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Odyssey Sound Sessions
An Odyssey Sound Session with . The South London band’s fourth studio album drops today, showcasing the band at their best: unapologetic, energetic, kinetic. The five-piece, who opened for Fontaines D.C. earlier this year in Australia, continue to prove themselves as one of the most honest and full throttle bands right now. Writing the new album alongside Grammy-winning producer John Congleton in Brighton, they’ve created their most sleek and concise album yet, exploring conflict and corruption; hunger and desire; lust, envy and the omnipresent shadow of cowardice. In this episode,...
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Wolf Alice
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Billie Marten
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Attention Bird Utopia
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Calum Hood
Odyssey Sound Sessions
An Odyssey Sound Session with Calum Hood. 5 Seconds of Summer’s Calum Hood has released his highly anticipated debut solo album ORDER chaos ORDER. After 14 years of touring the world as the bassist of 5SOS, Calum’s debut album marks a significant chapter in his music journey. The deeply introspective and poignant album was created in collaboration with Jackson Phillips. In this episode Calum joins Roxy to discuss the playlist of songs that have influenced his sound and songwriting. Listen to Calum’s playlist on or Follow Odyssey Sound Space on Instagram ...
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NewDad
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Duckwrth
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Odyssey Sound Sessions
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Fontaines D.C.
Odyssey Sound Sessions
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info_outlineAn Odyssey Sound Session with hemlocke springs.
hemlocke springs is Isimeme ‘Naomi’ Udu, the first-generation American daughter of Nigerian parents, raised on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina. Having completed a master’s degree in medical informatics at Dartmouth last year, hemlocke springs has taken over the alt-pop scene with her wild, wacky and wonderful songs. We have had her viral single ‘girlfriend’ on repeat for months, so we invited hemlocke onto the show to discuss the songs that have inspired her production and songwriting.
Listen to hemlocke springs’ playlist on Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal.
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What we discuss:
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:39 Talking about the going... going... GONE! EP
- 02:53 'Pull Out The Pin' - Kate Bush
- 04:17 'Clint Eastwood' - Gorillaz
- 05:40 'Duel' - Propaganda
- 08:05 'NICE OUT' - Kilo Kish
- 09:28 'Be A Body' - Grimes
- 13:32 '10-20-40' - Rina Sawayama
- 16:12 'Gospel For A New Century' - Yves Tumor
- 19:39 '好き好き大好き' - Jun Togawa
- 22:03 'Kiss From A Rose' - Seal
- 23:31 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' - ABBA
- 25:54 Outro