No Filler Music Podcast - No Filler's Best of 2020: Part 1

Episode Date: November 30, 2020

When it comes to years, 2020 has been a doozy (to put it mildly). And for music lovers like us, the absence of live music has perhaps been the toughest loss from what we know as "normal" to navigate. ...But music has still been there for us, like the reliable companion it always has been. There has been some amazing music to come out this year, and we're starting off our list of Top 20 of 2020 with picks 1-5. Tracklist: Stay Inside - Revisionist Saint Karloff - Sleeping Village Fontaines D.C. - I Was Not Born Hum - The Summoning Spillage Village - Mecca Thom Yorke - Plasticine Figures This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:28 And welcome to No Filler, the music podcast dedicated to sharing the often overlooked hidden gems that fill the space between the singles on our favorite records. My name is Travis. I got my brother Quentin with me. And this is our first episode in our year-end wrap-up. Look back at our favorite tracks from 2020. It's the best time of the year, Q. It's just like, it's just like the holidays, you know. Best time of the year. It's like Christmas morning for the next four weeks, dude. This is what I fucking live for, man. Just sharing music with people.
Starting point is 00:02:26 And these episodes are like the epitome of that because it's, you know, for this episode, it's going to be five different artists, five new songs that we haven't played on this podcast yet. And for the next, you know, four weeks after this, it's going to be the same formula. five tracks, five artists, unless we have crossover, which I don't think we do. So basically we're doing our top ten each, right?
Starting point is 00:02:56 Top ten new tracks from 2020. Yeah, and one thing we thought would be cool to do is kind of do like a little back and forth, almost like a DJ session, if you will. We referred to it as a spontaneous mixtape cue when we were planning this out. So the idea being, I've got my list. of 10, you've got your list of 10, we don't know what order we're going to play them in.
Starting point is 00:03:18 We're going to essentially play off each other, right? So you're going to start this episode with your pick. Yeah, we'll pick them on the fly and we're going to try to just kind of pick songs, you know, just kind of go with the flow. And hopefully we'll bring a song that flows well with the previous one. Yeah, it's kind of, it's a little bit of a challenge too because like, it's going to be fun, dude. Yeah, you're going to play a song. I have to kind of, from my list of 10, I'm going to try to pick the one that best, you know, flows from that song or pairs well with it. Or I'll switch it up and just go rogue on you and then you'll have to. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:52 Because that's the thing. There's going to be some, I guarantee you there's at least two songs on my list that probably won't match with anything that you're playing. Well, I'm going to, I'm going to start you off with the curveball, dude. Okay. And hopefully you can keep it flowing. Well, yeah, there's one more thing we got to talk about here, Q. Yeah, dude, I was about to say, if you don't include episode zero, which was just our little teaser episode, this is our 150th episode.
Starting point is 00:04:24 Can you believe it? I can't even brought my hand around that, dude. It's kind of crazy, yeah. It's hard to, like you said, it's hard to think back and even, like I couldn't even name 150 bands off the top of my head. seriously yeah well you know what though think about this though there's what like five episodes
Starting point is 00:04:47 belonging to spin five episodes belonging to radio head true so knockout 10 right there yeah you still got yeah we haven't really we haven't really done repeat artists other than than those except for flea foxes
Starting point is 00:05:01 now we've done two episodes on fleet foxes that's true I mean we will have repeats eventually because we've talked about bands that and I'm guessing Fleet Fox was one of them when we did the first Fleet Foxes episode
Starting point is 00:05:16 I'm sure we said you know we'll circle back to them eventually and you know we did because they came out with a new record this year but yeah there's man there's plenty of bands that we could circle back to the strokes I'd love to talk about Room on Fire at some
Starting point is 00:05:31 point you know talking heads I mean we could go on and on dude yeah that's what I'm saying yeah there's plenty of we're going to easily hit 300 without having to stretch, you know what I mean? As far as like, man, we're really running out of ideas here, Q. Like, I don't think we're ever going to have that problem. No. And that's the beauty of music and the format of this podcast is that, you know, we don't have any
Starting point is 00:05:55 sort of rules, really. You know, we can talk about anything. As long as artists are still releasing albums that have no fillers, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. And we will always have non-singles to play that are absolutely worth listening to and sharing. Yeah, of course. And I think I'm guessing that what this list of 20 songs between the two of us will kind of showcase like this podcast plays a pretty wide range of music. You know what I mean? Oh yeah, for sure. And that was, I purposely tried to spread out the genres a little bit and not try to stay too concentrated in one particular under one umbrella. You know what I mean? Yeah, me too. And for the most part, I tried to pick artists.
