No Filler Music Podcast - Best of 2022 - Part Three

Episode Date: December 25, 2022

Join us all December as we count down our favorite tracks from 2022. Momma - Medicine Tosca - Shout Sister Warpaint - Stevie Duster - Time Glitch Cloakroom - Doubts Yan Van Der Cruyssen Yot Club - idek Elder - Endless Return Death and Vanilla - Find Another Illusion The Night Monitor - Their Dark Dominion This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And welcome to No Filler. The music podcast dedicated to sharing the often overlooked hidden gyms that fill the space between the singles on our favorite records. My name is Travis. I got my brother Quentin with me. as always. And this is part three of our countdown of our favorite tracks of 2022. And Q, it is 10 degrees here, Q. Oh my God. I thought I was going to have you beat. No. Well, for those first joining, welcome. Travis is down in Texas. I live up in Washington State. It's currently 21 degrees where I am.

I'm sorry, it's 11. My bet. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's a little bit warmer. That's going to get to 9 degrees. overnight, Q. Tomorrow's high, 24. You guys are the poster child for global warming. And I know what you're going to say, Trave. How can it be global warming if it's 11 degrees outside? I don't say ignorant things like that. Man.

So was it just last year that you guys had that deep freeze? Or was it the year before? That was last year. Last February, yeah. Well, here's the thing, though, and this is the thing about Texas. Guess what the high is going to be the following Thursday? 56. 68.

Jesus. So we go from 24 high to 68 high within a few days. Like I said, dude, poster child. I mean, yes. But Texas has always been like this. You know what I mean? There's always these mood swings, you know. I think what you mean to say is there's always these extreme weather events.

that, you know, set us on the brink of disaster. I am starting to get tired of these once in a lifetime, whether events happen every freaking year. You know what I mean? I feel like I've lived hundreds of lifetimes. Wow. Well, last weekend, Travis, you were up here visiting us. I was.

I was. I met to meet your little nephew. It was great. And, you know, I was just waiting to hear you guys say that you decided you were going to move up here. Join us. Dude? Yeah, I mean, look, there's a lot of things to like about Washington, Q.

Had some great food. We went to this really dope museum. It's called the Pop Culture Museum. We call it MoPop. MoPop. It was great. Yeah, it's a really cool museum. But hey, next time you guys, next time you guys come up,

come up during the spring slash summertime. And I'll get you convinced real quick. Because I know you weren't liking the gloomy, you know, overcast, rainy days, but that's just how it is in the wintertime. Yeah, that was going to be my only comment. Was it like, it just, I swear, the sun goes down at an ungodly time. It wasn't even 5 o'clock and it was pitch block, pitch-blocked it. If we can get rid of this stupid daylight savings time, boo honky, then we're not going to have to do with that anymore.

Well, I just saw that that wasn't, it wasn't passed. So, you're stuck with it. Of course. Why? Who benefits from it? But let me just tell you this, too. Here's the redeeming, the redeeming little tidbit that I have here. I was sitting at this really awesome diner that you recommended that we go to. Shout out to Hudson. My favorite breakfast spot.

Playing in the background was track one off of Jeff Beck's Wired. That's one of my favorite tracks on the record. I'm not going to hear that anywhere in Texas at a diner. You're going to hear Boots scoot and buggy? Nowhere. I might hear it at like a record shop or something like that, but I'm not going to hear it at a diner. So I can't really knock it after that.

But yeah, you know, it was the, it was cliche Seattle weather that we experienced, you know. It was cloudy, rainy the entire time. Well, I don't think we've shared this news yet with our listeners, but we just bought a house. And by bought, I mean, borrowed a bunch of money from lenders to slowly pay off a house. but it is down in Olympia and we've got a just under an acre surrounded by trees you got a chance to see it, Trav. Come hang out with us, you know, spend the weekend with us in our new place once we get all settled in.

You're going to be wanting to move up here, dude, guaranteed. Yeah, it's a cool spot. It's a fixer upper for sure, but you guys, you know, I feel like that's part of the joy, especially for like, you know, it's your first home is like, you know, rolling up your sleeves. And we're planning on having, that's going to be our last time, dude. That's the plan. You know, we're not going to move anywhere else. That's, we're going to sink our teeth in.

That's cool. Get it all fixed up. Get it how we like it. And we're just going to live there until we die. Awesome. That's the plan. Awesome. Anyways, dude.

