Welcome to Episode 45 of This is Not Happening. An Album of the Month Podcast where in Part 1 we deep dive into an Album that one of us has chosen and in Part 2 we play ‘Spin it or Bin it’. This is where we pick a theme and each select a song that represents that theme. We judge each others selections by asking the question ‘Spin It or Bin It’?
This month, in Part 1, we dive right into the deep-end of ‘Only God Was Above Us’ the new album from TINH favourite (at least 3 of us) Vampire Weekend. This month we’re in the capable hands of Nolan who has introduces the album and guides us through some key questions and an interesting conversation. In Part 2 we play Spin it or Bin It with songs that are all. ‘a little bit country’.
Part 1 | Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us
My god Vampire Weekend can write a song! And this album really proves that. We answer (or at least attempt to answer) some big questions – is this best Vampire Weekend album? How do you pick a favourite track when they’re all so good and do such different things.
- Listen to the album here.
- Watch some videos here.
- Awesome interview by John Kennedy that we reference constantly … here
- Buy some stuff or some tickets here.
Part 2 | Spin It or Bin It | ‘A little bit country’
Country is massive in 2024 … and Guy hates it. So, what other theme could we choose? The clue is in the title, the tracks only have to be ‘a little bit country’. 4 Track playlist of our chosen tracks is here.
- Guy chose – ‘Bittersweet, TN’ by Kevin Morby and Erin Rae.
- Nolan chose –‘Candle’ by Buck Meek.
- Joey chose – ‘One of these days’ by Bedouine
- David chose – ‘Cant Let Go’ by Lucinda Williams
See you on Episode 46!