Starting point is 00:06:39 that weren't no-brainers, you know? Like, I had a Fleet Fox's song on my list from their new album, but I mean, it's a no-brainer, you know? Right. Yeah, so let's go ahead and get right into it, dude. So I'm going to start us off with a band called Stay Inside. You ever heard of them? Oh, man, that sounds familiar. Well, I actually shared this song with you, Trev, a long time ago earlier this year when I first heard it.
Starting point is 00:07:07 Okay. So. But you didn't play it on no filler? Nope. Okay. The album is viewing. And Travis, I know you're going to be able to queue one up real nice and pretty after this one. So let me ask you this, is stay inside.
Starting point is 00:07:23 Did they form in the year 2020? You know, because stay inside is something that we've all tried very hard to do. They have albums that go back to 2018. Okay. So their name just happens to be very relevant for this year. Yeah. But it's unrelated. Yeah, so when I first heard this song, it just kind of struck a chord with me, dude, and it just, it's always stuck with me throughout the year.
Starting point is 00:07:45 So, again, the artist is stay inside. The album is viewing. The song is called revisionist. Yeah, that's great. It's great because it's a throwback to post-punk emo. post hardcore kind of email but it's also like very the guitar i was thinking there was going to go in the direction of like an interpull kind of um a nod to interpull which it was the guitar was me too when i first heard it that string that the the you know bending the string while you're picking the
Starting point is 00:10:53 one note thing that's big time um interpull right and his voice nods to paul bank at the very beginning of the song and then when it all comes in yeah yeah that's what i was saying like at first i was like, okay, he's doing Interpol. But then the rest of the song is just straight up early 2000s, emo. You know what I mean? So it's an interesting mashup of like emo and post-punk, you know. Yeah, I got to say, man. I think it's more so for people around our age.
Starting point is 00:11:21 When we were talking with Joel Fruth back earlier this year, we were talking about, you know, that golden age of emo, post-punk in the early 2000s, we were at the perfect age for that. I always get excited when I hear bands that are still going strong, you know, with that style of music and building on it and evolving it, you know, these guys are a perfect, a perfect example of that. Yeah, it's good stuff. So is the rest of it like that? I mean, do they flirt with Interpol for the entire record, or is that just that one track?
Starting point is 00:12:01 No, it's more than just. this track. The rest of the album is just a solid post-hore. Yeah, very dark. Those lyrics, man, are haunting, dude. I mean, he's just fighting with these inner demons. I can tell you, man, that font face is making a comeback. That's, yeah, kind of, you know, same thing with, like, stranger things, like that font face from like this, 70s, like 80s, you know. Yeah, dude. Anyway. So, all right, man. We got to move right along here. So here's the struggle, Q, that I'm going to have. Okay.
Starting point is 00:12:37 Is that I don't have an emo song on my list. But that's not... That's all right. What I was going to say is that a mixtape doesn't have to flow, you know, from one genre into another song that matches the genre, right, for it to have a good flow. See if you can keep us in the same headspace, you know? Right, right, right. And I'm trying to think of like that song, the melody of that song, like the key of it and stuff, I think I have a good pick.
