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So welcome in! There's an outward-looking, internationalist feel to proceedings on this week's @weheardwonders. Iain and Andrew share their respective histories with EU-hearting indie institution Sea Power, before offering their thoughts on the group's recent name change and long-awaited new material. Elsewhere, Israeli six-piece Şatellites serve up some slinky disco-funk, Canadian-Serbian singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski sets phasers to "charm", Russian "girl group" Lucidvox bring the murk and the mystery, while Glasgow's own Rebecca Vasmant leaves us longing for a night on the tiles. All this plus an oud-aciously groovy little record with a striking sleeve has the Vinyl Word. What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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Second time’s a charm for this week’s @weheardwonders. We give our thoughts on Big Thief’s sprawling new LP, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You: is their biggest statement also their grandest, or is it a case of too much of a good thing? We also have our say on dynamic Dublin five-piece MELTS, library-jazz-funk mystery man Claude Cooper, Zimbabwe’s word-of-mouth sensations Gonora Sounds, and the bedroom psych-pop of practical man-out-of-time Evan Wright. Finally, a fantastically groovy track by a recently-departed musician has The Vinyl Word and gets our bodies movin’ in the process. What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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A quick message to explain what's happened to your regularly scheduled and hotly anticipated new music podcast this week!

FULL PODCAST COMING ON 18/2/22!

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Diverse musical delights ripe for discussion on this week’s @weheardwonders. Kathryn Joseph and GABO represent the best of Scottish, SASAMI genre-bends with style, while Kamasi Washington throws in everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink on his comeback track. An old tune enjoys its moment in the sun via a very modern route, then Andrew brings together two of the week’s main threads for a high-kicking Vinyl Word. What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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It’s ladies’ might 💪 and the feeling’s right. Yep, the superior sex are firmly in charge on this week’s episode of @weheardwonders. Sofia Kourtesis and Los Bitchos leave us longing for the summer, Cate Le Bon delivers something predictably amazing, and Erin Rae has us wondering aloud why they aren’t a household name. We also discuss the much-anticipated album from Amber Mark - does it have what it takes to be one of 2022’s defining releases? If that wasn’t enough, for the Vinyl Word, we play one of the most mind-bogglingly incredible pieces of music we’ve ever heard - you’ve got to tune in for that, right?? What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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A music podcast fit to burst with delectably diverting new sounds, you say? You took the words right out of our mouth! Is it a welcome return for neo-psych chanteuse Melody’s Echo Chamber? Does Pastor Champion’s music live up to his incredible backstory? And which slice of mid-sixties soul perfection has been selected to have the Vinyl Word? We also discuss new music from Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen, Pitchfork-favourite Nilüfer Yanya, and conscious jazz-hopper Robert Glasper with his immaculately-assembled friends. What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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Another carefully curated selection of new sounds from @weheardwonders. The closer from Jeff Tobias’s debut full-length serves as an ideal opener and Lady Wray’s marathon album-rollout is almost complete. Both the medium and the message of FKA twigs’ new mixtape are ripe for discussion, while Midlake’s yearning for the past is - we learn - personal. Plus, we finally give Nala Sinephro’s incredible Space 1.8 the time and attention it deserves, and a rollickingly rootsy slice of rock’n’roll has the Vinyl Word. What do you make of the tracks up for discussion? Do you agree with our opinions? Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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2022 ain't hanging around, with several musical big-hitters back and hitting some big ol' high notes! Iain and Andrew review the first studio offering from The Smile, a bracing new project spearheaded by - bingo cards at the ready! - Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood; The Weeknd accesses random memories and shoots for a Thriller!-sized blockbuster; while Father John Misty returns after giving the world a chance to miss him. Two less headline-grabbing but no less worthy projects are also up for discussion: Richard Norris’s psych-folk outfit The Order Of The 12 and flute-tastic Belgian quintet Black Flower. There’s also time for a decidedly un-wintery Vinyl Word - it’s a good un! Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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New Year, new music! @weheardwonders roar into 2022 and Series 2 with the long-awaited return of the superb Soundcarriers, and a discussion of something simultaneously old and new from pod Hero, David Bowie - the official release of his “lost” 2000 album Toy. Elsewhere, there’s fresh-as-a-January-morning tuneage from Texas, Edinburgh and Columbia-via-New York. Andrew then recommends another kickin’ “lost” LP in The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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It’s the last pod before Christmas and there’s a distinct end-of-term vibe to the final of our four @weheardwonders Albums Of The Year 2021 specials! We discuss some festival favourites, before diving enthusiastically into six more fantastic records from this very strange year. Who has us reaching for superlatives like “masterpiece”, “genius” and “masterwork”? Which track has a connection to one of our big shared loves? And just what IS that Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and LSO record? Driven delirious by list-making, Andrew cracks open the egg-nog, while Iain picks something deceptively jaunty for the Vinyl Word. As ever, we really appreciate your support and welcome your feedback: get in touch, tell us what you make of the tracks/albums up for discussion, and send over a list of some of your stand-out releases of 2021. Listen on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions; and, if you have enjoyed any of our shows or picked up some recommendations from Andrew’s Instagram rundown, then we’d love it if you’d buy us a festive Coffee (link in the show bio) and help us make more content in 2022. Merry Christmas to you and yours! 

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