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Absent Sounds Archive
by Weajue Mombo
Absent Sounds is a weekly show based on album play-throughs, hosted by twin sisters Weadee & Weajue Mombo. Leaving no stone unturned, join them every Monday as they plunge into the depths of two albums they love, spanning a multitude of genres. Sometimes they take the dive themselves, and other times they let the artist do the talking (interviews). Catch us on CJAM 99.1 FM every Mon @ 1-2:30 pm. For more content, join us at https://deeandjue.me/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Runnner Interview
When A Welcome Kind of Weakness (Runnner’s sophomore album) came out, it carried all the restlessness of its writing: songs imagined while stuck in bed, unable to move. A year later, is the welcome mat still out? This week, Noah Weinman takes us through the record, we talk the limits of naming...
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Emily Steinwall Interview
Emily Steinwall's sophomore album, But, there's beauty in the fall from Grace, runs almost an hour and weaves between grungy art-rock edges and orchestral ballads that ask you to sit down and listen. In this conversation, we talk about how suffering and beauty are not opposites, the meaning…
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Anxious Interview
Grady Allen of Anxious joins us on a warm afternoon in Riverdale Park before their show to talk through Bambi, the band's energetic, gripping, and deliciously expansive 2025 record. We get into optimism versus cynicism, the shame we carry and try to drown, our collective quarter-life crises and...
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Josaleigh Pollett Interview
We are hours away from the last day of summer. Outside, the cicadas are dying, but they seem to have taken up a new home racketing around inside my brain. Dealing with clogged ear canals and a surge of internal tinnitus has made me feel that my universe will never truly be quiet. On this episode…
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Cherry Pick Interview
With a voice as sweet as a cherry and jagged layers of guitar ruptures that could pick you up and throw you across a room, Cherry Pick finds us in the incessant unravellings of anxious thoughts, disappointment, and the muddiness of it all. When it comes to artists pushing the scene forward on the...
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Youbet Interview
Today's episode finds us mid-brunch, mid-tour with youbet — Nick Llobet and Micah Prussack, joined by Jolie Gordon and Adam Berkowitz — walking through their self-titled record from top to bottom. It's been a whirlwind year for the band, so we dive into how it reshaped and untangled them while...
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Jed Arbour Interview
Jed Arbour is a force to be reckoned with. We caught them in Calgary during Sled Island, a day after they played a set concussed — bucked in the face by their neighbour's horse, yet soaking in the magic from their favourite festival of the year. Jed talks about their work as a therapist and what…
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Salami Rose Joe Louis Interview
Today on Absent Sounds we're talking to Salami Rose Joe Louis — the project of Lindsay Olsen — at Sled Island, playing through her 2025 record, Lorings. If you know her earlier work, Lorings might catch you off guard compared to her previous albums built on elaborate concepts and world-building,...
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SAMWOY Interview
We caught up with SamWoy — the project of Juno-winning musician and producer Sam Woywitka (Half Moon Run, Patrick Watson, Teke Teke, Luca Fogale) — at Sled Island in Calgary, where he was in town for two sets — one at Dandy Brewing, one at midnight at the Legion — off the back of his sophomore...
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friends& Interview
In today's episode of Absent Sounds, we sit down with jc, the brain behind the beast that is friends&, to talk through folx. It's the 2026 record from the Toronto collective sprawling 112-tracks, and eight years in the making. We get into the terminally-online roots of the project, the genre term...
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Greg Mendez Interview
Greg Mendez's Beauty Land circles back to the same place again and again: forgiveness, offered and asked for, like a practice. This week on Absent Sounds, we sat down with Greg on the grass outside of the Sound Garage to talk about being a friend, the strange comfort of graveyards and hospitals,...
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Hikes Interview
It has been a long time coming for Hikes to release new music. In every way, Winnower finds them stripped down to the truest version of themselves — built around the folk practice of separating grain from chaff. It's a record that lives in a meditative space where questions of belonging, of…
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Shaking Hand Interview
One of our favourite albums of 2026 was released only 16 days into the year. 6 months in and we're still just as captivated by it as the day we first listened. That album was Shaking Hand by Shaking hand and this week we're joined by the band as we talk through the record track by track. A…
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Treefort Series: Bonnie Trash and Heaven For Real
This week, we have finally reached the end! The final Treefort episode aired with bands: Bonnie Trash (Emmalia + Sarafina) and Heaven for Real (Mark Grundy + J. Scott Grundy). Despite sitting on different sonic registers, both find themselves reckoning with what music holds — between trust…
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Treefort Series: Kishi Bashi, Emily Yacina, fanclubwallet
Back in March we asked 10 artists at Treefort Music Fest 2026 some version of the same question: what question their music was trying to answer right now. This is the 3rd of four episodes. Three artists, without knowing the others had done the same thing, were circling this one: What does it cost...
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Taupe Interview
Taupe is a shimmering four-piece from Montreal whose debut record New Window arrived this spring. We caught up with Andrew Miller, Heather Ogilvie, Jess Barry, and Evan Magoni before their show at the Cameron House, during one of the first warm Toronto afternoons to talk about the multitude of...
