38. D.K. Lyons Discusses The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep...

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My awakening from sleepwalking through the 2010s musically continues on this episode, as singer/songwriter D.K. Lyons introduces me to The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It. D.K. talked about his eclectic yet immersive music-listening habits, his connection to Tom Petty’s music, his love for watching and making music videos and what he loves (and doesn’t love so much) about the featured album.

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1:08 D.K. joins the show

2:28 D.K. went through a lot of musical phases before starting to listen to more recent music

5:00 Headphone-sharing was key to D.K. learning about different kinds of music in high school and college

6:21 D.K.’s dad introduced him to Tom Petty’s music at a young age

9:02 D.K. had a hard time choosing which songs to put on his album

12:33 D.K. announces his upcoming releases

13:50 D.K.’s sister introduced him to The 1975 just after he graduated college

16:11 We took a different approach to selecting tracks for discussion on this episode

16:50 D.K. cites three tracks that fit the album’s theme especially well

19:09 Al notices how I Like It When You Sleep sounds like a quintessential ’80s album

Breakdown of selected tracks

20:01 Somebody Else

23:08 She’s American

25:58 The Sound

32:13 Ugh!

36:01 The 1975/Love Me

38:58 This Must Be My Dream/Loving Someone

41:45 She Lays Down/Nana

42:42 Lostmyhead

47:39 Paris/She Lays Down (again)

55:21 If I Believe You

59:50 The Ballad of Me and My Brain

1:02:53 Al asks D.K. which would be the next album from The 1975 to explore

1:05:39 Al considers whether he should structure this podcast differently

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