305: Marnie Stern

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Trap Set is back, and so is Marnie Stern. Marnie burst onto the NYC rock scene in 2007--seemingly out of nowhere--with a unique blend of virtuosic guitar; surreal, beautifully yearning lyrcs; and a "sheets of sound" vocal delivery.

Joe met Marnie in 2012 and toured with her behind Stern's 2013 album, The Chronicles of Marnia. It was on this tour that Joe conceived of the idea for The Trap Set. Shortly after the tour, Stern took a break from releasing original music and took a gig as the guitarist for the 8G Band--the house band for Late Night with Seth Meyers--a position she held for over eight years.

Now back with a fantastic new album, The Comeback Kid, Marnie joins her old pal, Joe, to catch up!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's Joe. On February 2nd, I'm releasing my new album, Mere Survival. To celebrate, I'm
0:07.4	playing two shows with the 20-piece ensemble, featuring several Trapset alumni, Mary Timony, Matt Cameron,
0:14.5	Marksisneros, Chad Malter, Krasanta Baker, Mary Latimore, Shelley Bergen, Ryan Burns,
0:20.7	and a chamber orchestra.
0:22.5	The dates are Thursday, January 25th at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles with Death Valley Girls,
0:29.1	and Sunday, January 28th, at Numos in Seattle, with Mark Giuliana playing a solo set.
0:36.3	You do not want to miss that.
0:38.7	Tickets are available at nightcreatures.com.
0:42.1	That's n-I-T-E-Creatures.com.
0:46.6	Hope to see you there.
0:48.6	This is Joe Wong.
0:50.6	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:52.3	I want to play something for you.
1:14.5	Music Welcome to the trap set. I want to play something for you. You're hearing plain speak by my guest Marnie Stern.
1:24.0	After years of toiling in isolation, Stern burst onto the New York rock scene in 2007 with a fully formed artistic vision,
1:30.8	combining blazing guitar pyrotechnics with cosmic confessional lyrics sung through bright sheets of sound.
1:32.9	I met Marnie in 2012 and toured with her for her penultimate release, The Chronicles of Marnia.
1:39.6	It was during that tour that I first decided to make this podcast series.
1:44.4	Shortly after the tour, Marnie joined the house band for late night with Seth Myers,
1:49.1	where she remained for eight years.
1:51.7	She released her first album of original material, The Comeback Kid, late last year.
1:58.1	And now my conversation with Marnie Stern.
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