Desert Island Discourse

a.k.a. It Was Pod, We Cast in the Water / Ravaged by tour strife and the rigors of funemployment, your beleaguered hosts call upon their deepest inner resources (and the magic healing powers of whisky) to steady themselves for another epic two parter—an exploration of the wild and ranging works of Phil Elvrum/Elverum. Luckily, we’re starting small, with the four official studio albums that make up the discography of that late, great early Elvrum project, the Microphones. But beset on all sides by despair, distortion, and the Big Black Death, will even this small task prove too much for Max and Andrew? Judging by the 45 minutes of drunken rambling we cut from the episode, the answer is “probably.” Also: The rise and fall of Incubus, DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS, and a brief discussion of Mac McCaughan’s relative chunkiness / Music Get Off the Internet - It Wouldn't - Florida Beach - Where It's Hotter Pt. 3 - The Pull - Ice - I Want Wind to Blow - The Glow Pt. 2 - My Warm Blood - The Moon - The Sun - Mt. Eerie - Univ