Starting point is 00:13:10 I wasn't planning on playing this one so soon, right? And that's another thing we need to note. This is not an order of favorites, right, because of the nature of the way we're doing this. So there are some that I would rank higher on my list that might get played sooner. But it's okay, because I want it to flow. This is all about the flow. So, okay, so Mitchell, if you're listening, which I know you are, you're going to fucking love this track, dude, and this record. Here's why.
Starting point is 00:13:42 So there is a record label called Third, I'm sorry, not Third Eye. It's called Magnetic Eye Records. And they got on my radar because they put out a cover album for Alice and Chains Dirt. Now, that's not what I'm playing. I'm not playing a track from that one. But that's how this record label got on my radar. They put out this year a Allison Chain's Dirt cover record with a bunch of different artists. One of them being chemists, which I'm a huge fan of that stoner metal, a doom metal band.
Starting point is 00:14:18 So I went to their website to see, like, is this something that they, is that what they do, right? Turns out, yeah, that's exactly what they do. They're a record label with their own artists and stuff like that, but they also have a bunch of these famous or like well-known records that have covers, right? I'm fucking rambling here. Long story short, they put out a black Sabbath cover album, two actually. One of them was volume four, which was like the fourth Sabbath record. And then they put out just a best of Sabbath in 2020. And this is a last track on this best of record.
Starting point is 00:15:02 And it is one of the, it is a song off of their debut record, which we talked about. And it's a band called St. Karloff. So these guys are from Norway. They are a psychedelic heavy stoner band inspired by Sabbath, right? So they're very like heavy blues inspired
Starting point is 00:15:23 and their cover of this particular song. So on Sabbath's debut record, there's a song, the very last song on the record is kind of like a three-parter, much like Fleet Fox's Q. You know how Fleet Foxes does that, right? Sabbath has a song, they have a couple of songs on their debut record that do that. This one is called A Bit of Finger, Sleeping Village, and Warning. It's these three different songs. St. Karloff covered Sleeping Village.
Starting point is 00:15:58 And I feel like we have to play the opening moments from the original Sabbath song so that you can fully appreciate how, like what they did with it. So if you don't mind you. I don't mind at all, brother. Okay, so here's the original bit of finger Sleeping Village warning by Black Sabbath. came out in 1969. I'm sorry, 1970. Actually, no,
Starting point is 00:16:26 1960. I needed to not trust Spotify, Q, and stick with my guns. I know this is not in 1969. So here we go. All right, Q, so you heard the basic, like the melody, right? It was that kind of like, first of all, there's no drums, right? It's kind of like that mouth harp, which is kind of funny, but it's more like, it's a little bit slower, right?
Starting point is 00:17:34 There's not much going on. What they do with that fucking blew me out of my chair, dude. on the ground. If you're a fan of Sabbath and you're so intimately familiar with their first record, like I am, hearing a new take on it is fucking amazing when it's done right. And these guys did it perfectly. So here it is, St. Karloff covering Sleeping Village.
Starting point is 00:20:23 Yeah, man, those guys do it justice and then some. Right, that's what I'm saying. Like, they reimagine it, but in such a natural way. You know what I mean? Yeah. It is. The funny thing is when you're not, look at pictures of these guys, it's very much like these grunge revivalists, you know,
Starting point is 00:20:43 they dress exactly like, like the guys wearing like bell bottom jeans and shit, you know what I mean. So I guess if you're, if you're going to pay tribute to that era, you might as well like lean into it, right? But anyway, just real quick, this record, and I was wrong, dude, I kept saying that this record came out in 69. It was recorded in 69. It did come out in 1970. But, um, Yeah, this record put out by Magnetic Eye was to commemorate the 40th anniversary of this record. But it has a wide range of Sabbath tracks on here. So there's 15 renditions of classic Sabbath tracks all from up-and-coming new, newer doom metal bands, right? Like these guys.
Starting point is 00:21:29 So it's really cool. If you're a fan of Sabbath, you have to listen to it, basically. You have no choice. Anyway. Awesome. So how does that tie to your first pick? I don't know. Don't worry about it too much, brother.
