86. Elle Archer Discusses Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville

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This week’s guest is Elle Archer, a Portland-based multi-instrumentalist who records as Shaylee, and she gets Al acquainted with Liz Phair’s debut album, Exile in Guyville. Elle talks about how she first wound up listening to the album, and she identifies the features of the album that make it special. She also talks about her first album with Kill Rock Stars, Short-Sighted Security, and her upcoming plans for Shaylee.

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1:13 Elle joins the show

2:03 Elle explains why she first sought out Exile in Guyville

4:34 Elle talks about why she chose this album for this episode

6:47 Elle discusses how she sees the relationship between Exile in Guyville and Exile on Main St.

11:09 Al hears some musical similarities between Liz Phair and The Rolling Stones

12:33 Elle refers to Phair’s own comments about the album’s relationship with Exile on Main St.

Observations about specific tracks

14:30 6’1”

19:59 Dance of the Seven Veils

21:56 Never Said/Soap Star Joe

23:04 F*ck and Run

30:10 Explain It to Me

34:25 Elle surmises why Exile in Guyville wasn’t more popular when it was released

39:57 Elle and Al talk about the subsequent critical backlash against Phair

46:08 Elle thinks the production is part of what makes Exile in Guyville so effective

50:49 Elle talks about the difficulty in making a sonically diverse album

55:05 Elle explains how she wound up recording covers of Elliott Smith, Unwound, Jeff Hanson and Deerhoof songs

1:00:08 Elle talks about recording the new Shaylee single, “Clearwater”

1:00:43 Elle eludes to the planned changes for future Shaylee recordings

1:01:30 Elle discusses what’s coming up next for Shaylee

The outro music is from “Clearwater” by Shaylee

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