Friday, January 27, 2023

Stuck In Thee Garage #460: January 27, 2023

Success in the music business can be hard to achieve. Countless super-talented artists have toiled for decades without scoring a mainstream hit. For many of them, it didn't matter or it was just something they accepted. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs that should have been hits in hour 2. Sometimes all you need to push through to success is a little kick.  


The sudden death playlist:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Billy Nomates - Spike/Cacti

Quasi - Doomscrollers/Breaking the Balls of History

Megadose - Jackie's Gotta Run/Heating Up

Sleaford Mods - UK Grim/UK Grim

Pile - Loops/All Fiction

Ron Gallo - At Least I'm Dancing/Foreground Music

Superchunk - Everything Hurts/Single

Country Westerns - It's a Livin'/Forgive the City

Widows Gold - Never Had You at All/Love Drops

Cliche Cult - Slippy/Single

Death Valley Girls - What Are the Odds/Islands In the Sky

Enumclaw - Save the Baby/Save the Baby

Fan Girl - react (react)/Single

Royel Otis - I Wanna Dance With You/Single

Weird Nightmare - Oh No/Weird Nightmare

Induce - Violet/Beautiful Distortion

Osees - Social Butt/A Foul Form


Hour 2: Shoulda been hits

The Replacements - Left of the Dial/Tim

Sugar - Helpless/Copper Blue

Consonant - Call It L---/Consonant

The Dambuilders - Teenage Loser Anthem/Ruby Red

Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic/Double Nickels on the Dime

Rocket From the Crypt - Young Livers/Scream, Dracula, Scream!

Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp/Boy In Da Corner

Ride - Vapour Trail/Nowhere

Teenage Fanclub - It's All In My Mind/Man-Made

Bloc Party - Helicopter/Silent Alarm

PJ Harvey - Good Fortune/Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

Lush - Ladykillers/Lovelife

The Spinanes - Noel, Jonah and Me/Manos

Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong/One Chord to Another

Velvet Crush - Hold Me Up/Teenage Symphonies to God

A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug/The Slow Wonder

Guided By Voices - Bulldog Skin/Mag Earwhig!


Do yourself a favor and LISTEN TO THE SHOW already!

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Completely Conspicuous 605: Playing the Role

This week, I'm joined by guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the resurgence of role-playing games. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- Recorded in Salem, Mass.

- Last time we recorded for the show was two years ago

- Time is passing quickly

- Jay: Going into the office once a week now

- Matt: It was an extrovert's world for a long time

- Matt's still writing YA books

- Matt has been running Dungeons & Dragons games since pandemic started

- Unprepared for the number of people who wanted to jump in

- Matt: Didn't have enough friends to play in high school

- Was going to start doing it for corporate retreats when COVID hit

- A legal dispute over licensing with Hasbro

- Jay: Was a total comics nerd in high school

- D&D made a comeback thanks to Stranger Things

- A D&D movie is coming out with Chris Pine

- Tom Hanks starred in Mazes & Monsters, a "Satanic panic" movie about D&D

- Stopped buying comics when there were bills to pay

- Matt: Plenty of non-D&D role-playing games are popular

- Played Vampire: The Masquerade in the '90s

- Matt does a podcast called The Ravenfolly Institute that follows D&D campaigns as they happen

- Matt's super-productive in his spare time

- Working on an "adult" gritty fantasy book

- Book industry is in "dire need of reform"

- The first of Matt's books is getting an audiobook

- Struggling to get through Dune (the book)

- Matt's learning how to play a Dune role-playing game

- Listens to a lot of RPG podcasts; helps you learn the game

- D&D has had peaks and valleys of popularity since the mid-70s

- On its 5th edition; went back to older style but streamlined

- The stigma of being a nerd is gone now

- Board games in general have become popular again

- You get what you put into playing RPGs

- A lot of mystery-themed games

- Matt: Storytelling is storytelling, whether it's books or RPGs or podcasts

- Matt's the D&Dealer

- Gotta have the "math rocks"

 - Also does sister podcast Characters & Class

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Friday, January 20, 2023

Stuck In Thee Garage #459: January 20, 2023

There are many reasons to run: For fitness, for your life, in abject terror, to catch a bus, to get from one place to another in a hurry. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played songs about running in hour 2. Let's face it, life moves pretty fast.


Playlist? Playlist?

