Rosie Tucker's unending bliss

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Tongue twisters that mock techno-optimism and cite critical theory don’t usually make for catchy song lyrics. But indie rocker Rosie Tucker’s Utopia Now! finds beauty in the dross of late capitalism. Over 13 songs backed by distorted guitars and blazing drum fills, Tucker’s searing vocals bemoan the inherent dislocation of our modern world while searching for moments of truth and human connection. The night before Tucker embarked on a tour, Nate visited their home studio to speak to them about the inspirations behind their latest album. Although it deals with “big” topics, Tucker stressed that it all comes back to the individual and that the world we have reflects the world we make. “I am trying to reckon with both processing personal resentment,” they told Nate, “and recognizing my own role in my own misery.” Songs Discussed: Rosie Tucker - All My Exes Live In Vortexes, Lightbulb, Paperclip Maximizer, Unending Bliss Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is it. We've got an Amex Platinum Pro on our hands ladies and gentlemen.
0:04.0	We haven't seen anyone relax like this before in the Centurion lounge.
0:08.0	Is he connecting to complimentary Wi-Fi?
0:11.0	Oh my, look at that he is!
0:14.7	And you will not believe where he's going next.
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0:28.0	Learn more at American Express.com slash with Amex. Welcome to Switch Don Pop. I'm musicologist Nate Sloane. Now a little over a week ago we
0:49.6	recorded an episode it was a roundup of the music in 2024 that we love that we hadn't
0:56.2	had a chance to talk about on the show and I mentioned this artist Rosie Tucker
1:01.6	whose album Utopia Now has been something I've been listening to
1:05.0	non-stop and we ran a brief excerpt from that interview with Rosie Tucker on the
1:11.6	podcast we talked about their song,
1:14.8	All my exes live in vortexes. There are a lot of things about the song I really dug,
1:20.4	the opening lyric. I hope no one had to piss in a bottle at work to get me the thing I ordered on the internet
1:27.0	I hope no one had to piss in a bottle at work to get me the thing I ordered on the internet the The chorus that transforms halfway through changing perspective in the first
1:40.4	chorus it says you want everything all I want everything
1:57.0	and then in the final chorus it says I want everything all at once. I just couldn't get over this album's searing critique of late capitalism
2:20.5	while also acknowledging the inescapability of it and even the the humor of it and kind of the weirdness of it.
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