New Mix: Courtney Barnett, Ben Gibbard And Tycho, Sparks, More

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🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

All Songs host Bob Boilen shares his favorite songs of the week, including a long-overdue celebration of Sparks, a Ben Gibbard collaboration with Tycho, the return of Courtney Barnett and more.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. Sparks, Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard: "So May We Start (feat. Simon Helberg)," From Annette
2. Courtney Barnett: "Rae Street," From Things Take Time, Take Time
3. Indigo De Souza: "Kill Me," From Any Shape You Take
4. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard: "Only Love" (Single)
5. Lala Lala: "DIVER," From I Want The Door To Open
6. Mega Bog: "Station to Station," From Life, And Another

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0:20.1	All one word.
0:21.5	Thanks.
0:23.5	So, may we start?
0:26.7	We can start in just one second Russell, but hang on everybody.
0:30.3	I'm Bob Boyland.
0:31.3	It's all songs considered.
0:32.6	I want you to think right now of the corkiest new artist you love.
0:39.8	And now imagine they put out a few more albums this decade and then the next decade they
0:45.0	put out more records and then the next decade and the next one and now it's 2071.
0:52.5	They're in your 60s and you still love this crazy unique artist.
0:58.8	Oh, they may have had a few moments of popularity in these 50 years and at this point they've
1:03.7	released 25 albums, but for the most part they're still your favorite little secret band.
1:10.6	Now 50 years into their career they put out two feature films.
1:16.4	One of those films opens the canned film festival and people are talking about Oscars
1:20.7	and your favorite secret band finally makes headlines.
1:24.5	Well, that's basically the story of Sparks.
1:28.1	They've been my favorite secret band since their first album in 1971 and yes, they've
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