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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep533: Exploring the Pusciverse with Carina Round

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Carina Round discusses the new Puscifer album "Normal Isn't", their creative partnership, how motherhood transformed her songwriting, the emotional experience of revisiting The Disconnection and much more.

Topics Include:

  • New Puscifer album "Normal Isn't" and concert film drop February 6th
  • Puscifer described as dark multimedia project with interconnecting 20-year storyline
  • New characters introduced: Belendia Black, Fanny Gray, the Synth Whisperer
  • Writing began post-Existential Reckoning; Mat keeps a magical idea folder
  • Maynard learned Logic software, contributed more initial musical sketches this time
  • Carina waits for lyrics—word rhythms shape her vocal approach entirely
  • Mat masters specific gear per album: Fairlight, Synclavier, custom guitars
  • Carina sang through Eventide effects unit, letting it shape melodies
  • Mat designs all stage plots, lighting, and visual concepts himself
  • Carina recently started improv classes—facing her worst nightmare on purpose
  • Mat discovered her at LA show; V is for Vagina hooked her
  • Maynard conveys mood clearly while leaving lyrics open to interpretation
  • Humbling River audition taught her: no preciousness about ideas here
  • Maynard's response—"as long as it doesn't interfere with me"—was freeing
  • Having an eight-year-old son completely changed her creative process
  • Revisiting The Disconnection live revealed surprising wisdom in her youth
  • Music became her way to connect rather than dissociate emotionally
  • She bootlegged her own Interscope album just to have it on vinyl
  • Kids today skip songs constantly—no commitment to full album journeys
  • Rare Ocean Blue pressing was a happy accident—only 13 copies exist

High resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.

0:10.0

Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.

0:13.0

Oh, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate.

0:15.0

Welcome to episode 533 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.

0:22.2

And this week, dear people, we are exploring the Puseverse with Karina Round.

0:27.5

And I know it does sound a bit naughty, but I can assure you that it absolutely is not.

0:33.5

And you should immediately get your head out of the gutter.

0:35.6

We are talking all about the world of Pusufor.

0:39.1

And Karina is going to help us understand and even be excited about the mysterious world

0:43.9

that they are continuing to develop.

0:47.0

The new Pusufor album, Normal Isn't, will be available on February 6th.

0:52.3

A few tracks and videos are available right now. You could enjoy,

0:55.6

and you could, of course, set yourself up to download the streams of the full album when they're

1:00.7

available and pre-order a vinyl copy. Lots of places to be able to do that. May I recommend the

1:07.7

Queen Bee Vinyl Shop in Cottonwood, Arizona. The copies they have there are always

1:12.7

quite special. However, there are many other places you can get the album Normal Isn't, including

1:18.7

your local record shop. Go in there and hassle them and make sure that they will have it in stock,

1:23.0

and you could pick yours up on February 6th. Also, to note, there is a live Pusifer video,

1:30.2

live at the Pacific Stock Exchange, and that will be screened for only three days,

1:36.4

February 6th, 7th, and 8th, and only at selected record shops and locations.

1:41.9

So check out Pusufor.com for a full list, and hopefully there's one near you.

1:47.3

Now, today, Karina shares all about her journey with Pusufor, the characters, the creative process,

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