So we are in part three of our best of 2022. Our favorite tracks of the year, for those of you joining us for the first time. This is going to be a rapid fire, 10 tracks total, five songs each. similar to our what you heard format for those of you who are familiar with no filler where we bring songs that we've been hearing in between recordings that's the same format here go back and listen to our last two we have part one and part two up for this month and i'm going to go right into my first pick dude so this song i couldn't escape playing it again this is a song that you will recognize from one of our watcher heards earlier in the year, but this song just got me,

dude. When I first heard it, it just made me feel good, man. Warm, fuzzies inside. I love the lyrics. This is a duo. They go by Mama. So this is Edda Friedman and Allegra Wine Garden. They have playlists that they release on Spotify with lots of great music on it.

And they dropped a full-length album called Household Name back in July. This is still my favorite track of theirs that I've heard that came out this year. It was released as a single early on in the year. So here it is. This song by Mama is called Medicine. I remember that song and I'm glad you played it again because I forgot about it. And it's great. Yeah.

Yeah, I love it, man. I wonder what my reaction was when I first wrote it because I know I loved it. But I wonder if I said a similar thing to what am I about to say. you know just wondering go on because here's what I thought in the DNA of that song is the pop punk

of the 2000s that we grew up with like if you really kind of squint you can kind of see a little bit of I don't know Avrilavine or like yeah you know like blink or something like that

you get like it's there Like, and I'm guessing, you know, these artists were around, you know, listening to music at that time like we were. I mean, I probably not as old as we are, but I mean. I was going to say, I think they're a little bit younger than us. Yeah. I mean, that doesn't change the fact that they may have been really getting into that pop punk stuff that was happening in the early 2000s. Yeah, there's some 41, stuff like that. It's like the harmonizing and, yeah, that's just a strong structure.

Super, super catchy. Yeah. Like, to me, this is straightforward. A forward pop song. Yeah, this is, you know, all that pop punk stuff of the 2000s was super polished and like, you know, cracked out of a factory or whatever. Yeah. But like, this is more lo-fi, like DIY kind of, to me, authentic and genuine, you know, I like it quite a bit. Yeah, I love it, man.

And I love the, I love the lyrics too. You know, it's just about just that, that NRE feeling, you know, that new relationship energy that you have. were you just addicted to the person, you know. Love it. Had to bring it back. I loved this song so much that I played it twice on this podcast this year. So nice, you played it twice. So nice, I played it twice.

And we're going to pass it to you, brother. What's your first pick of the night? Well, Q, this particular duo has been a part of no filler since episode five. Is this Kings of Convenience, Travis? No, it is not. Okay. I was going to say, I don't think they released it. album this year. Do you have any other guesses? Yeah, I'm trying to think. Another, it's a duo.

Early episode duo. They're an Austrian down tempo duo. Tosca? Oh yeah. I forgot they dropped an album this year. Cool. Dude, they've been like they've been a mainstay for you and I since the early days of us really, really digging our nails in deep to music and like electronic music specifically in down tempo they were like dude early days man like just a few years out of high school we were obsessed yes yeah obsessed and like i associate taska in particular with sort of this next journey in my musical life of like getting into this whole other world of instrumental electronic down tempo, like all of that ambient. Yeah, we didn't understand it or even try to understand this kind of music before Tosca.

Like, everything just clicked with them. Yeah, I think so. They were like the gateway for sure. Yeah. I have not listened to this album, Tram. I forgot. I completely forgot. It's great.

It's called Awesome. How do you spell that? Because I heard Awesome. Well, it is awesome, cute. But it's OSAM. which is a direct translation of the number eight in Serbian, but it's their ninth studio album, funny enough. And apparently when they were recording it,

they thought they were recording their eighth record, and so they just stuck with it, which is funny. But anyway, so this is their ninth studio record. So this record to me seems very, if you know Toska, this record, sounds like Tosca. You know what I mean? You know, it's weird.

The album art alone tells me that's what you're in for. It's classic Tosca. Because they have like a certain style in the way they present themselves. Present themselves. And that looks like going back to their true form. Yeah. Well, it's just their faces on the record, but it's kind of blurred out. Yeah, it's almost like the, it looks like that Simon and Garfunkel.

