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Indiecast

Daft Punk Breaks Up, Plus Julien Baker + Cloud Nothings

Indiecast

UPROXX

Music, Indie Music, Music Commentary, Indie Rock

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

With the consistent haze of winter slowly fading into the rearview, 2021 is finally starting to kick it into high gear on the new music front. This week, Steven and Ian are digging into new releases from Julien Baker and Cloud Nothings, but not before taking a moment to eulogize the end of Daft Punk after 28 years.

For Julien Baker, 'Little Oblivions' is her first album in nearly four years, and marks a turning point for the 25-year-old songwriter. Where her arrangements were previously sparse and centered around a looped guitar or a piano, the new album incorporates a full band aesthetic with drums and much more space to roam. What does a fleshed-out sound mean for one of indie’s most earnest songwriters?

While Baker was quiet for nearly four years, Cloud Nothings have been more active than ever during the pandemic, turning to a Bandcamp subscription plan as a way to keep fans engaged. They released the home-recorded 'The Black Hole Understands' in July of 2020, and have already followed it up with the proper next studio album, 'The Shadow I Remember.' Where does it stack up in their nearly decade-long discography?

In this week’s Recommendation Corner, Steven is honoring the late Miles Seaton by revisiting the catalogue of his band Akron/Family, while Ian has been enjoying the new EP from Canadian outfit Arm’s Length.

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0:00.0

Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape.

0:13.0

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indycast.

0:15.2

On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week.

0:17.6

We review albums and we hash out trends.

0:19.8

In this episode, we're going to be talking about new albums by Julian Baker and Cloud Nothings. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm

0:26.4

joined by my friend and co-host, Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you? So I mentioned this on the podcast

0:32.7

before that, like, I don't drink or do drugs and, you know feel like I've said it but if I hadn't said it

0:38.7

directly it's implied every time Steve and I talk about jam bands but you know there yes in the in the

0:46.1

in the in the pre-pandemic days when I would like get the flu and you know I would be liable to

0:53.2

you know knock back some dayquil turn on the spirit of the beehive and you know, I would be liable to, you know, knock back some dayquil, turn on the spirit of the beehive.

0:56.5

And, you know, that's as close to I, as I get to, like, skirting the line of legality.

1:01.4

But, you know, this morning, I kind of had to, like, check to see if I was also on drugs because, like, you know, there are just some, one of the great things about

1:11.6

being on the West Coast is that by the time I wake up, like, the discourse has already kicked

1:16.5

into high gear.

1:17.3

Like, the East Coast has three hours start on me.

1:19.6

And it's like, you see, first words, post Malone.

1:22.9

I mean, like, that's all but guarantee something weird is about to happen. Hootie and the Blowfish only want to be with you for the poe.

1:34.4

Yeah, for the Pokemon 25th anniversary movie.

1:38.1

And, you know, I think we throw the word like zeitgeist around here like pretty often.

1:44.0

Is that even how it's pronounced i don't

1:45.7

really think i say that word out loud much that's right i mean i think what you're saying is that

1:50.3

when you saw that headline you felt like you were dosed with something that uh because you have post malone

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