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Pile - Poisons/All Fiction

Civic - Blood Rushes/Taken By Force

Enumclaw - Cowboy Bebop/Save the Baby

The New Pornographers - Really Really Light/Continue as a Guest

Weird Nightmare - Sunday Driver/Weird Nightmare

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Burning/Cool It Down

Yo La Tengo - Aselestine/This Stupid World

Wilco - Mystery Binds/Cruel Country

Dead Meadow - To Let the Time Go By/Force Form Free

Dry Cleaning - Don't Press Me/Stumpwork

Sparta - Dark Red Quicksand/Sparta

Piglet - It Isn't Fair/Seven Songs

Induce - Sixteen/Beautiful Distortion

The Bellwether Syndicate - Dystopian Mirror/Vestige & Vigil

Jeff Beck Group - Spanish Boots/Beck-Ola

The Specials - Rat Race/More Specials

Run the Jewels - Walking in the Snow (feat. Gangsta Boo)/RTJ4


Hour 2: Running

The Rolling Stones - Before They Make Me Run/Some Girls

Ben Kweller - Run/Ben Kweller

Mikal Cronin - I'm Done Running From You/MCII

Obits - Run/I Blame You

Slaves - Cut and Run/Acts of Fear and Love

Tin Machine - Run/Tin Machine

Desert Sessions - If You Run/Vols. 11 & 12

The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Gonna Run/Gallowsbird's Bark

Squirrel Flower - I'll Go Running/Planet (i)

Blinker the Star - Only to Run Wild/Juvenile Universe

Ovens - Running In Place/Ovens

Piroshka - Run For Your Life/Brickbat

Kyuss - Freedom Run/Blues For the Red Sun

Queens of the Stone Age - Run Pig Run/Era Vulgaris

Iron Maiden - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner/Somewhere In Time

 

Listen to the show HERE, pal!


Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Completely Conspicuous 604: New Pollution

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1996. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- Phil's #5: Cowboy Junkies score with their first album of originals

- Jay's #5: Sebadoh with a sprawling collection of rockers and ballads

- Phil's #4: Soundgarden's last album of the '90s turned away from their big hit

- Jay's #4: Frank Black with another album of quirky greatness

- Phil's #3: Phish with a fan-friendly studio release

- Jay's #3: Cinematic-sounding crime saga from the Afghan Whigs

- Phil's #2: Double album that was the breakthrough for Wilco

- Jay's #2: After a brief breakup, Sloan comes back with a power pop classic

- Phil's and Jay's #1: Beck blows up with a spectacular album that explores multiple genres

- Favorite songs: "New Pollution" (Phil), "G Turns to D" (Jay)

 

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Friday, January 13, 2023

Stuck In Thee Garage #458: January 13, 2023

 

Archaeologists have cool jobs. They discover artifacts from bygone eras and analyze the impact those artifacts had on the people who were around at that time. In some ways, music is similar. It can tell you a lot about a particular time and place. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I looked back at the music of 1993 (THIRTY YEARS AGO!) in hour 2. It was the peak of the indie rock explosion and it was good. We just had no idea how short-lived it would be.


Hold onto your butts for this playlist:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull/The Price of Progress

SAULT - Money/Today & Tomorrow

Courting - Crass (redux)/Guitar Music

Eyelids - Colossal Waste of Light/Colossal Waste of Light

Peter Gabriel - Panopticom (Bright Side Mix)/ i/o

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fleez/Cool It Down

Weird Nightmare - Wrecked/Weird Nightmare

Enumclaw - 2002/Save the Baby

Viagra Boys - ADD/Cave World

TV Priest - I Am Safe Here/My Other People

Rob Munk - The Ghosts of San Francisco/Phased Out

Archers of Loaf - Breaking Even/Reason In Decline 

Wilco - Falling Apart (Right Now)/Cruel Country

S.C.A.B. - Tuesday/S.C.A.B.

Blacklisters - Why Deny It/Leisure Centre

Kal Marks - New Neighbor/My Name Is Hell


Hour 2: 1993

The Pursuit of Happiness - Cigarette Dangles/The Downward Road

The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen/Gentlemen

Superchunk - I Guess I Remembered It Wrong/On the Mouth

PJ Harvey - 50ft Queenie/Rid of Me

Nirvana - Serve the Servants/In Utero

Fugazi - Rend It/In On the Kill Taker

Smashing Pumpkins - Spaceboy/Siamese Dream

Morphine - A Head With Wings/Cure For Pain

Living Colour - Nothingness/Stain

Matthew Sweet - In Too Deep/Altered Beast

Dinosaur Jr. - Drawerings/Where You Been

Frank Black - Parry the Wind High, Low

Brad - 20th Century/Shame

The Spinanes - Sunday/Manos

Buffalo Tom - Tree House/Big Red Letter Day


LISTEN TO THE SHOW, BRUH.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Completely Conspicuous 603: Bulls On Parade

