Album of the Week: shvt vp and enjoy the weather

Probably about one-third of the way through summer right now. How's everyone doing so far? Hanging in there? Did you start that big summer project? Did you make time to relax around a pool? Protest in the name of your rights that have been taken away from you by the christian extremists? Have you found your Song of the Summer? Let Record Club help you with that last one. Sit back, close your eyes, and queue up the latest RC album. Read through the archives if you want, check out the goals (no pressure!), write a little bit if that relaxes you, but yeah man, just chill and enjoy your summer in the best way possible—music. Let's go.

WEEK 178 — June 26-July 2, 2022

What we're listening to this week (Zach's pick):

ALBUM: shvt vp and enjoy the weather

ARTIST: Magic Toaster

RELEASED: December 1, 2021

LOCATION: Ann Arbor, Michigan

WHAT GENRE IS THIS: Bandcamp says: alternative, pop punk, alternative rock, garage rock, indie rock, power pop, psychedelic rock... so basically, rock

WHY ZACH PICKED IT: "My brother's friend came out with something and is curious what kind of response he would get. He's not particularly famous, but I happen to think his album is pretty good."

TRACKLIST:

1. blue night oberon
2. bushwick
3. you're gonna be fine
4. windfall outboy
5. tourmaline
6. banger supreme
7. pong loser
8. whiskey at the club
9. saturday nite
10. a lifting of the haze

LENGTH: 36:45

WHERE TO LISTEN FOR FREE: Bandcamp

READING SOME SHIT: Not a whole lot! It doesn't help that Google insists that when I search "magic toaster" I really mean "brave little toaster." The only thing I could find was this blurb for a Magic Toaster concert this Friday. In a different world, we're all going to that concert to celebrate another successful week of Record Club, but, only speaking for me personally, I don't think I'm at the point in my life that I could reasonably travel to New York City to see a concert on a Friday night.

PREVIOUSLY ON RECORD CLUB: This reads to me like it's going to be similar to Hidden Things, both because of the (assumed) NY-rock-n-roll feel of it, and also because they both were picked by the album picker because they personally knew the artist. Though maybe the NY of it all is a façade—Magic Toaster, like Vulfpeck, is actually from Ann Arbor. So we'll see!

 

Otherwise, it's pretty cool to feature an artist in this club that I'm sure most of us (if not all of us) have never even heard of. I like when that happens. This will be the 23rd time it's happened for me in the past 178 weeks. How about you?

Happy listening, fam! Have a great week!