4ad records

This week's guest, English singer/guitarist Miki Berenyi (Lush, Piroshka, Miki Berenyi Trio), brings us a record by Scottish alternative band - and for a time 4AD labelmates of her band, Lush - Cocteau Twins and their stunning 1984 release 'Treasure'. Evocative, ethereal, and anchored by singer Elizabeth Fraser's otherworldly voice, its sublime, almost alien beauty is hard to describe. But we try.

Songs discussed in this episode: Strange Fruit - Cocteau Twins (John Peel BBC session, 1983); Ladykillers - Lush; Needles and Pins - The Searchers; Cherry-coloured Funk, Wax and Wane, Ivo, Lorelei, Beatrix, Persephone - Cocteau Twins; For Love - Lush; Yes - McAlmont and Butler; Pandora (For Cindy) - Cocteau Twins; Everlastingly Yours - Piroshka; Amelia, Aloysius - Cocteau Twins; Leaves Me Cold - Lush (Peel Session, 1990); Cicely, Otterley, Donimo - Cocteau Twins; Light From A Dead Star - Miki Berenyi Trio (Recorded live during Paris Popfest, 2023

Drummer Todd Philips (Bullet LaVolta, Juliana Hatfield Three, Lemonheads) makes his third appearance on the podcast and brings in yet another Boston - by way of Dayton, OH - classic, the 1990 debut album by The Breeders: 'Pod'. 

Songs featured in this episode: Lord Of The Thighs - The Breeders; Swan Dive - Bullet LaVolta; Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey; Drivin' On 9 - Ed's Redeeming Qualities; Gigantic - Pixies; Feed The Tree - Belly; Nosferatu Man - Slint; Milk It - Nirvana; Glorious, Doe - The Breeders; Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Oh! - The Breeders; A Girl Like You - Wolfgang Press; Hellbound, When I Was A Painter, Fortunately Gone, Safari, Iris, Opened - The Breeders; Blown Away - Pixies; Fear - Throwing Muses; Only In 3's, Lime House, Metal Man, Cannonball - The Breeders; My Sister - Juliana Hatfield Three; Lord Of The Thighs (Live at Pinkpop 1994) - The Breeders 

Guitarist/vocalist Chris O'Rourke and drummer/vocalist Rachael McNally - two-thirds of the Boston band Sleepyhead - brings us a double record as intriguingly mysterious and expansive as its name: 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You' by Brooklyn indie rock band Big Thief. Anchored by the stunning voice and enigmatic songwriting of singer/guitarist Adrianne Lenker, it's an ambitious and weirdly absorbing collection of songs/sounds guaranteed to get under your skin.

Songs featured in this episode: Change - Big Thief (Live Glastonbury, 2022); New Alchemy - Sleepyhead; Simulation Swarm, Sparrow, UFOF, Dried Roses - Big Thief; Changes - David Bowie; Change - Big Thief; You Can Have It All - Yo La Tengo; Time Escaping, Spud Infinity, Certainty, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Little Things - Big Thief; Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush; Flower Of Blood, Red Moon, No Reason, 12,000 Lines, Simulation Swarm - Big Thief; Kyoto - Phoebe Bridgers; Love Love Love, Blue Lightning - Big Thief; Pam and Eddie, Tony The Drunk Is A Thief - Sleepyhead