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James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

Rob Deering & 80s stadium-rock-pop

James Acaster's Perfect Sounds

BBC

Music

4.8798 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Rob learns to love Beyond the Fleeting Gales by Crying, an album described by James as stadium rock for an anime film in the 80s.

Produced by Hannah Hufford Photography by Edward Moore Design by Danny Arter

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.7

Fair warning.

0:05.9

This episode may contain adult content and strong language.

0:10.4

Lovely.

0:13.8

James Acaster here.

0:15.5

In 2017, I had a breakdown, and I dealt with that breakdown by listening to as much music from 2016

0:21.2

as I possibly could. As a result, I now own over 600 albums that came out in 2016, and I'm

0:27.7

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

0:31.7

convinced, I also want to convince each and every single one of you, and a guest each week.

0:37.0

This week, I've sent my guest, Rob Deering, the album, Beyond the Fleeting Gales, by crying.

0:44.1

Oh, hey, oh,, three piece, guitars.

1:11.6

I think the same guy plays guitar man based on the album actually, as a drummer who since left the band,

1:16.6

and a wonderful vocalist as well.

1:18.6

From time to time,

1:22.6

Bush and more Good years

1:27.8

Welcome to mine.

1:43.3

This album I discovered initially through a list of most overlooked albums from 2016.

1:49.5

As you can imagine, I've probably read every single list that has that title.

1:53.3

This is one of the first ones I saw.

1:54.8

This album basically combines elements of chip tune music, that is music that is made,

2:00.3

like 8-bit music made from computers and

2:02.2

stuff like game boys and old video games and also almost elements of adult-orientated rock bands like

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