Between You And Me - A Podcast About Marillion

The first brand new Marillion song in almost six years - Be Hard On Yourself - has arrived for those who pre-ordered the album An Hour Before It's Dark. With the track's stark environmental warning, Paul and Sanja have a lot to discuss... and in doing so they discover it's very much a song of two halves. Brace yourselves for what is simultaneously our most positive and most depressing episode ever...

There's lots of interesting Anorak discussion this week, off the back of the postbag, plus we unveil our brand new Marillion gameshow... Neverland The Buzzcocks, and read a less-than-flattering review of the Anoraknophobia tour written by none other than Prog magazine's Jerry Ewing...!  Our new Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbiffo/digitiser-the-show-level-2 Suppo...

This episode wraps up our look at Marillion's Anoraknophobia - an album that surprised us both, chiefly with how much we enjoyed it. Although, we don't always agree about which parts are the most enjoyable. Nevertheless, Marillion have turned a corner at last, and the future is bright. Well... mostly. Also: we learn the length of the tracks on the forthcoming An Hour Before It's Dark! Our new Kick...

In this episode of BYAMPOD, we get stuck into Anoraknophobia properly, taking a listen to our namesake track, as well the classic Quartz. But not before we've discussed Marillion's latest crowdfunding idea, and disagreed about whether the band meant 'anorak' in a disparaging way or not... Our new Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbiffo/digitiser-the-show-level-2 Support...

In this episode of BYAMPOD, Paul and Sanja are finally starting to talk about Anoraknophobia. To kick us off, we discuss how Marillion invented crowdfunding, and dig up an old review of the album from by certain very young journalist... Also - An Hour Before It's Dark news! Our new Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbiffo/digitiser-the-show-level-2 Support us here for exc...

Yes, it's our 50th episode spectacular! Although, frankly, it's much the same as any other episode. With one exception: we're talking about Genesis, and those pesky comparisons. Having just seen the reunited Genesis in concert, it's finally time to see whether Sanja thinks there's any merit in it, and put the issue to bed once and for all. Plus! We take a look at those An Hour Before It's Dark son...

This week, we give our review of the Fugazi deluxe edition set... plus we pick through some brand new Marillion drama regarding their Brave album cover art... and address the complaint that BYAMPOD has become too negative! Are we history's greatest monsters?! Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/...

At last! We come to the end of the Marillion.com era, but before we can slam down a full stop, we need to discuss an apostrophe. For some reason, the perfectly decent title of Marillions' forthcoming album, An Hour Before It's Dark has attracted complainers and complainers complaining about complainers. Paul and Sanja dig into that. Also: what happened when the podcast gets discovered by the band'...

What was meant to be a regular postbag ep, discussing your thoughts on Marillion.com, instead finds Paul and Sanja falling even further out of love with the band, as the Castle albums sap their last remaining goodwill... Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Paul's new album: https://mrbi...

This ep, we start reading your letters about Marillion.com... but before we get there, Sanja has a genuinely shocking confession to make about which era of Marillion she prefers. Suffice to say, Paul did not see this one coming...! Although, given his own experience with Marillion's Castle albums, perhaps he should've done... Also: WHASSAAAAAAP??!? Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.pa...

In the final part of Paul and Sanja's look at the decidedly mixed Marillion.com, they argue about whether Marillion have lost their edge, and cringe so hard they they both suffer a hernia, Suffice to say, things can only go up from here, Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Paul's new al...

Marillion's Castle years come to an end with Marillion.com - an album that was as much a signpost for the future as it was the conclusion of an era. The first half of our look at the album is a mixed bag, but can Sanja and Paul agree on the mix...? Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Pa...

Marillion have revealed details of their album 20 pre-order campaign - and we have all the details and opinions! Will it be the final Marillion album? When will it be released? Paul and Sanja speculate wildly! Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandcam...

Paul's a bit grumpy this week, and Sanja has had too much coffee, as we conclude our delve into your Radiation letters, discuss what went wrong in the 90s for Marillion, debate Coldplay's attempts to go prog, and finally manage to define what cool is. Or what's uncool, at least.  Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbu...

What should've been a regular postbag episode, featuring your opinions about the album Radiation, turned into something considerably more passionate, when one email reopened some old Marillion wounds. Why exactly did Paul come close to turning his back on the band in the 1990s? This might be the most raw and emotional episode of BYAMPOD to date... Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.pat...

In something of a grab-bag of an episode, this week we cover the late-90s period of Marillion's history, where we got more new releases than ever before - live albums! Remix albums! Remasters! Plus we make a case for Unplugged At The Walls as their best live album, and discuss the Fugazi deluxe edition. Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug...

This ep, Paul and Sanja go through Marillion's 1998 album Radiation, track-by-track. Probably singer Steve Hogarth's most starkly personal album to this point, it proves to be uncomfortable listening in places; for both good and bad! Includes Under The Sun, Three Minute Boy, Answering Machine, Now She'll Never Know, Cathedral Wall and A Few Words For The Dead. Support us here for exclusive eps: ht...

For a shorter-than-usual ep... there's a lot going on in this one. We hit the ground running with a discussion about 2022's Marillion Weekends, before tackling the birth of crowd-funding, and then we launch into the first part of our dissection of the band's 1998 album, Radiation. Was this Marillion's most desperate hour? Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYA...

This week's ep contains discussions about H's age, whether Marillion were ever sex symbols, a further rumination on the nature of grief in relation to Estonia... and more of your opinions on This Strange Engine! Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo.bandc...

We're back after an unscheduled bout of Covid-19, with our This Strange Engine postbag. Among topics covered are a certain Marillion drummer, why Paul doesn't want to have Steve Hogarth on the podcast, and the ongoing fear of an uptempo Marillion album... Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop...

In a bona-fide crossover with The Corona Diaries podcast, Steve Hogarth's erstwhile co-host, Ant Short, joins us to talk his Marillion story, and how he ended up making a podcast with the singer of his favourite band. Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt or mug: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Digitiser/shop Buy Paul's new album: https://mrbiffo...

In possibly our most emotional episode to date, Paul and Sanja dig deep into the tracks on Marillion's This Strange Engine - tackling grief on Estonia, issues of gender in Accidental Man, and some decidedly mixed feelings when it comes to the epic title track. Can Paul get over his initial negative reaction to the album, or will he double down on it? Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www....

This week on Between You And Me, Sanja and Paul begin their look at Marillion's 1997 album, This Strange Engine. While containing classics including Man Of A Thousand Faces, Estonia and the title track, suffice to say... Paul's feelings around this one are complicated, to say the least. Coupled to certain news about the next Marillion release, things get all a bit intense... Support us here for ex...

In the mid-90s, after leaving EMI, and before releasing This Strange Engine on a new label, most of Marillion used a gap in the schedule to work on a mixed bag of side projects. Yes - this episode we're looking at Steve Hogarth's Ice Cream Genius, Crossing The Desert by Iris, and the first album by Steve Rothery's The Wishing Tree. And we reveal... the greatest Marillion song they never recorded!...

In this week's mixed bag of Marillion post, we see a definite trend developing among your likes and dislikes on Afraid of Sunlight. Plus, we discuss why Marillion fans are so passionate, and whether it's possible to even be a casual Marillion fan! Apologies for some background "knocking" in the second half... Support us here for exclusive eps: https://www.patreon.com/mrbiffo Buy a BYAMPOD t-shirt...