Post-punk Heartstrings

In this episode, my good friend Jim Anderson of AIRDALE joins me for the first of two episodes in which we discusstwo of our favorite albums by the band The Church. In this episode, we dive deep into the disillusionment and regret of the band’s 1986 album, “Heyday.”  We are sticking strictly with the original track list that we both knew the album as these many moons ago. Thanks for joining us! Al...

In this episode I have the privilege of chatting with Joe Lekkas and Ben Douglas, the two main drivers behind the band Palm Ghosts. I chatted with the fellas about their beginnings, inspirations and writing process as well as digging into some of the songs off of their latest album, I Love You, Burn in Hell . The duo, along with drummer, Walt Epting, craft melodic yet brooding rhythms and melodies...

In this episode I chat with Patrick Av who creates post-punk dramatic alterna goth under the project name Pazz Kluger. Pat is drawn to the drama of relationships in new wave and post-punk songs and seeks to write and sing about the darker, tortured side that we’ve all felt at times in our life. Even with the darkness, one can feel an underlying longing for peace and wholeness in each of these song...

In this episode, Tegwen, Mark and I continue our discussion with Side B of the post-punk gothic masterpiece, Shaded Pain by the Lifesavers Underground. If you haven’t listened to the first half of this chat, be sure to stop right now and go listen to Episode 025 - Lifesavers Underground - Shaded Pain - Part 1 first and then come back to finish up here. If you’ve never heard of Lifesavers Undergrou...

In this episode, Mark and I welcome his daughter Tegwen on the show to discuss the seminal yet obscure album Shaded Pain by the Lifesavers Underground. This album is in the top five albums that shaped my future musical tastes during my late teen years. If you’ve never heard of Lifesavers Underground (L.S.U) but like Bahaus, Peter Murphy, The Mission UK and bands of that ilk, you should definitely...

In this episode, Jamie Harmon and I finish up our discussion of Cerulean, the sophomore release from the band The Ocean Blue. I am a long-time fan, but Jamie has just been introduced to The Ocean Blue so we get a new fan’s perspective. This is one of my all-time favorite releases from one of my all-time favorite bands so I am excited to bring you part two of this two-part episode. If you’ve never...

In this episode, Jamie Harmon returns to the podcast to chat with me about Cerulean, the sophomore release from the band The Ocean Blue. I am a long-time fan, but Jamie has just been introduced to The Ocean Blue so we get a new fan’s perspective. This is one of my all-time favorite releases from one of my all-time favorite bands so I am excited to bring you this two-part episode. If you’ve never h...

In this episode I chat with Jim Anderson who creates post-punk synthscapes with ascending sonic guitar fuzz under the project name of AIRDALE. We had a fantastic conversation about his post-punk musical influences, his high school band The Mourning, his current project AIRDALE and our favorite releases by The Church. I really had a blast getting to know Jim who is a man after my own post-punk hear...

In this episode, I do a follow-up to Episode 005 - What is Post-punk and welcome to the Post-punk Heartstrings State of Mind – In that episode, I gave my own personal definition of post-punk and offered my pick for the first post-punk album released. After the episode, I received the following feedback from a listener: “Enjoyed this episode! I'd have been interested in more explication on what...

Mark and I continue our discussion of cut-out albums we have discovered and how each has impacted us. We each chose five releases and in this episode, we talk about each of our 4 & 5 picks. The artists/albums covered in this episode are: T Bone Burnett – The Talking Animals Steve Taylor – OnThe Fritz The Call – Let the Day Begin Link to the True Tunes podcast interview tape that Mark and I spo...

Mark and I discuss several cut-out albums we have discovered and how each has impacted us. We each chose five releases and in this episode, we talk about the first three of each of our picks. Artists - albums covered are: Peter Case – Self Titled Quickflight – Decent Beat  Bruce Cockburn – World of Wonders Simple Minds – Sparkle in the Rain Tonio K. – Notes From the Lost Civilization The Call – Sc...

In this episode, Jamie Harmon returns to the podcast and we discuss The Police’s new wave/post-punk/Jazz master work Synchronicity. The influence of The Police on later post-punk bands is often overlooked and Synchronicity displays the band at their most eclectic and chaotic. In spite of the infighting, the band was able to put together the #1 album in the country and create the most ever played r...

