Bert Poncet, the singer of Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! stops by the talk about the songwriting and recording process of their new album Gone Are The Good Days.
Tom and Bert broke down in detail the recording process of their first self-produced album Something For Nothing, the Andrew Wade Remix, recording Pardon My French with Joey Sturgis, making Get Lost, Find Yourself with Kyle Black, and finally writing, recording, and self-producing Gone Are The Good Days.
It took 11 years to get back to self-producing a record. Bert says he’s learned a lot working with some legendary producers in the genre, but he was excited to get back to producing his own work since no one else has quite been able to capture the signature Chunk! sound.
We break down in extreme detail the writing and recording process of Bitter, we uncover some drum production strategies, exclusive info on upcoming plugins, a new type of guitar that the guys invented, and going to Fiverr for that legendary sax solo in Complete You.
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Links:
Buy and Stream ‘Gone Are The Good Days’ NOW!!
Something For Nothing (Original Mix)
Something For Nothing (Andrew Wade Mix)
Gone Are The Good Days Music Video
Mixing, Mastering, and Songwriting with Alias Studio
Beau Burchell Woodman BB Baritone Guitar by Balaguer
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While they may be just on the fringes of what we talk about on the show, The Dangerous Summer are front and center in our hearts. In 2009 the band dropped one of the greatest albums of all time, Reach For the Sun. The award-winning album opener (I mean, we picked it in our album openers draft) Where I Want to be is the perfect amalgamation of angst, existential dread, and self-awareness that this band would become cherished for for albums and iterations to come… WITH DELAY PEDALS!
We talk about favorite memories of seeing the band live, how 3 new friends were made at their shows, favorite yard games, regrettable accessories, and the music video.
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Where I Want To Be Music Video
Tom, Nick, AJ, and AJ singing on stage
Mike Henneberger on the podcast!
Rock Bottom at the Renaissance by Mike Henneberger
Tom’s dumb hair and hemp necklace
Songs of the week:
Masochist by Polaris
Leave the Door Open by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
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In anticipation of My Che—, err, Motion City Soundtrack’s upcoming 17 years of Commit This To Memory Tour, we draft our favorite MCS songs that were released between the years 2000-2010. What we were left with was a great playlist that you can stream on Apple Music and Spotify, but more importantly an even deeper understanding of how incredibly awesome and underrated this band is.
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Links:
The Motion City Soundtrack Draft Playlist on Apple Music
The Motion City Soundtrack Draft Playlist on Spotify
Songs of the week:
Sexting by Bo Burnham
Clairvoyant (Lo-Fi version) by The Story So Far / MIK
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The goth fever dream that is the music video for AFI’s Miss Murder gets a solid breakdown in this week’s episode. There’s rabbits. pieces of paper, super long bangs, “the masses”, more bangs, more rabbits, a castle, and a whole freakin other song!
There’s both a ton to talk about, and not much at the same time, so Tom offers an AnECdoTe about the time he had a rabbit for like a minute.
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Saosin talking about fake amps backstage
Songs of the week:
Splash (feat. VIQ) by Hotel Pools
Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo
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30 Seconds to Mars isn’t a band we typically think of when we go back to the emo well, but after seeing the music video for The Kill (Bury Me), it all makes sense. There’s movie references, creepy dudes in Tuxedos, women dripping in blood, gorilla suits, and eyeliner. Oh man, is there eyeliner.
While this isn’t a video you go to if you want to enjoy the song, the band really goes to great lengths to pay homage to a classic film and build a compelling story that may fail to tie up some loose ends at points, but ultimately delivers a very pleasant 4.5 minutes of visuals to accompany a very great song.
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Links:
The Kill (Bury Me) Music Video
felt emo again might delete video feat. The Kill
Baskin Robbins ACAB Controversy
Songs of the week:
Bezos II by Bo Burnham
Tonight by Magnolia Park
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