Starting point is 00:21:41 If you squint, you can be like, yeah, I can maybe see how those are tied together. But now you have to, you got to pair off of that cue. So I have a feeling you don't have anything that's anywhere near that. I don't. But I've got something in the post-punk vein once again. And Travis, I know you're a fan of this band and you're a fan of this album. And before we jump into our next pick, let's take a quick break. So the artist is Fontaine's DC, Irish post-punk.
Starting point is 00:22:20 I do remember being blown away by this when you showed it to me. Yeah, dude. And I'm bringing another song from the album. So this is one of my favorite albums of the year. Hands down, no questions asked. The album is A Hero's Death. And it came out in July. of this year at the very end of July.
Starting point is 00:22:42 This is their second full length. So I brought the song televised mind to no filler. A few months back, I guess it must have been around August, probably. So I'm going to bring another non-single from the album. So the thing with this dude, like, I don't necessarily have a favorite song or like, you know, like this to me is just like a favorite album all the way through. for me. Yeah. So it made the list because it's just a phenomenal album that needs to be listened to all the way through. So this is a song that is a little bit towards the end of the record. This is track nine. So again, this is an Irish post-punk band called Fontaine's DC. The album is A Hero's Death. The song is I Was Not Born.
Starting point is 00:23:33 I love his voice, man. I love everything about this band, dude. Yeah, well, so from what I remember from televised mind like it has a different it has a different vibe than than televised mind but which is great that's what i like about it yeah and the whole albums like that man it's it's it's kind of like what we always say about spoon you know with spoon being so different from album to album from track to track it's spoon all the way through with fontaine's at dc man like i mean there's there's moments of just heavier punk there's moments of almost like i don't know like maybe talking heads there's a little bit of um i hear some spoon vibes in the guitar riffs in a lot of these songs too which is what yeah what i really love about it well that that particular guitar riff is kind of like an
Starting point is 00:26:32 alt rock thing you know almost like yeah yeah i can hear a little bit r em in there you know a little bit um but yeah it's not it's not similar to what i remember from televised mind which is a good thing because like you know kind of like with with spoon you want a band to have some variance to them but still be at the like to their core like have a have their own like unique sound and stuff yeah and a band if a band can pull that off be wildly different between tracks on the same record but still be undeniably the same band you know that's that's the mark of a good band you know yeah man this album is phenomenal dude it's like one of the most memorable albums of the year without a doubt. All right, brother. Song number four, what you got for us?
Starting point is 00:27:22 I am blowing through all my rock tracks here, which is fine. But that means the next couple weeks, next few weeks are going to be interesting. Yeah, I mean, see, I knew what I was doing when I, when I started this off with Stay Inside. I knew we were going to just kind of blow through the rock tracks real soon here, but that's all right. I mean, does that mean do you have a wide range of tracks on list too. Oh yeah. Okay, Q. So this band, I wish I remember exactly when I brought this band to the pod, but this was a what you heard. This band was a what you heard, not this record. But this band, hum. Now, they've been around forever, right? They've been around for a long time. They've been around since the 90s. Their last record,
Starting point is 00:28:15 came out in 1998. So it's been that long since they put out new material. And that's what made this record so surprising to everyone because 98 was 22 years ago. So they dropped the record this year in July out of nowhere. It was a surprise release that they put out on Ban Camp. Had they been together this whole time? They've done like touring and festival shows and stuff like that here and there like throughout. But, you know, they haven't put anything out since 98, which is astonishing, right?
Starting point is 00:28:56 But there have been kind of rumors, you know, ever since like 2016 that there was going to be another record, like a fourth record. And the weight is finally over with you. If you're a hum fan, you were delighted with this record. Let's just put it that way. So this record is called Inlet, and if you're a fan of hum, it gives you exactly what you want, which is eight new hum tracks. But they sound, it's kind of the same thing that we're talking about here. It's undeniably hum, but it is different in a good way.