In this episode, Steven Wesley Guiles and I discuss why we feel like Don’t Tell a Soul is The Replacements best album. DTSL is a much-maligned release amongst die hard Mats fans and Steve and I talk about some of the reasons this might be along with why DTSL and All Shook Down present the bands most mature and cohesive works. All song clips are used without permission but under fair use. All other...

In this episode, Mark Feldbush and I continue our discussion of Echo & the Bunnymen’s latest album The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon. We take a track by track journey comparing and contrasting the new transformed versions with the originals and which we each prefer. All song clips are used without permission but under fair use. All other clips procured from publicly posted clips and used un...

In this episode, Mark Feldbush and I discuss artists who re-record their work, the reasons why and then move on to our discussion of Echo & the Bunnymen. We take a track by track journey through the band’s 2018 album The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon comparing and contrasting the transformed versions withthe originals. All song clips are used without permission but under fair use. All other...

Mark Feldbush and I continue our discussion of Sam (Leslie) Phillips’ albums The Turning, The Indescribable Wow & Cruel Inventions. These three albums represent a pivotal time in Sam's life. In this episode, Mark & I discuss Cruel Inventions, her beautifully moody and tense 1991 album that explores exploitation, consumerism, capitalism and the dark side of love while struggling to understa...

Mark Feldbush and I continue our discussion of Sam (Leslie) Phillips’ albums The Turning, The Indescribable Wow & Cruel Inventions. These three albums represent a pivotal time in Sam's life and in this episode, Mark & I discuss The Indescribable Wow, her 1988 album that was the first on the Virgin record label.  We dig into each song, trying to describe the indescribable… and seemingly fal...

My friend Mark and I sat down to discuss Sam (Leslie) Phillips albums The Turning, The Indescribable Wow & Cruel Inventions. These three albums represent a pivotal time in Sam's life and in this episode, Mark & I discuss  The Turning, the album that started Sam's break away from the Fundamental Christian machine and CCM music. We dig into each song and reflect back how they relate to her t...

In this episode, I briefly cover three of the musical artists that helped launch the Post-punk Heartstrings podcast with their music. I share two of my favorite tracks from each artist and talk a little about the background and musical style. PLEASE check out each band’s music at the below links: Pazz Kluger: On Bandcamp: https://pazzkluger.bandcamp.com/music You can also find the music on Spotify...

My Guest: Chris Taylor of the band Love Coma In this episode, I talk with Chris about the wind down of the early Love Coma years, the move into his solo work, and how “The Mad Painter” was a major influence on his visual art. We touch on the political climate, the repression of the church on rock and roll and why Chris feels that the latest self-titled Love Coma release is the album the band was m...

My Guest: Chris Taylor In this episode, I talk with Chris Taylor about the early years of his band Love Coma, what they were trying to do and some of the thoughts and drive behind the music. I encourage you to check out and support the music and artwork of Chris Taylor and Love Coma at the below links: Website: https://christaylorworld.com/ Bandcamp: Chris Taylorà  https://christaylor.bandcam...

My Guest: Steven Wesley Guiles In this episode, I continue my conversation with Steven Wesley Guiles – We discuss Steven’s path to deconstruction, hear him perform an original song of his, Cosmic Soda Machine that he wrote long ago and cover some of the songs in his latest album, Transitions , which dropped to streaming services worldwide on October 4th, 2022. I encourage you to check out the musi...

My Guest: Steven Wesley Guiles In this episode, I speak with Steven Wesley Guiles – Lead vocals and one of the guitarists of the band Pushstart Wagon and prolific solo artist. Steven and I begin our discussion with Pushstart Wagon and then transition into a transparent and enlightening discussion of religion and faith deconstruction. I quickly discover that the upbringing and life journey of Steve...

In this episode, I share about how I first heard of Toad the Wet Sprocket and explore their first three albums and reflect on their messages of social justice. PLEASE come say Hi and follow Post-punk Heartstrings on the Facebook page at the following link:   https://www.facebook.com/PostpunkHeartstrings OR search for @PostpunkHeartstrings on Facebook. It’s really pretty easy to find! You can conta...

On my next episode, I'll dig a little into the band Toad The Wet Sprocket: Their beginnings and thoughts on some of my favorite albums and tracks. The focus will be on the first three releases: Bread & Circus, Pale and Fear. Here I offer you a little teaser for the next episode. Song clip in this teaser is Toad the Wet Sprocket's track "Is It For Me?" from their album Fear.