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Hello, James Acaster here, and in 2017, I had a breakdown, and I dealt with that breakdown

by buying as much music from 2016 as I possibly could.

As a result, I now own over 600 albums that came out in 2016 and I'm convinced that it is the

greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough me being convinced. I also want to

convince each and every single one of you and a guest every week. I'm going to send them an album

in advance. They'll come in and we're going to chat about it guest every week. I'm going to send them an album in advance.

They'll come in and we're going to chat about it.

This week my guest is May Martin and I've sent her the drone folk album Salt by Katie Kim.

These days I know all I take plenty of him way. Katie Kim is a songwriter from Dublin.

Previous to this album, she'd mainly recorded all of her albums in a bedroom, and this album is seen as a maturing of her sound.

All that I saw was your taste upon the floor and it was impeding.

There's a lot more suits on this record and the production is a lot more moody.

She produced it herself with her friends in a studio that they made themselves.

This is an album that really grew on me over time. The second track,

Day is Coming, hit me pretty hard, but then as time went on, I appreciated how vulnerable

the whole album is. So I don't mean like emotionally vulnerable. I mean she really exposes

all of the melodies right on the surface and strips everything back so that what you're left with

is the bare bones of the song a lot of the time.

I'm excited to see what May Martin thinks about this album.

She is a comedian who has in the past incorporated music into her act.

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