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Treefort Series: Chalk, Still Depths, FOOTBALLHEAD
Sometimes you go into a project trying to make sense of something and come out with a better sense of what you're trying to make sense of. This is the second of four episodes Absent Sounds made at Treefort Music Fest in March 2026 — a docuseries built from ten artist interviews done over five…
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Treefort Series: Jo Passed, Dan English, VERTTIGO
There is a banner plane making loops over downtown Boise, as we showed up to record this episode. It says USA LOVES TRUMP. Below it, Treefort music festival is happening. This is the first of four episodes Absent Sounds made at the fest in March 2026 — a docuseries built from ten artist…
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alice does computer music Interview
In today's episode of Absent Sounds, we sit with Alice Gerlach: also known as alice does computer music. Her latest record, Bliss, is four ten-minute electroacoustic compositions assembled from cello improvisations, field recordings, and mementos of a life being lived. The record places you in a...
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Baths Interview
On this episode of Absent Sounds, Will Wiesenfeld (Baths) sat across from us at a coffee shop in Toronto, hours before his show at Lee's Palace. We talked about Cerulean R, his expanded reissue of the 2010 debut that launched his career, in full. What makes Cerulean R different from most reissues...
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Tōth Interview
In today's episode of Absent Sounds, we sit with Alex and the world he built as Tōth. His latest record, And the Voice Said has been a compass for me these past few months- it imposes no answers on listeners, but pulls you into the space needed to hear truth behind the noise. Almost like a…
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The Noisy Interview
TThis week, Sara Mae joins Absent Sounds for a track-by-track dive into the deluxe edition of their debut album: The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat. Under The Noisy, Sara Mae Henke (they/them) makes music for closing chapters that also loudly opens a door. We talk about the pipeline between...
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Twen Interview
Twen are Jane Fitzsimmons and Ian Jones rock duo who have spent the better part of a decade booking their own tours out of a converted van. You can feel their fiercely independent method permeating each riff: they write, engineer, and mix everything themselves. Fate Euphoric, their 2025 album, is...
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Tiberius Interview
Brendan Wright has been making music as Tiberius for the better part of a decade, quietly, in bedrooms and basements in Allston-Brighton, and then slowly, with a merry band of friends-turned-family. Troubadour is a record about love, loss, and limerence in between. About the specific shame that...
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Hannah Frances Interview
Hannah Frances is a composer, vocalist and guitarist, whose second album was one that has literally been spinning on repeat in our car. Spanning progressive rock, avant-folk, and jazz, the record navigates the ongoing, non-linear work of healing, with arrangements featuring contributions from...
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quickly, quickly Interview
Graham Johnson has been making music as quickly, quickly since before most people had the language for what he was doing. When we first encountered his music, I couldn’t describe to to anyone either. This conversation catches him in reflection of figuring out what comes next. I Heard That Noise…
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Goodbye mewithoutyou (w/ Mike Almquist)
This week on Absent Sounds, we share a conversation with Mike Almquist: longtime manager, creative partner, and quiet architect behind the world of mewithoutYou. If you've ever let us play you music, you know we have mewithoutYou on almost every playlist. Saying "goodbye" (in the fullness of...
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John Van Deusen Interview (2026)
It's been four years since our first conversation with John, and this time we catch him in person during his stop in Madison Heights, MI for his Midwest tour supporting his new record. A lot has changed in four years, but the comfort his music brings his listeners has not. Unlike his other…
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Snowing Interview
It's officially December, which means its officially snowing season. So what better way to welcome in the cold than an interview with cult classic band, Snowing. We sat down with Willow Brazuk and JR back when the sun was still around at New Friends Fest in Toronto—their first time ever playing…
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Soft Blue Shimmer Interview
Char and Meredith of Soft Blue Shimmer, along with producer Corey Coffman, join Weajue for a conversation about "They Will Leave Us With Nothing." It’s a record about capitalism, bodily grief, and what we pass between us when the system leaves us with nothing. This three-sided emotional triangle...
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Alexei Shishkin Interview
Alexei Shishkin makes music the same way he watches soccer: with an appreciation for improvisation. It's not often we're able to pay attention to the small moment that open into something larger but his record is all about the art of not overcomplicating it. On this episode of Absent Sounds, we...
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Allegra Krieger Interview
Allegra Krieger joins Weajue for a conversation about her album Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine—a record that grapples with impermanence, and the liminal spaces of existence. We talk about the Infinity Machine as a mechanism moving through us, signs, talismans and dream. She explains the…
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John Roseboro Interview
On this episode of Absent Sounds, Weajue caught John Roseboro to talk through his album Fools — each track feels like a meditation on love, faith, and the strange arithmetic of becoming. Together, this quiet, searching conversation with John helps frame the album as a doorway into memory. We…
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Bloom Effect Interview
These days my brain feels like it’s tied up in a billion threads, but music has a way of loosening the knots. Bloom Effect’s oscilón has been part of that unwinding: a record that carries you out of the tangled noise and into something expansive, cosmic, and bright. The embodiment of love even. I...