Starting point is 00:29:33 It is an evolution of kind of what they did back in the 90s, which was shoegazy, grunge, alt-rock kind of stuff, right? This track in particular that I'm playing is over eight minutes long. And a lot of the tracks on this record are on the longer side of things. So they kind of get the progressively, we'll slap on them too. And that goes back to their record that came out in 98 called Downward as Heavenward. And that was the last one they put out where they had sort of these longer tracks that's a little bit different than most bands from that area, you know. But anyway, we're going to listen to a track called The Summoning. And I'm just going to put it this way.
Starting point is 00:30:13 I'm going to put this out there. What's cool about this track and what's cool about this record is it's hum doing hum, but they are introducing sort of this like stoner metal, slower kind of heavy guitar riffs to the mix, which is a little bit different than what they used to do. So that's what's great about this. So anyway, this is called The Summoning. The band is Hum and this song's going to crank it up to 10Q. here we go.
Starting point is 00:30:44 It's good stuff, dude. You know what I love about it? What's that? I mean, these guys are, you know, OG, right? Yeah. There's all these brand new bands coming in that are playing off of these guys, you know, and learning from them. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:33:55 Changing it up. Just like, dude, you brought so many bands this year to No Filler that are in that same pocket that are doing it their own way. you know, thinking what, soul blind? Soul blind was maybe last week, and then the week before that was the band fake eyes. And then, of course, narrowhead. I bet they're just as stoked to be hearing this new stuff coming out from, you know,
Starting point is 00:34:23 these 20-somethings. And so now they're just like, you know what, it's time. It's time for another album. Let's rip the lid off of this thing. Well, as pitchwork says here, this is an interesting, interesting point. As with the comeback albums from Sleep, and I think I've talked about sleep before on this podcast, maybe, slow dive, my bloody Valentine, and American football. We've talked about just about all four of those, I think, on this podcast.
Starting point is 00:34:53 Yeah, for sure. Speaking to the fact that we've done 150 episodes, like, it is kind of interesting that we've covered. We've talked about a lot of artists. Inlet is inherently decadent. Four people taking two decades to create about 50 minutes of outrageously luxurious guitars. I mean, that's one part of it. And it says here, but Hum has little interest in making an event out of their return, declining to do any press or even provide lyrics.
Starting point is 00:35:22 So that's one thing about Hum is that they're kind of known for not being, not liking the limelight that much. Like they had one single that kind of blew up. back in the 90s called Stars. That's off their record. You'd prefer an astronaut came out in 1995. And they kind of famously, you know, had some funny like PR moments and stuff like that. They went on like Howard Stern and, you know, didn't seem like they were, they didn't
Starting point is 00:35:51 really care too much about it. You know, the classic rock band doesn't like attention kind of thing, right? But anyway, I guess they picked a good year for their new record to come out because, you know, You don't have to, there's no concerts happening right now. There's no, although shit, this is a band I would have gone and seen because I'm sure they would have toured. But, you know, if you're a band that doesn't like press, you know, 2020 is probably a good year for you to. Right. Just do a few Zoom calls, you know, and you're done.
Starting point is 00:36:18 Anyway, so that was hum. The record is called Inlet. That song was called The Summoning. And Q, you're going to bring us home here with the last pick, aren't you? Yeah. And I'm going to purposely mix it up, dude. Okay. You're going to throw us a curve ball.
Starting point is 00:36:35 So I've mentioned these guys a few times I feel like on this podcast. Earth King. Earth Gang. My favorite hip-hop band since I first heard them, which I feel like it was probably, if not at the beginning of this year, I may have heard them late last year. But I haven't known about them for too long. And they've been around since 2008. They've been around for a while. It's two dudes.
