BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Fair warning. This episode may contain adult content and strong language.

Lovely. James Acaster here. 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 believe

it's the greatest year for music of all time. But it's not enough for me believing it.

I also want all of you to believe it too, and a guest every single week. I'm going to send

them an album in advance. They're going to come on the show and we discuss it too and a guest every single week. I'm going to send them an album in advance.

They're going to come on the show and we'll discuss it

and hopefully they'll agree with me that 2016

is the greatest year for music of all time.

This week's guest is the fantastic Nish Kumar

and the album I've sent him is 20 to a million by Bonnevere.

The six is hanging the door

with kind of shit to ignore. Bonnevere I assume a lot of you probably heard of

Bonnevar for those of you who don't know, it was originally Justin Vernon's project.

He's a musician from Wisconsin, and his debut album was kind of a solo effort, but then it became a band.

Bonnevere is very much a band, it's a collaborative project, although he's probably still seen as like the figurehead of it

and he's the songwriter I guess

This album is the most experimental album in his discography

At least until this point it was very electronic

I have to run on my name this point it was very electronic. I think it, even though it got a lot of attention and it was in a lot of end of year lists

and it charted very high, I still think it's weirdly underrated.

I still think people don't appreciate how much of a risk you took on this album and how much all the experimentation really paid off. Because this could have been, I think, with the ingredients involved, this could have been an awful record. And yet, I think it's sublime. To walk aside your favor, I'm the last you're a key.

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