Songs From a Padded Envelope

Our 10th episode features a hugely enjoyable conversation with comedian and podcaster James Acaster. James' love of music is well documented, not least through his book 'Perfect Sound Whatever' and the associated BBC podcast. He has spoken often about his time playing in bands through his stand-up work, but this conversation is a deep-dive into those experiences, with James' sharin...

For our latest episode, we speak with Connor Hehir from Leeds-based hardcore band, Mourning. We came across the band via an ebay search for demo tapes and lucked into this fascinating conversation with singer and guitarist, Connor. Connor's openess to discuss the difficult and very personal experiences around the formation of the band is matched by the articulate and inspiring manner in which...

Our guest for episode #8 is musician and EMF frontman James Atkin. We contacted James to come on the show as the band prepares a 30th Anniversary box set, in which they have included the original demos for their globally successful first album, Schubert Dip. James has shared the very first home demo of 'Unbelievable' with us, which is a joy to hear, especially once you've listened to t...

Andy MacLeod has been involved in promoting, supporting, releasing and championing grass roots music in London since the 90s. Our conversation with him was perfectly timed, as Andy prepares to release a memoir of his time playing music around North London. The book is set just as Britpop begins to emerge, with his band, The Pointy Birds, being managed by a young and enthusiastic chap named Ricky G...

Our first interviewee, Dave Hulegaard has stayed in touch and has somehow managed, despite lockdown, to complete the new music he mentioned when he spoke to us back in March. So, we decided to record a catch-up episode with Dave, share his new music and have a conversation which, as you can imagine, covers a lot of ground, including how the current state of things in the U.S. is feeding in to his...

We've decided to make a quick catch-up episode and share some thoughts on how our original idea has shifted a little now that our podcast has started finding it's feet. If you're enjoying the show, please do like, subscribe, chuck us five stars and a few nice words - we'd be hugely grateful! And, if you or someone you know has a demo and a story to share, we'd love to hear from...

SFaPE EP#5 features a really great conversation with Yvette Pyke from 7 Hour Darkness Invasion. There is a lot to recommend about this episode but, we think that it delivers best if left to unfurl in it's own sweet time. It is worth taking time out to listen to Yvette and the track at the end of the show. Yvette has shared links to both the 7 Hour Darkness Invasion stuff and that of 7HDI's...

Welcome to Ep#4 and we're joined by the multi-talented Actor, DJ, Puppeteer, Magician, Street-Performer, MC, Seamstress and wholly irrepressible Paul Preston Mills. Paul joined us following the unearthing of the rehearsal room recordings of short lived, Lowestoftian noise-makers, Lung Nugget, a band in which Paul shared vocal duties with The Darkness frontman, Justin Hawkins. The band also fea...

Welcome to our third episode which features a wonderful conversation with Hollywood writer, director and producer, Mick Garris. This conversation focuses not on his incredible filmmaking career but rather on music he made back in the 70s with his one and only musical project, Horsefeathers. Having just released an album of their demo recordings made over 50 years ago, it felt like a perfect opport...

Singer and guitarist, Kyle Lee, joins us to look back at his first band, Jive's Room, who initially came together in primary school! Our conversation with Kyle covers a lot of ground as he shares a genuine love for the camaraderie and friendship inherent in making music with other people. There is some great discussion about the music scene in North Wales, with notable mentions for Neil Crud a...

Welcome to episode #1 of Songs From a Padded Envelope! We're truly fortunate to have such a fantastic guest to launch our podcast with us and make our first episode speak to the overall idea of the show in such a perfect way. Dave Hulegaard reached out to us following a shout out on the fantastic  Early 90's Indie Twitter account and we subsequently spoke to Dave over Skype from his home i...