KEXP DJ Sean on New York’s james K
In Our Headphones
KEXP
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🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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KEXP DJ Sean joins host Evie Stokes to talk about one of his favorite albums of the year: Friend by New York singer and producer james K. The two discuss the song “Doom Bikini” off their new album, out now on AD 93.
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| 0:00.0 | KexP streaming is made possible by BloodWorks Northwest, announcing the Music's in Our Blood campaign, |
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| 0:12.4 | slash music. Music's in our blood. |
| 0:15.1 | From independent music station, KEXP, you're listening to In Our Headphones, a podcast about the |
| 0:20.4 | songs that we just can't stop listening to. This is Eby Stokes, and this week I'm so happy to welcome my friend Sean Morrow into the booth. Hi, Sean. Good to be here. We were just having a thrilling conversation about laundry, and now we're talking music. Yes, we both love to do laundry. I like it. Okay, so that's my favorite chore. What's |
| 0:39.5 | your least favorite chore? Least favorite washing dishes. Me too. Okay, I'm so glad we agree. |
| 0:46.3 | Thrilling stuff. Okay, Sean, tell us about yourself. You love to do laundry. You hate to do dishes. |
| 0:50.2 | And what else? We started at the same time here at the station. |
| 1:11.5 | Well, you started a little bit before me. A little bit earlier. Yeah. But you were, when you were starting, you did your first show on my show. I did. My audition. Yeah. Yeah. I always loved that. That was a little connection there. Yeah. Truly terrifying experience. It's scary, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And now you're slightly less scared. |
| 1:13.7 | Slightly, although there's still... The fear never goes away. |
| 1:14.8 | Yeah. interview. Well, you brought a new song that you're going to share with us. I think I had one last night. Really? Was it about this interview? |
| 1:31.4 | Well, you brought a new song that you're going to share with us. |
| 1:33.5 | What is your pick today? |
| 1:37.4 | So this is a track from a New York City artist called James Kay. |
| 1:45.9 | It's named Doom Bikini from her new solo record friend, which I've been playing nonstop. It's definitely going to make my top 10 absolutely adore this song. This is her full-length record. It's out on Rough Trade, right? |
| 1:52.0 | It's on a label called AD93 out of the UK, which puts out a lot of more experimental, |
| 1:58.6 | leaning independent electronic focus music. It's her fourth solo release. |
| 2:04.5 | She's been making music for a long time, but this one, for sure, her magnum opus, I love it. |
| 2:09.1 | What do you love about it? |
| 2:10.9 | It hits all the sweet spots for me. It's got this wonderful dream pop and trip hop infused sounds incredible production she has an |
| 2:21.4 | amazing voice and it's just it's a record that will be revered for many years I |
| 2:29.6 | yeah yeah I loved hearing that the the sort of late 90s trip hop sounds on it. |
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