Yeah. Well, the funny thing about that was. That was Kruger and Dorfmeister. Yeah, that's the Krug and Dorfmeister did that. Which is one half of Toska. Bookends. It reminds me of bookends. The bookends album cover.

Anyways, we're nerding out pretty hardcore right now with Tosca. No one knows what we're talking about. Well, let's just jump into the track here. So this is track B1, which means it's the first track on Side B of the record. It's called Shout Sister. Tosca, dude. All the parts of Tosca that has given them their staying power, I think, in the the world of down tempo.

Yeah, I mean, they have this very distinct bass sound. Like the tone of that bass is so like Tosca. Like Delhi 9 and Suzuki, those records is kind of what I'm thinking of. Like that that's the era of Toska that I'm reminded of, which is like the two records that we fell in love with. And that's sort of like started us on this journey, you know. Yeah, dude. And like they do Musak.

and I'm using that term in the most complimentary way possible. They do it like no one else, dude. Yeah. You know? And what you said last week about Spoon is true for Tosca, I think, too. We're like, every time they put out something new, it's like, oh, cool, let me fall in love with Tosca again. You know what I mean? Like all over again.

Right, exactly. Because it's just that familiar, like, you know, it's like a worn blanket, dude, like an old friend coming and coming back. you're like, oh yeah, hey, don't forget about me. Still here. Still here. Still kicking. Love it, man. So anyway, check it out. That's Osam is probably how it's pronounced.

That's Tosca. And I'm going to throw it back to you, Q. What do you got? All right, we're going to do a true rapid fire here, dude. I don't know a lot about this band. I know they've been around for a while. But, you know, like I'm looking through all their album art now, none of it's ringing a bell.

Are you familiar with Warpaint? Sounds familiar. Well, they've been around since 2010, probably earlier than that, just, you know. But that's as far back as it goes here on good old Spotify. They released an album called Radiate Like This came out in May of this year. And I fell in love with it, dude. I'm just going to let the music speak. So here is track four on the record.

This song is called Stevie. Yeah, those beautiful vocals. And it was kind of reminded me of like Little Dragon and maybe like Chadei vocals a little bit. Little Dragon, dude, I'm going to go with that Little Dragon. That's perfect. Mixed with like maybe a little bit of. the internet with

Sid yeah yeah Sid's voice and her like that's better like sexy mood that she brings to all her songs that's what I'm getting

from this one yeah I did and I love it dude it's so good dude just you know what I'm saying yeah it's well what would you classify that as

it's like it's pop I don't know I don't think so jazzy a little bit I mean, it had a lot of different things, like a lot of great stuff. They're kind of all over the place, too, from track to track. And I still haven't really given them a fair shake.

Like, I'm really familiar only with this album. And again, they've been around for a while, dude. My guess is they've been all over the place for a while now. But, yeah, dude, good stuff. Magical tune. Mm-hmm. Good vibes. And that was Stevie by Warpaint.

Dude, I'm going to pass it right back to you because we're going to rapid fire this puppy. Like, we keep saying we're going to do. All right. Let's just get into the tunage. Well, then let me just see how quickly I can do this here. So I confess, I don't know much about these guys aside from listening to a few tracks off of their 1998 record stratosphere. It's a band called Duster. And I guess they're best.

described as like an indie band, like an alt rock indie band from the 90s. They put out a few records, like a couple of records, a couple of EPs, and then they took a hiatus. And then they came back in 2019 with a self-titled and then put out another record. That's always exciting when that happens, dude. It's happening with a lot of 90s bands, 90s rock. When a band disappears and then comes back with a self-titled? Yeah. You know you're in for a treat, dude.

Yeah. And then they put out They kind of, you know, they kind of snuck this one out this year called Together. And from what I remember of their, of their, the few tracks I listened to on Stratosphere, they have kind of a slower, kind of like very fuzzy guitar,

melancholy kind of song. Dude, this, the album art is like speaks to that, dude, from how you're describing it, like I'm very intrigued. Like a person in bed with like a ashtray on a, side table. Yeah, I feel like I'm walking through like a modern art museum. Oh, yeah. And looking at paintings on the wall.

Well, here's how they describe it. The murky and dejected mutation of rock music, which is a good way to describe. Yeah, let's hear it. So here we go. This song, let me just say, dude, this record in general, very, very, it just drew me in, really, really interesting record. There's something about it. It's kind of hypnotic.