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1996. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- In '96, Jay turned 29, Phil turned 27

- Days of little to no responsibility other than work

- Adventures in sports gambling

- Tougher year to come up with top 5

- The Macarena was all the rage

- Phil's non-top 5s: Rage Against the Machine, Fiona Apple, Sleater-Kinney, Tragically Hip, Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Moe, Tracy Bonham, Luscious Jackson, Sublime, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Cake, Silver Jews

- Rolling Stone lists are sheer clickbait

- Jay's non-top 5s:  Soundgarden, Superdrag, Posies, D Generation, Weezer, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

- To be continued

 

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Friday, January 06, 2023

Stuck In Thee Garage #457: January 6, 2023

It's the first week of a new year. Who needs to look forward when you can look back? This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, it was part 2 of my look at the best indie rock of 2022. The show's all over the map and that's a good thing. These guys love it.


Score, a direct hit:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Built to Spill - Gonna Lose/When the Wind Forgets Your Name

The Folk Implosion - Don't Give It Away/Feel It If You Feel It EP

Kurt Vile - Palace of OKV In Reverse/(watch my moves)

Mister Goblin - Good Son/Bad Seed /Bunny

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Lava Lamp Pisco/Night Gnomes

Near Beer - Yelling at a Dog/Near Beer

Pet Fox - Checked Out/A Face In Your Life

Pillow Queens - Delivered/Leave the Light On

Folly Group - Paying the Price/Human and Kind EP

Porridge Radio - Birthday Party/Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky

Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler - Debt Collector (feat. Kim Gordon)/Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color

Metric - All Comes Crashing/Formentera

Stars - Patterns/From Capleton Hill

Danger Mouse & Black Thought - No Gold Teeth/Cheat Codes

!!! - Man On the Moon (feat. Meah Pace)/Let It Be Blue

Ex-Hyena - Fractured/Moon Reflections


Hour 2

Horsegirl - Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)/Versions of Modern Performance

Bodega - Statuette on the Console/Broken Equipment

Kal Marks - My Life Is a Freak Show/My Name Is Hell

Black Midi - Eat Men Eat/Hellfire

Sloan - Scratch the Surface/Steady

Kiwi Jr. - Night Vision/Chopper

Titus Andronicus - We're Coming Back/The Will to Live

Tony Molina - The Last Time/In the Fade

The Beths - I Told You That I Was Afraid/Expert In a Dying Field

Sharon Van Etten - Anything/We've Been Going About This All Wrong

Alvvays - Lottery Noises/Blue Rev

The Mountain Goats - Wage War Get Rich Die Handsome/Bleed Out

Cola - Fulton Park/Deep In View

Joyce Manor - Dance With Me/40 Oz. to Fresno

The Reds, Pinks and Purples - The Future's Just More of the Same/Still Clouds at Noon

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Salt In Your Eyes/XI: Bleed Here Now

OFF! - War Above Los Angeles/Free LSD

Pilot to Gunner - Ship Jumpers/Hail Hallucinator

Archers of Loaf - Misinformation Age/Reason In Decline

Hammered Hulls - Pilot Light/Careening

 

Listen to the hot rock show HERE.


Wednesday, January 04, 2023

Totally Fine: My Favorite Albums of 2022

Editor's note: Check out my podcast discussion with Jay Breitling about our favorite music of '22 on Completely Conspicuous (here's parts 1 and 2).

The album isn't what it used to be. Not in terms of quality, but stature. Sure, an album released by Taylor Swift or Adele will still do big business, but the vast majority of albums don't sell like they once did. For rock musicians, releasing albums isn't the potential ticket to success that it was 25 years ago. But fortunately for old folks like me, they still release them anyway.

Touring is a way for artists to make some money, but even that isn't a guarantee to do much more than break even. It's tough sledding if you're in a rock band these days. That said, I still found plenty of great music to enjoy last year. Here's my top 15 albums:

15. Wet Leg - s/t: This buzz bin duo from the Isle of Wight caught fire with “Chaise Longue” in 2021, but they don’t let up on their debut. Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers hark back to the blog rock glory days of the early aughts with guitar-driven rockers and clever wordplay. Teasdale’s super-laid back vocal delivery implies slacker-rock, but clearly, they’re having a blast. Choice cuts: "Chaise Longue," "Ur Mum," "Wet Dream"

 

14. Superchunk - Wild Loneliness: The mighty Chunk dials down the fury of 2018’s What a Time to Be Alive, taking a more subdued look at big issues like climate change and pandemic life. Mac McCaughan and co. may not be yelling about Trump-era injustice on this album, but they’re still potent. Choice cuts: "Refracting," "Endless Summer," "City of the Dead"

