Ep 83: Joe Rivers Nominates SOPHIE’s “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides”

On this week’s episode of This One Goes to 11, we speak to a guest FROM THE FUTURE. But only lightly from the future, like just across the International Date Line in Sydney, Australia. That is where Joe Rivers lives and the place from which joined us to shout from his Antipodean rooftop about the sheer perfection of “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides” by the late, great electronic music iconoclast SOPHIE. Joe is originally from England (a cousin to dear friend-of-the-pod Matt Risby, in fact) and has written about music for many years now. His writing has been featured in The Guardian, Clash Magazine, and the NME but his work has found its primary home on the independent music and film magazine site No Ripcord. He writes real good, go check his stuff out. Bringing “Oil of Every Pearl’s...” before the pantheon, Joe examines how his relationship to music has grown and morphed over time. His skill at writing music reviews in the way they “should” be written traditionally exists simultaneously with a deep sensitivity to music’s power to unlock the most personal corners of our hearts. He’s worked all parts of the vulnerability spectrum, as it relates to music, and SOPHIE’s daring, not-of-this-world work serves as a fitting expression of what keeps him voraciously pouring tunes into his noggin every single week. This album is unlike anything you’ve ever heard, people. Let Joe tell you why it works so damn well. But will he do it? Will Mr. Rivers do a job that cuts the mustard and earn a place for SOPHIE in the TOGT11 pantheon? Join us and find out. While you’re here, go give Joe’s new Substack a follow! It’s called One Life - a chronological walk through Joe’s life so far, revisiting and using UK Number 1 Singles as his guide.  And don’t forget to check out his work on No Ripcord. Here’s his take on the deeply SOPHIE-indebted “BRAT”. Theme music composed by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Damien Figueras⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Got a question, comment, or suggestion? E-mail us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ (@thisonegoesto11podcast).