This song here is called Time Glitch. I really liked that, dude. I really liked it. And it makes me want to jump right into my next pick, dude, because this is going to pair really well with that, dude. All right, well, again, that was Duster. The record is called Together. That song was called Time Blitch.

Go listen to the record. It's amazing. All right, Q, here you go. All right, dude. I know you're familiar with this band. I think you brought a track. of theirs earlier this year from this album. I hope we don't steal another one of my top five, dude.

I think I might, dude. Cloak Room? Yep. God, you've taken two of my top fives, dude. Two of them. Whoops. So I'm wondering if you're going to play the same song. I don't think so.

Maybe. So this is a... It is a good pairing with Duster for sure. Yeah, dude. So I like this line here from this... description of theirs on Spotify. It says, Midwestern Trio Cloak Room formed in 2012,

coining the term stoner emo, to describe their lurching, guitar-heavy sound that borrowed equally from hardcore's brawniness, the dreamy sound webs of shoegays, and sad-hearted 90s indie rock bands like hum and Red House painters. That's all you need to know to you.

And they're also, they're also, you know, spoken in the same sentence of like of doom of doom gaze i mean they're not as doomie but they are in that same vein of like the heavier dronnier shoegaze kind of sound but this record itself dude is amazing it really is if it lands on a list on both of our lists dude for for best of the year yeah dude. So the album's called Disillusion Wave. It came out in January of this year. I am bringing track seven. The song is called Doubtz. Here we go. I had to get a little bit of that twang and guitar solo in, man. Yeah. What a song. It's, this record is easily, and I bet you

made a bunch of people's best, best of the year, because it's just, it's a great, great record. And it takes you on this journey for sure. And like, it spans. song like yeah this this the song just came out of nowhere dude when I was listening to the record yeah like yeah I didn't expect this that's the thing like there there's a lot of different styles and sounds you're going to hear on the record um and I think I mentioned this on the what you heard I this may have been the first what you heard of the year I think it was yeah so this came out in January this record is a concept story like It's a story that they're telling.

It's a space western in which an act of theoretical physics, I'm reading from the band camp, by the way, which is called the dissolution wave, wipes out all of humanity's existing art and abstract thought. And in order to keep the world spinning on its axis, songsmiths must fill the ether with their compositions. And that's what these songs are told through the view of the protagonist of the story. And that song in particular has this like, I don't know, it just makes you kind of feel hopeful, you know. Something about it, dude. It really tugs on the strings, man. Yeah, and the guitar at the end, it's great.

The twang, just really effective. Use of that style, you know, it's great. Fantastic song, dude. Can't get enough of it. And I'm going to bring another one next week from that record. Great. There you go. All right, man.

Passing it back to you, rapid fire. Pee, peepoo, peon. All right. Poo-poo, indeed. Because I'm bringing a video game soundtrack cue. This game, dude, was a delight. If you're a gamer, you probably played stray. It's a game set in the future in this, like, dystopian world,

and you play as a cat. But yeah, let me read this here. So there's this record label called IM-A-bit that puts out video game records on vinyl. That's great. They have a great rat up about this record. So here we go. Because this tease up this particular song perfectly. Stray's decaying Cyber City is made up of dense, neon-tinted, narrow alleys populated by all manner of eccentric robotic denizens,

an unwelcoming environment for a lone tabby of little stature. For the game soundtrack, composer, I'm going to butcher the hell out of this, Jan van der Krucun captured that central idea, seeing a desolate cyberpunk metro from the eyes of an unassuming feline, and translated it into a synthi scape filled with reverberating chords and driving pulsing drumbeats, punctuated by unexpected and welcome moments of inns.

instrumental whimsy. Just picture that. You're a cat. You're running through a cyberpunk-looking dystopian city with a bunch of robots and neon lights. All right. Here we go. So this is track number eight. This song is called rooftops.

All fours, dude. Hoping around from trash can to trash can. You have no idea. Yeah, that was fun, man. That was whimsical. I'll say that. You know, when you play a video game, the soundtrack is, just as much a part of the experience as the gameplay.

You know what I mean? Like when I think back to playing Sonic 2, you know, in the living room of the house we grew up in, sitting on the coffee table, the music is what brings me back to that moment more certain than anything. I actually listen to quite a bit of those soundtrack. Like I listen to the Shinobi soundtrack, dude, all the time. I fucking love this.