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The Holy Gasp Interview
In this episode of Absent Sounds, we head to Kensington Market (Toronto) to rediscover the 2018 record The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex by The Holy Gasp along with the re-release of the documentary that captured its creation. The Holy Gasp is the songwriting and performance project of Benjamin...
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Swimming Interview
Howdy friends! Today’s episode is the second installment of our New Friends Fest 2025 coverage, featuring an interview with Newfoundland-based band Swimming. From late-night basement hours to three-day marathons of writing and recording, Swimming’s music is built on both discipline and openness....
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Gingerbee Interview
From August 1–3, New Friends Fest took over Toronto's west end. The annual DIY punk, emo, and hardcore gathering brings bands from across the world together for three days of loud, unfiltered communion. Today's episode is the first of our 2025 NFF festival coverage. The "coolest internet emo…
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Memory Pearl Interview
Catch a new episode live every week on CJAM 99.1FM (Windsor/Detroit) and Met Radio (Toronto) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Avery Friedman Interview
On this episode, Weajue is joined by singer-songwriter Avery Friedman to walk through the tender terrain of her debut album, New Thing. What began as a private act of survival- writing songs alone in her room, quickly transformed into a full-bodied practice of vulnerability, expression, and queer...
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Tomato Flower Interview
In this episode, Weadee sits down with Tomato Flower to talk about the everchanging architecture of their songwriting — from the politics of form, to learning which walls to break down. We trace the emotional undercurrents of songs like Radical, and Destroyer, and reflect on the tensions between...
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Conjure Hand Interview
In this episode of Absent Sounds, Weadee chats with Conjure Hand, the Victoria-based band behind the captivating album Spellbound Blues. When it comes to pushing the boundaries of rock and blues, Conjure Hand is a name that stands out. With powerful chords and a studio sound that's just as raw…
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Motherhood Interview
Hola everyone! Looks who's back with another interview :) This time, I had the privilege of sitting down with the endlessly inventive, boundary-pushing band, Motherhood. Over the years, their sonic world has been no secret to music lovers across the country—one filled with sharp turns, playful...
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Fana Hues - MOTH Album Playthrough
Catch a new episode live every week on CJAM 99.1FM (Windsor/Detroit) and Met Radio (Toronto) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sunforger Interview
Welcome back friends and foes! In today's episode, we get to talk to the dynamic and ever-evolving band, Sunforger. This group, consisting of Kier, Piper, Chris, and Spencer have secretly been living in my ears for the better part of 5 years noodling around in post-grunge/post-whatever sounds....
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2024 Recap Episode
Huzzah! We've made it! What a year it's been. Thank you for being friends and keeping us company over the past 12 months. Here's to a better 2025. Tracklist (Song - Artist) little kid - Eggshell IDLES - Gift Horse Mannequin Pussy - Loud Bark Starflyer 59 - 909 closetjudas - Simulacra + The...
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Jordan Klassen Interview
Today, we're exploring the work of Jordan Klassen, the Vancouver-based singer-songwriter and producer whose poetic "fairy folk" has been captivating listeners for well over a decade. Jordan’s latest project, Marginalia (2023), is a deeply introspective and elegant complement to its predecessor,...
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Tanukichan Interview
Welcome back, friends! Today's episode is featuring the fuzz/shoegaze rocker Tanukichan, the moniker of artist Hannah Von Loon. Her latest EP, "Circles," released on September 20th, 2024, beautifully weaves themes of personal growth and cyclical patterns in life. In our conversation, Hannah talks...
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Tall Heights Interview
In this episode of Absent Sounds, Weadee chats with Paul Wright of Tall Heights as we play through their 2024 release, Softly Softly. This album beautifully captures the quiet beauty of autumn, and though it feels like winter here, we’re still in fall—there's nearly a month left of the season!...
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Algernon Cadwallader Interview
On today's episode of We Built This House, we take a deep dive into the legacy of Algernon Cadwallader—a band that didn’t just play music but helped build the foundation of the emo revival. Together, Peter Helmis, Joe Reinhart, Colin Mahony and Nick Tazza all join us starting from their roots as...
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From Indian Lakes Interview
Since 2009, From Indian Lakes has been weaving a unique blend of emo, dreamo/whatever-mo, and post-hardcore, that's pulled listeners into the moody depths of Indian Lakes, California. So much so, that we even named our radio show after one of their albums. In this first episode of We Built This...
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Absent Sounds is a weekly show based on album play-throughs, hosted by twin sisters Weadee & Weajue Mombo. Leaving no stone unturned, join them every Monday as they plunge into the depths of two albums they love, spanning a multitude of genres. Sometimes they take the dive themselves, and other times they let the artist do the talking (interviews). Catch us on CJAM 99.1 FM every Mon @ 1-2:30 pm.
For more content, join us at https://deeandjue.me/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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