Starting point is 00:37:01 They go by Johnny Venus and Dr. Dot. But here's the thing. They're part of a larger collective that they actually, they're the founding members of. And that collective goes by Spillage Village. And all the artists that are under this umbrella, they are just phenomenal and they're all putting out amazing stuff right now. I'm a big fan of J.I.D., who's a part of the collective.
Starting point is 00:37:27 collective, Dreamville, which is another one. That's another collective. Anyways, man, they all, chances are if any of these guys releases their own album, Earth Gang will be on there and other people from the collectives will be on there. So they all just kind of work together. They just released their debut major label album as a group in September. So it's not that, not that old, dude. late September actually.
Starting point is 00:37:59 So this album is called Spilligian and it's up there for me top five albums of the year, hands down. So I'm going to play one of my favorites off the record. So again, the artist collective is Spillage Village.
Starting point is 00:38:18 The album is Spilligian. The song is called Mecca. It's set up. I met her girl she was painted up like this made from super love Won't you follow me but gonna leave the way And leave hit the moonwalk, ye ain't MJ to your shoes drive, eating two pot to your shoot cops, just another black man Every day episode of boom darts
Starting point is 00:40:29 And it's really nothing you could do about it, play a throwback on the Jew box Oh shit, oh six, OJ goo-wap, got me in the mood now Hit it out the ballpark, different kind of heartthrob. I'll be tried to tell me it's a rolling now to stop watch When you're from the bottom, every shot a long shot So don't try to tell me that it matter what I call God, don't get that. Y'all be looking big man. Line up and viv in this whole like sin bad
Starting point is 00:40:47 Stick it to my side like tip hat You ain't strap better get straight Love it It's a great track Yeah dude You know I was thinking just now Like that's one thing That's one thing that rock and roll
Starting point is 00:41:13 Doesn't Like they rarely have like the collective Of artists You know what I mean? Yeah Usually with rock band It's a band and that's it You know I mean
Starting point is 00:41:24 There'll be super groups Quote unquote Right that like come out and put a record out or something like that where it's, you know, this guy from this band, this girl from that band kind of thing. But like, I like that idea of like, Earth King is a collective of musicians
Starting point is 00:41:42 and they all do their own separate thing, right? Well, yeah, Spillage Village is the main group. Earth Gang is just the two guys that's formed Spillage Village. Okay. It's really cool, man. And it's very similar to the group, the internet, remember I talked about them?
Starting point is 00:41:57 Yeah. They're kind of a different, flavor of this new kind of hip-hop kind of soul stuff, they all support each other and pop up on each other's records. And yeah, it's more of a collective kind of thing. But yeah, dude, the whole album is amazing. It does kind of bounce around as far as style goes. And that's another thing I like about it. I think it's J.I.D. who brings the guitar work. There's a lot of great guitar moments in the album. Most of the songs follow the standard kind of verse chorus format. You know, you don't always see that a lot in hip-hop albums. And there's a thing that they do at the
Starting point is 00:42:42 very end of the record. Actually, I want to play a little bit of it, dude, just to kind of show you just what these guys do. So here is the very last track on Spilligian. The song is called Jupiter. And if it wasn't for that, like, funky bass that they added, yeah. Like, it sounds like it could be, you know, a track off of a folk pop band. Yeah. And you can hear, like, every single person that makes an appearance on the record shows up in that last track.
Starting point is 00:44:48 Yeah. Yeah, the whole album has that kind of gospel, like, church revival kind of feel. And a lot of the songs are about, you know, coming together. you know, working through our differences and, you know, with all the crap that went down this year. Sure. It's very important record, I think. And a really, really special album, I feel like, in the world of hip-hop.
Starting point is 00:45:11 But I don't really know, you know, I'm not like a huge hip-hop fan. That's the thing. Like, I feel like I've still got my training wheels on. You're flirting with it. Yeah. Anyways, I feel like that's a great way to end the first episode. So another thing that we thought would be fun to do with these episodes. was to bring four of our favorite musical moments from 2020
Starting point is 00:45:37 and just kind of talk a little bit about it. And if there's YouTube link or something, we'll play it. Do we know what we're talking about today? No, we don't. No, dude. Because we picked five moments, like we have our list. Yeah. We know which one we're going to end on.