And Streets of Rage, too? Get the hell out of here, dude. Get out of here. It's so good. Anyway, so if you haven't played the game, I highly recommend it. It's called Stray. And that soundtrack was by a man, or, well, I don't know if it's a man, by composer Jan van der Kruzen is how I'm going to go with that one. Well, believe it or not, dude, we still got four songs to play.

Well, that's right. Well, speaking of synths, dude, this is a totally different vibe. But this guy's super synthy. and I fell in love with this dude back in 2020. It goes by Yacht Club. I'm sure you remember him. Oh, yeah, yeah. I obsessed over this guy in 2020.

And he, he's one of those just prolific artists. Like, I don't, and I feel like for him, it's just he plays, he sits down, he records something, he doesn't think too much about it and he releases it, you know? Like, he's just doing it to do it. Like, I don't think he takes it. takes himself too seriously. I'm just doing it to do it. Just doing it to do it.

And from single... Okay, look at that. Let me share my screen, dude. Look at how much this guy has dropped in the last two years, dude. Oh, this. Okay. Let's see. Just look at him.

Okay, there's 2020. 4, 8, 12, 16. They're all singles. Well, no, just kidding. There's one full-length album there. But they're not all just one-track singles. Like there's EPs in there. Anyways.

So he's prolific. That's what I think. That's what I'm trying to say. And he released a full length back in June called Off the Grid. And let's just play a tune from it. What do you say? I'm here for it. This song is, it's spelled IDEK, I Deck.

But you know what? I'm going to go out on a limb here. And I think he's just playfully saying, IDK as I'm like, I don't know. IDK. That's what I'm going to go with. So that's what this song's called. Maybe.

It could be called IDEC, but that just sounds stupid. This song is called IDK by Yucl. Getting heavy Julian Casablanca's vibes off. It's definitely, it's right there, man. With just in the way that he recorded his vocals and the way he sounds too. And maybe a little bit of like long wave, but not so sad. Like a more upbeat, happy long wave. And also, I just have to make this clear.

It's obvious now that it's ID-E-K, because in the chorus he says, I don't even know. That's like the main line of the freaking chorus. Oh, I've never thrown an E in there, dude. Well, he's doing it. I don't, I-D-E-K, man. I don't even know. L-O-L. Anyways, dude, I love Yacht Club.

I love everything this guy does. He's great. He has this, like, old school. It's another throwback to the 2000s, like, kind of beachy chill wave vibes. I'm all about it, dude. And yeah, the great thing about Yacht Club is, if I wait a month, he's going to have some new tunes for me. So keep on, keep on keeping on, Y'all Club.

Bring it. I love it. Is it just one guy? It's just one guy. Okay. Yeah, so a very like bedroom rock, pop, whatever you want to call it. The one-man show, can I deal? That's cool.

Exactly. Yeah. All right, man. we got three more tracks to play passing it back to you brother all right cue i want to go rapid fire like i've always like i've always promised i would so this is a band that i've been sitting on for a while sitting on is the wrong term to use but like i haven't i don't think i've shared a song from these guys on no filler yet but um i've been a long-time fan group called the elder and

it's hard to classify them other than just like just rock it's just just rock, man. That's all you got to know. Psychedelic, maybe mixed with a little bit of like progressive rock. I'm going to read the first sentence of their bio and then I'm going to hit play on a new single that they put out a couple months ago. Elder is a genre pushing rock band that melds heavy psychedelic sounds with progressive elements and evocative soundscapes. What more do you need to know? So they put out a, I guess it's a record. It's not an EP. It's only five tracks. It's called Inate Passage.

And I'm going to play the single off the record. This song is called Endless Return. Just getting started, dude. There's about six minutes left on that track. Yeah, that's awesome. Is the whole album keep up with that pace? All of their stuff is like this. Everything they've ever done.

Dang, dude, does just punch you in the face? But, you know, it brings you down softly and lays you on a pillow after the punch. Indeed. It's not like my sugar. No, I didn't have a shirg. It's just relentless beating for, you know, an hour. I got to say, dude, whenever I listen to my sugar. Don't do it.

Don't say it. I enjoy getting the shit kicked out of me. Anyway. When I heard that you listened to Mishugra on the plane ride. I sure did. To Washington. I couldn't believe it. Couldn't believe it.