 

13. Built to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name: It’s a lot to ask of Doug Martsch to expect him to top the peak of Built to Spill’s ‘90s greatness. Their run of albums from There’s Nothing Wrong With Love to Perfect From Now On to Keep It Like a Secret is uniformly outstanding. The band’s four albums since then, on the other hand, are hit or miss. But this release, recorded with a band that was replaced before the latest tour, recalls some of that earlier BTS sound while also mixing in some jammier stuff. Martsch is still a terrific guitarist and he still likes to rip sweet solos, and there’s nothing wrong about that. Choice cuts: "Gonna Lose," "Comes a Day," "Fool’s Gold"

 

12. Kal Marks - My Name Is Hell: The Boston noise-rockers led by singer-guitarist Carl Shane (who reformed the band with new members after its split a few years ago) unleash a gnarly, ornery and unrepentantly loud album that harnesses anger into a cathartic blast. What is Shane angry about? Politics, religion, financial stability…the topics aren’t new, but the band’s post-hardcore fury feels fresh. Choice cuts: "Ovation," "Everybody Hertz," "Debt"

 

11. Alvvays - Blue Rev: On its third album, Toronto act takes its dream pop sound to a new level. Combining Molly Rankin’s angelic vocals with big guitars and lots of synths, Alvvays packs a lot of depth into their songs. Choice cuts: "Pharmacist," "Pomeranian Spinster," "Easy On Your Own?"   

 

10. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia: London-via-Dublin post-punk band expands their sound on third album. Moody and lean, the Fontaines explore relationships, addiction and being Irish. A little more restrained than their first two records but also more pointed. Choice cuts: "Jackie Down the Line," "Roman Holiday," "Bloomsday"

 

9. The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention: Radiohead doods fill the gap between Radiohead albums with a Radioheady album that sounds pretty goddamn good to these ears. Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood teamed up with drummer Tom Skinner to provide Radiohead fans with a reasonable facsimile of that band’s sound. Yorke and Greenwood trade off on guitar, bass and keyboards throughout and Yorke provides lacerating vocals, ripping into Harvey Weinstein-esque offenders at one point and delving into romantic ups and downs at others. An inspired work. Choice cuts: "You Will Never Work in Television Again," "Pana-vision," "Thin Thing"

 

8. Hammered Hulls - Careening: Hammered Hulls is a relatively new band, but its members have a shit ton of experience in the DC scene: Singer Alec MacKaye (brother of Ian) has sung in plenty of bands including the Untouchables, Ignition, and Faith; bassist Mary Timony is better known for Helium, Wild Flag and Ex Hex; guitarist Mark Cisneros was in Des Demonas, Kid Congo Powers and the Make Up; and drummer Chris Wilson also plays in TItus Andronicus and previously was in Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. The album’s 12 tracks are furious, righteous and downright exhilarating. Hints of Fugazi and the Minutemen; a worthy entrant into the Dischord catalog, Choice cuts: "Bog People," "Rights and Reproduction," "Needlepoint Tiger"

 

7. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance: This young Chicago trio (two are in college, one in high school) may be in their late teens, but they’re not afraid to wear their 90s indie influences on their collective sleeve. There’s definitely a strong Sonic Youth vibe (made stronger by the appearance of Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley on a pair of songs) with guitars to match and cryptic lyrics. The whole things add up to a pleasurable, fuzzy guitar record that’s over in a hurry and makes you want to start it again. Choice cuts: "Homage to Birdnoculars," "Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)," "World of Pots and Pans"

 

6. Oceanator - Nothing’s Ever Fine: Magnificent collection of nostalgic indie rock from Elise Okusami, featuring hot guitar and heavy riffs. Songs about driving around in the summertime (The Last Summer, Beach Days (Alive Again)), dealing with life’s disappointments (Bad Brain Daze, Stuck), and touring (From the Van). Hot rocker. Choice cuts: "From the Van," "Bad Brain Daze," "The Last Summer "

 

 5. Kiwi Jr. - Chopper: It was a good year for Toronto-based acts. Kiwi Jr. has been bringing the heat for a few years now. On their third album in the last four years, these jangle-rock jammers mix in some synths to their propulsive sound and come up with an album of winners. Lyrically, frontman Jeremy Gaudet fills his songs with tons of pop culture references, a la Craig Finn but with a Canuck POV. Choice cuts: "Parasite II," "Night Vision," "Contract Killers"

 

