145: Adam McIlwee (Wicca Phase Springs Eternal): Goth Culture I Can Relate To
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Adam McIlwee aka Wicca Phase Springs Eternal.
On this episode Jeremy and Adam talk Facetime follies, Pennsylvania, radio requests, CD singles, The Menzingers, recording with Joe Loftus, connecting to the hardcore scene, leaving Tigers Jaw, Tumblr, meeting Lil' Peep, collaborating as Wicca Phase, his new self-titled album, and so much more!
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| 1:13.2 | The first ever podcast. I name is Jeremy Bollm. |
| 1:28.5 | I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. |
| 1:38.9 | My guest this week for episode 145 is Adam McElwee, or as you may know him, Wicapha's Springs Eternal. |
| 1:50.9 | His brand new record came out last Friday, June 2nd. |
| 1:54.6 | It is self-titled, came out on Run for Cover Records, and I'm going to go as far as to say |
| 1:59.1 | it's my favorite work of his yet. |
| 2:01.9 | I'm sure many of you already know this, but it's worth mentioning that Adam was also a founding member of Tiger's |
| 2:05.9 | Jha. He left the band shortly after the record Charmer. A really funny thing that you'll hear us talk |
| 2:11.0 | about is that I have never met Adam in person. This is actually the longest conversation we've ever |
| 2:15.9 | had. We've been text friends for a long time, internet acquaintances, all of those sorts of things. But it was really cool that this was our first time getting to chat. And hopefully we can actually meet in person one of these goddamn years. I want to let you know that he has two events happening, August 5th in Los Angeles at the Ecclplex and then September 9th in Brooklyn at the Warsaw, |
| 2:37.5 | as part of the Wikiface curated event called Eternal Twilight. |
| 2:42.6 | Grab tickets to that as soon as you can. |
| 2:45.0 | I also want to let you know that there is a bonus episode available right now where Adam answered questions that were submitted by subscribers. |
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