club, we dive into Side A of A Trip to Marineville and immediately get pulled into Swell Maps’ brilliantly scrappy universe, where punk urgency collides with tape experiments, fractured pop instincts, and a sense that anything could fall apart at any moment. These tracks dart between bursts of chaos and strange, fleeting beauty, sketching out a blueprint for DIY weirdness that feels both reckless and strangely deliberate. We break down how Marineville turns limitations into a kind of freedom.

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We drop into a long and fun dissection of Side A of Your Future Our Clutter (2010), where The Fall double down on density, repetition, and sheer sonic force. This is a heavier, more hypnotic take on the late-era lineup, riffs grind, rhythms lock into stubborn loops, and Mark E. Smith cuts through with some of his most commanding performances. We dig into how this opening stretch builds a thick, almost oppressive atmosphere that pulls you all the way in.

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Live from Manchester, the lads sit down with The Fall's most frequent producer, and no doubt, one of our favorites, Mr. Grant Showbiz. In celebration of 50 years of The Fall, this first-ever live interrogation was recorded on stage at Band on The Wall for the Futures and Pasts festival. We could not have asked for better company as the sold out crowd of 5,000 Fall fans were definitely not wrong. Cheers mates!

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Time to ride. The lads pick out their favorite albums from the last 6 months. What are your choice cuts of 2026 (so far)? Let us know, and be appreciated.

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Flipping to Side B, Imperial Wax Solvent digs in even deeper, groovier, stranger, and full of those sideways turns The Fall make feel effortless. The rhythms tighten, the textures thicken, and Smith’s voice cuts through it all with that unmistakable mix of command and chaos. We unpack the back half’s hidden gems and off-kilter hooks, tracing how this album cements itself as a late-career high point.

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Bonus episode: For this off-the-cuff interrogation, we get a phone call from the national/international treasure known as Funky Si. Recorded before the release of the latest House of All album, we apologize for the sketchy audio, but it's a worthy listen for the stories and the personality that contains one of our favorite drummers of all time!

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Steve Albini left this planet 2 years ago, and we recorded an episode (back in 2024; unreleased) covering his last release with Shellac, as well as The Fall's influence on his own music. He may or may not have been in collusion with Virgin trains, but enjoy this mini side-journey!

We drop into Side A of Imperial Wax Solvent (2008), where The Fall sound newly recharged, lean, locked-in, and firing on all cylinders. This lineup hits with precision and punch, channeling Mark E. Smith’s relentless vision into something sharp, immediate, and surprisingly accessible without losing any of the band’s edge. We break down how this era reshapes The Fall’s late-period identity into one of their most vital and underrated statements.

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[Side B Trailer / Full Episode on Patreon:] Our new series, Random Record Club, continues our inaugural journey into SIDE B of the Country Teasers' first slab: Pastoral-- not Rustic' (1995). Join the club. Get initiated:

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We're starting a new tradition on this 'Grammephone Friday'... the lads will be diving into a new series called Random Record Club: 'They are Appreciated!' (Season 2 of WATF), where they interrogate non-Fall albums that usually have some sort of Fall-connection. This first installment features the Country Teaser's first album 'Pastoral-- not Rustic' (1995). Frontman, Ben Wallers, is an avid Fall appreciator and his music across his various projects is well-worth the full interrogation. So let's get into SIDE A!

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