4. Titus Andronicus - The Will to Live: Patrick “Patty Stacks” Stickles pulls out all the rock stops on the band’s 7th album. Big riffs, rollicking choruses, reflections on God and Satan writ large. Some of the songs touch on the aftermath of the death of Stickles’ cousin and occasional bandmate, Matt Miller. Backed by powerhouse drummer Chris Wilson, who also plays in Hammered Hulls (and Ted Leo’s band previously), Titus is firing on all cylinders here. Choice cuts: "(I’m) Screwed," "An Anomaly," "All Through the Night"

 

3. The Afghan Whigs - How Do You Burn?: Greg Dulli is back with a compelling album that calls back to past collaborations: the late Mark Lanegan is a ghostly presence, Marcy May duets with Dulli on a sequel to 1993’s My Curse, Susan Marshall and Van Hunt also contribute backing vocals. The band covers the classic Whigs gamut, from all-out rockers to R&B workouts to mournful laments. Choice cuts: "I’ll  Make You See God," "Jyja," "The Getaway"

 

 2.  Sloan - Steady: Power pop legends deliver yet another collection of amazingly catchy rock songs. Four songwriters, four singers, all killer, no filler. Recorded mainly in isolation over the last few years, you’d never know it from the immediacy of these songs. Choice cuts: "Scratch the Surface," "Dream It All Over Again," "Magical Thinking" 

 

1.  PUP - The Unraveling of PUPtheband: Concept album from Toronto pop-punk outfit about the trials and tribulation of a Toronto pop-punk outfit named PUP. They combine smartass lyrics about the ridiculousness of the music biz with catchy choruses and piledriving riffs. Never not satisfying. Choice cuts: "Waiting," "Robot Writes a Love Song," "Grim Reaping"

 

Honorable mention:

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms

Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers - Spencer Gets It Lit!

OFF! - Free LSD

Drive-By Truckers - Welcome to Club XIII

Black Angels - Wilderness of Mirrors

Adulkt Life - Book of Curses

Sharon Van Etten - We’re Going About This All Wrong

Pet Fox - A Face In Your Life

Ex-Hyena - Moon Reflections

Preoccupations - Arrangements

Metric - Formentera

Archers of Loaf - REason In Decline

Ty Segall - Hello, Hi

Pilot to Gunner - Hail Hallucinator

Tony Molina - In the Fade

Mountain Goats - Bleed Out

The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field

Dendrons - 5-3-8

Near Beer - s/t

Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork

Osees - A Foul Form

Pink Mountaintops - Peacock Pools: 

Destroyer - Labyrinthitis

Papercuts - Past Life Regression

Savak - Human Error/Human Delight

Sasami - Squeeze

Kurt Vile - (watch my moves)

Kids on a Crime Spree - Fall in Love, Not in Line

Yard Act - The Overload

Adulkt Life - Book of Curses

Mister Goblin - Bunny

Bodega - Broken Equipment

Guided By Voices - Crystal Nuns Cathedral

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes

Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Boy Named If


Reissues: 

Pavement - Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal

The Flashing Lights - Where the Change Is

  

 

    

 

Monday, January 02, 2023

Completely Conspicuous 602: Best In Show

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we count down our favorite music of 2022. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

- On to our top 10

- Breitling's #10: Archers of Loaf returns with a different sounding release

- Kumar's #10: Fontaines D.C. evolves its sound

- Breitling's and Kumar's #9: Radiohead offshoot The Smile with an interesting return to early '00s sound

- Breitling's #8: Pleasant surprise album from Palm

- Breitling's #7: First Sub Pop album from Frankie Cosmos

- Bernice taking over the couch

- Breitling's #6: Shimmering pop brilliance from The Beths

- Kumar's #6: A nostalgic rocker from Oceanator

- Breitling's #5 and Kumar's #7: Horsegirl bursts out of nowhere with a lo-fi banger of a debut

- Kumar's #5: Another strong release from Toronto's Kiwi Jr.

- Breitling's #4 and Kumar's #8: Harking back to '85, band full of DC punk vets lands a massive post-hardcore statement

- Kumar's #4: Triumphant return by Titus Andronicus overcoming setbacks

- Breitling's #3: METZ side project Weird Nightmare is "peak Jay (Breitling)"

- Kumar's #3: Afghan Whigs combines old collaborations with new sounds

- Breitling's #2: A "modern shoegaze classic" from Helens

- Kumar's #2: Sloan delivers another classic power pop album that they developed during the pandemic

- Breitling's #1: Side project from Johnny Foreigner principals as Yr Poetry

- Kumar's #1: Smart-ass and cynical look at being in an band from PUP

 

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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