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Three is the magic number on this week’s @weheardwonders as the chaps reconvene in person for their third and penultimate Best Of 2021 roundup. Andrew selects six more diverse artists and albums from his epic Insta countdown to unpick with Iain. Which artist has Iain marvelling at their technical ability? Who prompts him to ponder aloud “what’s that all about then?!”? And who are the “local” talent under the microscope? All this before Iain pays tribute to a certain Miss Winehouse in 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; and, if you’re full with the spirit of the season, buy us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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List Season is well underway, and @weheardwonders are back with the second of our four festive extravaganzas. Andrew brings in a further six albums still to pop up in his faintly ludicrous, frankly over-ambitious Best Of 2021 countdown - trusty faithfuls rubbing shoulders with some of his favourite discoveries of the year. Will Iain be equally enamoured? Then it’s over to Iain for a truly fab selection in 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; and, if you’re full with the spirit of the season, buy us a Coffee (link in the show bio).

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Simply having a Wonders-filled Christmastime! In the first of four festive episodes, your faithful hosts begin to look back at the year that was. Andrew gives a sneak preview of six albums sure to feature prominently in his End of Year rundown: come for him explaining why he rates each disc so highly, stay for Iain's fresh, typically incisive takes. Iain has the Vinyl Word this week, dissecting a track that has deep personal resonance for him, and it’d be rude not to have at least a little Get Back chat, right? 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; and, if you’re full with the spirit of the season, buy us a Coffee (link in the show bio). 

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Up for discussion on the final @weheardwonders New Music Edition of 2021 are indie-pop dreamers Tallies, the seventies singer-songwriter worship of Sylvie, and Group Listening’s piano & clarinet contemplations. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss reconvene 14 years after their first Grammy-guzzling collab, but does their new material see and raise Raising Sand’s hand? And Sol by name, Soul by nature: we have our say on a track from Cleo Sol’s critically-acclaimed album, Mother. All this, plus we reveal the WINNER of our first ever COMPETITION and Andrew bigs up a striking LP in his newly-Christened vinyl segment. Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Your five-star reviews really do help us spread the word! Share with anyone you know who might dig it, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter, and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in bio). 🙌

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High fidelity, can you hear me? The audio gremlins of last week have been banished and @weheardwonders are coming through loud and clear! New tracks up for discussion come from your favourite alt-rock guitar band’s go-to guitarist Hand Habits, party-starter-with-Hindi-credentials El Michels Affair, Scottish orchestral choralists Modern Studies, plus Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak’s blockbuster throwback outfit Silk Sonic. Andrew salutes a sadly-departed sixties singer-songwriter in his soon-to-be-named vinyl segment, and gives details of how you (yes, YOU!) could win a shiny gold vinyl disc in our very first *COMPETITION* (send us your entries either via DM or by leaving a suggestion in the comments below). Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Your five-star reviews really do help us spread the word! Share with anyone you know who might dig it, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter, and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in bio). 

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This pod series goes up to eleven! All-female firebrands Witch Fever and The Brkn Record (the new project from Heliocentrics co-founder Jake Ferguson) bring the intensity to this week’s proceedings. The never-knowingly-understated Spiritualized make their latest grand return, Snail Mail’s Valentine hints at something swoon-worthy, while post-Ought post-modernists Cola have us stroking our chins, scratching our heads and reaching for our metronomes. All that, plus Andrew highlighting an exemplary modern example of arty post-punk in his vinyl segment. Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Your five-star reviews really do help us spread the word! Share with anyone you know who might dig it, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter, and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in bio). 🙌

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Ok, so our small talk regarding the climate change conference happening in Glasgow isn’t much COP, but the five juicy new tracks up for discussion on @weheardwonders more than make up for it. Hurray For The Riff-Raff makes her heroic and long-awaited return (hurray, indeed!); art-punks BODEGA, folk-master Jake Xerxes Fussell and soul-man Curtis Harding get us thinking, contemplating and nodding; while UK saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael finally takes centre-stage. Andrew then grabs an album of “outer-space caveman music” out of the racks for your consideration and consumption. Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Share with anyone you know who might dig it, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter, and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in bio). We’re loving your feedback and messages so far, so keep ‘em coming! 🙌

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Another dizzyingly diverse selection of sounds courtesy of @weheardwonders. Why did Pigeon’s disco-funk just HAVE to be this week’s opening gambit? Where do we stand on Lana Del Rey, and her latest dose of American Life? Is Michael Kiwanuka in his creative prime? And do either the balaclava-clad Pale Jay or the none-more-lo-fi April Magazine have “a certain charm”? As if that weren’t enough, Andrew plays a cruel game on Iain in his latest, still-to-be-named vinyl segment. Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Your five star reviews really do make a difference! Share with anyone you know who might dig it, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter, and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in bio). 🙌

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No Scotland, no party! Iain and Andrew keep it close to home in this bonus episode, a SAY Awards special! We reconvene to discuss our relationship with the prize and give our thoughts on the ten records shortlisted for Scottish Album Of The Year 2021. Who were our surprise discoveries? Who should consider themselves unlucky not to make the cut? And who do we predict will pick up the cheque and take home the trophy on Saturday night? There’s only one way to find out! Please listen, rate and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music and Google podcasts. Share with anyone you know who might dig it, and drop us a comment on Instagram. We’re loving your feedback and messages so far, so keep ‘em coming! 🙌

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Episode seven, and @weheardwonders are on an International jet-set, journeying first to Ghana-via-Germany (fuzz-rock!), then to Manchester (light-on-its-feet-art-pop!) and Montreal (dream-folk!), and finally over to Japan (interplanetary-power-trio-psych!). Your selfless hosts also give some much-needed publicity to a little-known act called Adele: we predict big things! Finally, Andrew reaches into his vinyl racks and recommends an album you HAVE to hear in the first instalment of a new regular segment. 

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