Starting point is 00:45:52 But beyond that, Let's talk about that performance from Tom York. Okay, cool. I think that's a good pick for the first one, because I think that happened relatively early on this year. So let me look. Let me see if I can find that. So that was, so Tom York appeared on Jimmy Fallon earlier this year.
Starting point is 00:46:20 He played a song. Okay, this was back in April, April 29th. the song that he played, it's a new song, probably the first time it was played live, perhaps. But it's called Plasticine Figures. And this is kind of one of those things that we've talked about before with what makes 2020 so special beyond all the craziness, right, is that we would get these moments that wouldn't have happened in any other year. And this is one of those performances because it's Tommy York with a very, very intimate performance
Starting point is 00:47:01 because it's, you know, straight on a webcam. It looks like he's in like, you know, a small room in his house or something like that, probably like a recording space or something like that. And that's the thing, too. Like he's more than likely he is in his house because most people, you know, everyone's quarantining. And this was back in April. He could be in a studio or something like that. Yeah, I think he's, I, it looks like he in his house, which is great, right?
Starting point is 00:47:25 Because when else are we going to get welcomed into Tom York's house? Right. Yeah. And on top of that, dude, like, when you're an artist and you're bringing something vulnerable, you know, and sharing it with the world for the first time, like, you get to be, he got to be in his home, you know, in his safe space or whatever, you know? Like, yeah. So it adds a level of, yeah, like you said, intimacy. to it and vulnerability.
Starting point is 00:47:55 It's so cool, dude, that we're able to... I mean, we talked about that when we did our Fleet Fox's episode, where so many people contributed to their latest album. People on Instagram, you know, people shared vocal tracks and sent it to them over the internet, and they were added to the album. That kind of stuff, man.
Starting point is 00:48:18 Just a lot of special moments like that. So you got to like focus on the on the really great things that came out of this year that wouldn't have happened had it not been for the circumstances that the globe found itself in, right? And this is one of those moments. For sure. And this is a great track to close out an episode because it's, like I was saying earlier, it's super intimate and haunting. You know, I know I overuse that word, but Tommy York's vocals are usually pretty haunting, right? And this is one of those songs that definitely, like, hits that, hits that York itch that you may get every once in a while. So anyway, this is a new song from Tom York that came out back in April.
Starting point is 00:49:04 And this is him performing it on Jimmy Fallon. So, yeah, before we close out, you can find us on our website, millfeelerpodcast.com. I'm not going to say all this stuff about the website. Just go there. You can find all of our old episodes. track lists, show notes, blah, blah, blah. You can also follow us on Twitter at No Filler Podcast. And up until the very last episode on this year end wrap-up,
Starting point is 00:49:33 we are soliciting our followers on Twitter to send us their picks of their favorite songs for 2020. And then we're going to take all of those submissions and narrow it down to like, you know, five to ten tracks. And we'll do that as our final episode. So hit us up on Twitter. Yeah, I'm going to pin that tweet to the top of our homepage. Look at us, man.
Starting point is 00:49:58 We're Twitter professionals. We're doing it, man. Only took us 150 episodes. Yeah, no kidding. Anyway, so hit us up on Twitter if you have some songs that you want to submit for our consideration. But, yeah, and then you can also find us on the Pantheon podcast network, which is the podcast.
Starting point is 00:50:19 network for music lovers queue. That is our home, pantheonpodcasts.com. And yeah, that's that. That was our first five of our top 20 of 2020. And we will come at you next week with another five. And we're just going to keep this train rolling. So we're going to have Tom York close us out with his song Plasticine Figures performed on Jimmy Fallon. So, yeah we'll talk at you guys next week my name is Travis and my name's Quinn yeah I'll take care

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