Jessica Dobson of Deep Sea Diver, on English duo King Hannah
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Jessica Dobson of Deep Sea Diver joins Evie Stokes to talk about touring, Seattle’s best spots, and English duo King Hannah’s song “New York, Let’s Do Nothing.” King Hannah’s second studio album Big Swimmer is out now on City Slang.
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| 0:00.0 | In Our Headphones is made possible in part by Thorntail Hard Agave. |
| 0:04.2 | Storefinder at drinkthorntail.com. |
| 0:07.1 | This is Evie Stokes, and I've got a podcast to recommend that's perfect for music lovers like you. |
| 0:12.2 | Every week, Life in Seven Songs host Sophie Bairman talks to some of the world's most interesting people about the music that's framed their life. |
| 0:19.5 | Hear from people like NPR host Mary Louise Kelly and White Lotus actor Natasha Rothwell, |
| 0:24.7 | as they describe key moments in their life through music. |
| 0:28.0 | Listen to Life in Seven Songs every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.5 | From Independent Music Station, K-E-X-P, you're listening to In Our Headphones, |
| 0:36.8 | a podcast about the songs that we just can't get enough of lately. This is Yvie Stokes, and this week I'm talking with Jessica Dobson from Seattle band Deep Sea Diver. Hi, Jessica. Hi, Yvie. How are you? I'm doing really good, and I'm really happy to be here talking about music because I don't get to do that very often. I know. I was going to say you, you probably talk about your own music a lot, but... Yes. Yeah. Most of the interviews are about the new record. And I see you out actually at other people's shows all the time. So you're out seeing live music a ton. Yeah. I've only been home like, you know, short weeks and there this year but every time there's always a |
| 1:12.2 | show like the day after I get home and I should probably just be sleeping for a whole week straight but |
| 1:16.5 | I go yeah I have to and you are did you just finish a tour just yeah we just got back from like a very |
| 1:23.2 | muggy hot summer tour that was ended up being a easier than I thought. I thought I was going to be |
| 1:28.9 | so exhausted just with the heat and the go-go-go-go. But it was really fun. People came out and it was great. |
| 1:34.8 | Did you have any highlights from the tour, anywhere you loved playing? Yeah, we hadn't been to |
| 1:39.7 | Austin for a while and we got to play just a little rager there. That was really fun. Philly, just |
| 1:47.4 | hitting all these places that, you know, we didn't get to tour very much on impossible |
| 1:50.8 | wait because of the pandemic. And so there's all these places that we haven't been to, some |
| 1:55.1 | before, like, you know, 2020. And it was just sweet to see that there's still people around |
| 1:59.8 | the country that are still fans |
| 2:01.9 | and want to come out. |
| 2:03.0 | So you brought some new music that you're going to share with us today. |
| 2:06.9 | What's your pick? |
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