The Bends (Pt. 2)

The Big Mates discuss Sports Direct, Sigur Ros, iron lungs, and The Bends by Radiohead.Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their track-by-track deep dive into the influential sophomore album and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspectives on music, from being deeply into analysis and music, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between.What are the themes of the album? Why are some mugs so large? Can Steve do the outro? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?Our next episode is out on Monday June 6th and will conclude our track-by-track analysis of The Bends.You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!What Is Music? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://whatismusicpod.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: [email protected]://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show