Episode 27

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6th Dec 2021

#27 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

The Violent Femmes rolled out of their native Milwaukee like a freight train, conquering college radio for a couple decades to come. The crew discuss the benefits of simply constructed songs, the perennial marketability of teenage angst, and the recording studio swagger needed to "reinvent" rock and roll.

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Listen to Violent Femmes here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ojio25IPzIrw1rUmgrhrG?si=5ukH_prTTDizFA3BnFiyNQ

Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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1001 Album Complaints
Musicians give irreverent takes on "1001 Albums" with jokes, delivered every Monday morning.
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