KEXP listener Holden Colyer on Seattle’s M.O.S.S.

In Our Headphones

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

This week, in honor of Amplifier Day at KEXP, we’re talking to listeners about a new favorite track. Producer Lilly Ana Fowler catches up with KEXP listener Holden Colyer who weighs in on Seattle-based band M.O.S.S. and their new song “Youth Loser.” M.O.S.S.’s new album Youth Loser is out now on Den Tapes.

Hosted by Evie Stokes. Produced by Lilly Ana Fowler.

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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.
0:07.2	This is in our headphones producer, Lily Anna Fowler.
0:10.7	This week, in honor of Amplifier Day at KXP,
0:13.9	we're asking listeners, what's one new song they just can't stop listening to?
0:18.7	What's your name?
0:20.0	Holden, Holden Collier.
0:21.6	Holden, what is one new song you've been obsessed with lately?
0:25.6	Ooh, a youth loser by a local band Moss, spelled like an anagram.
0:32.6	They're really cool.
0:33.6	They came out with that album this year just recently.
0:35.6	A really great album. I'm really happy to see KXB's been featuring it, so that's awesome.
0:41.2	What is it about the song that you like?
0:44.4	It's kind of punk enough, got a little twang, and who doesn't like a little slacker rock song?
0:51.7	I mean, it's called Youth Loser, you know?
0:53.2	It's like kind of that
0:54.6	feeling we keep chasing even as we get older. Nice. What about Moss? I don't know. I'd listen
1:00.6	to that album, but I don't know a lot about them. Do you know anything about them? The band?
1:07.3	Yeah, I mean, they're on DEN tapes, so very local.
1:12.9	Shout out to Dentapes.
1:14.1	They just did their DENFest, August 8th and 9th.
1:18.4	We were out of town for that, so bummered.
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