165. Jason Bemis Lawrence Discusses Radiohead, Kid A

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Louisville-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jason Bemis Lawrence drops by YMAAA to talk about Radiohead’s 2000 album Kid A. Jason talks about why Kid A is one of his favorite albums and how his appreciation for Radiohead developed over time. He also discusses Radiohead’s influence on his own music and the difficulty of spending a lot of time with a particular album as one gets older. Jason also talks about the process of making his latest album, The Grand Routine, and his plans for his podcast Before the Stream.

Be sure to check out Jason’s music on Bandcamp! https://jasonbemislawrence.bandcamp.com/

You can also keep up with his Before the Stream podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-the-stream/id1510647714

Jason is on Instagram and Facebook at @jasonbemislawrence. He also has an Instagram account for Before the Stream at @beforethestream.

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1:13 Jason joins the show

1:42 Al revisits an earlier time when he tried to get into Radiohead

3:18 It wasn’t hard for Jason to pick Kid A for this episode

5:35 Jason didn’t shy away from letting Radiohead influence the music on his latest album

9:09 Jason walks through how his Radiohead fandom developed

14:27 Jason was not thrown by the change in styles that Radiohead introduced on Kid A

19:56 What makes Kid A stand out in the Radiohead discography?

24:52 Al talks about his reaction to Kid A

27:38 Jason doesn’t find Radiohead’s music “hopeless” at all

32:58 The Radiohead-R.E.M. connection

38:34 “Optimist” is something of an outlier on Kid A

41:18 Jason highlights a couple of his favorite tracks from the album

43:35 Jason might not be as attached to Kid A if it had come out during a different part of his life

47:22 There was one particular stretch of songs that Al liked best

50:23 Jason’s final thoughts about Kid A

58:51 Jason finds it harder to dedicate himself to listening to particular albums now

1:01:15 Jason talks about the making of The Grand Routine

1:07:58 Jason discusses his Before the Stream podcast

Outro music is from “In The Quiet Golden Hour” by Jason Bemis Lawrence.

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