Sometimes you got to look. No, you don't. You got to. Let's just stop you right there. You got to look brutality in the face cute. I don't think you do. Yeah, you do. Yeah, you do.

I'm this day and age. You do. And you know what? You come out on the other end, a better person for it. Anyway, back to Elder. Well, I'll listen to Elder any day. Yeah, dude, check out, pull up the 2015. That looks familiar.

That album looks familiar. I think I've shared this with you before. But yeah, the 2015 record lore, it was probably on my best of the decade playlist. That's got to be it. Yeah. Anyway, yeah. Yeah. I think, you know, the best way to describe them is like, they're the torchbearers of classic rock. You know what I mean? You want some dual guitars? Yeah, that guitar solo brought me back. And some guitar solos and stuff for the 70s. You know, this is your band. And they do it in a great way and hints of psychedelic rock in there and stuff like that. Like this is a band that we could play for our dad and he'd be like, oh, yeah, that's great. You know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah. Anyway, Q, so this is your last track. I got a doozy, friend. Now, I brought a song from them on one of our watches, which is what, I mean, you know, that almost goes without saying at this point because, you know, I tend to stick around with bands that I discover from episode to episode, sure, which end up on our watches.

And I freaking, I watch them like a honk, you're going to wait for them to drop new music. So this is a group called Death and Vanilla. I brought a song of there's called A Flaw and the Iris from an album called Are You a Dreamer? Came out back in 2019. This is another man, you know, we both love it, dude. Psych Pop, Dream Pop group. I'm going to read this sentence here.

This is all you need to know, bro. It says with the sound that marries vintage keyboards, surf guitars, and hushed vocals to subdued psychedelic pop with heavy soundtrack music and dream pop influences. The Swedish group Death of Manila picked up the torch that bands like broadcast and stereo lab carried so well in the 90s and 2000s. This is a brand new single from theirs, from them, came out in December of this month. Dude, I actually just heard this and was super stoked that I heard it in time to make it to the best of 2020 list.

This song is a do's e if I've ever heard one. You're going to love it, man. Love it. Again, this is death and vanilla. The song is called Find Another Illusion. Doesn't get much better than that, Q. Gives me the old bumpleys of the goose, dude. That was amazing, yeah.

I know, man. I love it. It had kind of a... Say it, say it. Oh, say it, dude. I want to know if we're thinking the same. Trials of Anacupanthor? Oh, no, I was not thinking that at all, dude.

I was getting like Teen Dream era Beach House. Oh, okay. Both of those are valid. But I guess I was thinking like more of the, the way that like Midlake. With the flute? Yeah. That wind instrument.

Yeah. That they played. Yeah. It's just flawless. It was a flawless track, dude. The, the mood of that song is like, they nailed it. It's just perfect.

And it's got kind of a 60s vibe. Maybe that's the flute. It's like it's a step removed from the, there's no doubt about it. This is a 60s pop album like that. Like the sound carriers. Yeah. Or even stereo lab.

You know, it's like one step removed from that. It's a little bit different. Yeah. But man, they do it so well, dude. Yeah, that's great. I cannot wait.

I'm so excited. I hope that. that this means that they got something coming soon. Because, who, what a song, dude. Yeah, really good. So again, that was Find Another Illusion by Death and Vanilla. Last Song of the Night, Trav, what you got? All right, Q.

I find my way into these kind of obscure subgenres. Hey, that looks familiar, dude. Well, the plan was actually to do this artist as our bonus Halloween episode this year. It sure looks like it from that. album cover. I think I shared this with you. Maybe it showed you that like, hey, here's the record that we're going to do. But I don't think you listened to any of it, which is good. No, I sure didn't. But we ended up doing white zombie instead, which I thought was. Oh, yeah, that was fun. Yeah, that was fun. I forgot about that. Yeah. That was fun. So anyway, now we could talk about this record,

which, the best way to describe it is, there's actually a term for it, Q. There's actually a term for this kind of music. It's called hauntology. I hate it. I'm sure we can do better than that. Hauntology, Hugh. There's a whole subgenre. Okay. Dark ambient is what you could also call it. There we go. But this guy, he goes by the name the Knight Monitor. He's really interesting. So what he does, here's the Spotify bio. He creates haunted synthetic soundtrack. inspired by vintage paranormal events. Wow. So he actually, you know, takes a documented paranormal thing that happened

