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Jun 2, 2025 1 hr 4 min

Colours

from Beat Motel Zine

Who knew an episode about colours could spiral into tales of crusty white-boy dreadlocks, the audio texture of brown, and Robbie bloody Williams dragging Tony Iommi into the Britpop bin fire? This week, Andrew and Dr Sam dive into the murky, vibrant, and occasionally neon world of music and its connection to colour. We're not talking about your A-Level synaesthesia essay here. This is a chaotic ramble through records that sound "pink," bands that are spiritually "brown," and the kind of drummers who play like malfunctioning clockwork toys (yes, Rage Against the Machine guy, we're looking at you). Expect discussions about: Why The Fadeaways might be Japan's answer to garage rock perfection Why Wet Leg makes Sam think of lounge-based self-pleasure Sharon Osbourne being Sharon Osbourne (which is never a compliment) What it means when a song sounds like Primus and why that's both brilliant and deeply unsettling How audience chat at gigs should be punishable by public flogging or at least polite shushing All this and more, plus Andrew's eternal quest to have singing lessons… and fail. Plug in, lie back, and prepare to rethink the rainbow. ### Riffs of the week #### Dr Sam's Riff - The Fadeaways - I Don't Care (opening) #### Andrew's Riff - Wet Leg - CPR (2:13) ### Dr Sam's track choices 1. Black Sabbath - God is Dead? (0.45) 2. Melt Banana - Chain-Shot to Have Some Fun (1.15) 3. Dan Deacon - Arp III: Far From Shore (1.10) 4. Primus - Shake Hands with Beef (opening) ### Andrew's track choices 1. NoFx - Don't call me white (opening) 2. Red Fang - Throw Up (4:46) 3. Orkestra Obsolete - Blue Monday (2:54) 4. Split Enz - I see red (opening) Email us - [email protected]

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