and creates a fictional soundtrack for that event. And so this song, or this record, is called Their Dark Dominion. And let me read a little write up here on the band camp. their dark dominion charts the haunted history of chaplain wood in sussex a paranormal hotspot linked with tales of UFO sightings mysterious disappearances unexplained deaths and dark worship and so this soundtrack or this album is a soundtrack to an imaginary documentary or tv series circa 1997 the year in which the area's demonic connection was severed by the great october Uber storm. So imagine it's 1987 and you're watching a documentary or a TV series about this event. All right, dude.

I'm ready. All right, here we go. Ready to get spicked. So we're going to play the title track off of the record. This song is called Their Dark Dominion. Tell you what that was, dude. A spook wave, dude. Spook wave.

Come on. Hontology. Well, it was great. That was fun. I liked it. I could get into that. That is the level of like purposely spooking myself out when it comes to music that I would be okay with being a part of. I mean, I love it, obviously.

It kind of reminds me of like X-Files. You know what I mean? Yeah. That kind of. Like 90s era. Exactly. I just love the people out there making music like this. Dude, this guy probably like wears one of those old-timey,

priest suits with like the white little thingy in the collar like for fun and he probably just to get into it tours the country looking for haunted houses to to stay the night in probably i bet he's like on that level of of being into this kind of stuff probably yeah but i mean yeah he clearly he does his research and stuff right because he you know all of his music is inspired by this kind of these kind documented events, right? Like, if you look at his discography, he puts out these little EPs called Perception Report. It's just, it's just cool, man. There's nothing else to say about it.

It's just cool. Like, if you look here, Perception Report 1 through 4. So he actually put out a perception report this year, too. That's cool. But this dude, that cover art for his 2020 record Spaceman Mystery of the Terror Triang angle. I would put that in my house, man. Only you would put that in your. It's fucking dope, dude. But yeah, yeah, and I love the record, the album art for, for this record,

the Dark Dominion. It just looks like this old church with like this glowing blue light. Dude, if I saw an old, like, you know, paper bag novel. With that on the cover, I'd buy it. Hell yeah, you would. And I'd want to know what haunted story lies within those pages. Yeah, I did. Yeah, you look at his Instagram. And he's actually got like... Oh, dude, he lives this, man.

He's got clippings of this stuff, you know? Like, it's just cool, man. This guy is, he might be, like, obsessed in an unhealthy level. No. I'm saying, dude. No, man. He dresses an old-timey priest clothes. He gets into it.

I love it. Yeah, that's cool. He fucking loves it, dude. Anyway, you better believe that I bought this record, Cube, the second it came out. Oh, it's on vinyl. Oh, yeah, it is, brother. Anyway, it's a great record for, you know, you're driving around a night. You know, speak yourself out.

Cue up any of the night monitors stuff. You know, put it on at your next Halloween party, Q. There you go. I can get into that. Kind of a weird way to close us out, but... Dude, that was a great collection of tunes, man. We did it. Yeah, this was kind of my, like...

random grab bag of like songs I couldn't figure out where to put in my list of top 20. Yeah, I brought some that could have definitely been on the top five tonight, you know. But I'm bringing good tunes next week, man. So we have to. It's the last one of the year. Yes. Next week is, you know, these are the songs I've been, I've sat aside cue that I've been excited about. You already know two of the artists because we had some crossover.

But, yeah, the one track, my last track that I'm playing for us is one of my favorite tracks of the year in a long time. It's a band that I brought another tune from earlier. So it's not, the artist itself isn't new. But the song is amazing. But you'll have to tune in next week for that. And I'm going to have to figure out one more. I'm actually, actually, no, I have to figure out which song to play from this artist. But anyway, next week's going to be good tune.

man. So tune in next week for our last episode of the year. That's all we got to say. I don't know if there's anything we can play for an outro. I don't have anything. I got nothing, man. I could just keep playing that elder song. I mean, it's... Okay. There's nine minutes of that.

Sure. That song is nine minutes long. So... Sure. I'll just pick us up where we left off on Inless Return. Sounds good. All right. Cool. Well, that's that. Again, tune in next week for part four. the final chapter of our best of 2022. And until then, we will talk to you guys next week.

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