BSIDE Sunset Cities

Featured Artist: So.Crates, Nelson Dialect & Alnitak Kid

Featured Vinyl: Sunset Cities

 

Alexis’ Hot Pick	Oh Baby (feat. Jace XL)
Sam’s Hot Pick	6-2-6

 

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https://bedroomsuckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sunset-cities  

 

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CREDITS

Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor

Co-Host: Sam Timmerman

Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel

Voiceover: Ruby Miguel

Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel

00:09 - (Announcement)

Welcome to B-Side, the mini-series from Through the Creative Door. Join Alexis and Sam as they dive into the timeless world of vinyl. For Alexis, vinyl was more than music. It was a Sunday ritual she shared with her dad, listening, talking and soaking in the stories behind each album and the artwork on every sleeve. Though her dad is no longer with us, she continues this tradition with her friend, Sam Timmerman. Join them as they share their passion for vinyl and the stories these records hold. 

 

00:44 - Alexis (Host)

Hello Sam. 

 

00:46 - Sam (Host)

Hello, how are we? 

 

00:48 - Alexis (Host)

Good, better in seeing you, my love. 

 

00:52 - Sam (Host)

Thank you and returning the favour. Returning the thought 

 

00:54 - Alexis (Host)

We are good and we are up to episode three. 

 

01:04 - Sam (Host)

Three, three. Which one are you doing that one? 

 

01:06 - Alexis (Host)

Three Wait, which way are you meant to do it? 

 

01:09 - Sam (Host)

Three it's not meant to. It depends if we're watching it very fast or not. 

 

01:12 - Alexis (Host)

Oh my God, I love that movie and he's like Right, there's that, yeah, but we are here to talk about another album this week. 

 

01:21 - Sam (Host)

We are. Actually this one ,it’s my turn

 

01:28 - Alexis (Host)

What is it? Oh wait, let me start the timer, don't show it yet. No, okay, go. 

 

01:30 - Sam (Host)

Ready. I'm ready for 10 minutes. To start it. Look at this. 

 

01:33 - Alexis (Host)

Oh, this is so pretty. 

 

01:37 - Sam (Host)

It's an album called Sunset Cities and I bought this because of that. 

 

01:43 - Alexis (Host)

The picture. 

 

01:44 - Sam (Host)

I had no idea what I was getting. 

 

01:46 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah. 

 

01:48 - Sam (Host)

Saw the sunset picture and I went this is gorgeous, let's buy this. 

 

01:52 - Alexis (Host)

Do you know what I absolutely love? When you shot this through to me to say this is the record, I was so stoked that it's actually Australian artists. Absolutely stoked. It's a collaboration of three different Australian artists actually and it's on Bandcamp. 

 

02:11 - Sam (Host)

So if anyone wants, it's on Bandcamp available now and I think what I saw is there may be, at time of recording, about 20 physical copies left, Mm On the current run. 

 

02:22 - Alexis (Host)

Have you got a number? Does it tell you what number out of the collection you are? 

 

02:27 - Sam (Host)

No. 

 

02:28 - Alexis (Host)

Oh. 

 

02:29 - Sam (Host)

I could make it up. 

 

02:31 - Alexis (Host)

No, don't do that. 

 

02:34 - Sam (Host)

But I got the best surprise, because now, those of you who are listening and not watching, what are you doing? 

 

02:44 - Alexis (Host)

Because you miss out on our beautiful faces, but also, oh my good lord, this is an orange vinyl. Orange vinyl. It is absolutely stunning. That is stunning. That is so pretty. 

 

03:03 - Sam (Host)

I think I sent you a video when I first pulled it out and I had to stop myself because I just went no, no, we have to do this properly to be honest, you were like you're a bit excited that video very excited. Yeah, this is sunset cities. Um, now the artists will need to forgive me if I pronounce it wrong, but so karate's? So Dr Socrates? Yeah, alan Attack Kid and Nussan Dialect produced this for Bedroom Suck Records, which is based out of Brisbane, I believe. 

 

03:40 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, it is in Brisbane. They do quite a lot of hip-hop and that kind of genre. 

 

03:50 - Sam (Host)

Yeah, heaps of MCs, heaps of Brisbane MCs actually on that label. Super cool. 

 

03:54 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, it's so lovely to be able to highlight a, you know Australian record. 

 

04:01 - Sam (Host)

It's so lovely. And this record again. I had bought it on the premise of the artwork being cool. I hadn't even looked at the back of the leaf. Poured out the orange vinyl, went, went, oh my god, and then stuck it on and it I just melted the. You look at that cover and you go no, this is what that music is meant to sound like. It is peak sunset groove, sunrise, sunset groove. Because I love the concept of it being not just let's get some artists and let's write about sunrise, sunset, but the concept of each side of the record is specifically your sunrise side, sunset side. Really cool, and I'm I'm not great at listening to lyrics, as we know from the best of times, but the odd thing will jump out at me even when I'm just sitting back and listening to all the synth grooves. And it's been really great getting to know this album. 

 

05:00 - Alexis (Host)

It's been on repeat at my house and my earworm. My hot pick is Oh Baby. That that is, I reckon, the bee's knees for me on this record. 

 

05:19 - Sam (Host) 

And then what? What gives that impression for you? I'm interested because I listened to it a couple of times and loved it, and then other ones stuck out at me. So I'm interested to see. 

 

05:32 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, I honestly I just got hooked on the melody lines of the vocalists. So, yeah, for me that was just earworm. Again, we know that I'm a bit more of a lyric girly, but actually it was the melodies that actually stood out to me. Again, earwormies, they got stuck in there. 

 

05:52 - Sam (Host)

Great. 

 

05:53 - Alexis (Host)

A little groove, groove, groove, groove. 

 

05:55 - Sam (Host)

Yeah. 

 

05:56 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, but this track features Lace XL, who I believe is also based up on the east coast up in Queensland as well. So yeah, again, it just really highlights diving into community and doing a project like a collective, like yeah, I really do love that. 

 

06:22 - Sam (Host)

And I think as well, the majority of the artists on the record are First Nations if I’m not mistaken. 

 

06:33 - Alexis (Host)

Actually, I haven't delved into that side of things, so perhaps you are right. 

 

06:38 - Sam (Host)

Maybe, maybe. It's been a while, and you know, what we could do is we could actually get in contact with them, which would be very cool, which I haven't done yet. 

 

06:48 - Alexis (Host)

We definitely could do that. I love this. 

 

06:50 - Sam (Host)

We'll get in touch with Bedroom Suck as well and ask them. 

 

06:53 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, yeah. Well, I remember when I was diving into this. I remember just loving the fact that I think they all met up together in Adelaide, because they're not all based out of Adelaide, but I think they all met up together in Adelaide. Now we're coming up with the concept. 

 

07:14

Yeah, oh that's so cute. And then look for those listening and for those following the potty. I am half Filipino, so for me, whenever I hear like an origin story of like a project which this one, they all came together in Adelaide and they like shared food, of like Ethiopian food and like came up with the concept of this. 

 

07:36 - Sam (Host)

That's incredible. 

 

07:37 - Alexis (Host)

So like for me, just like community and ideas, just around food is just like I'm, like you're talking to the sister spirit here. I'm all for it. I'm all for it, love it. 

 

07:52 - Sam (Host)

This is going to turn into a food podcast in season three, but we're not telling anyone that yet. Shh shh. 

 

07:57 - Alexis (Host)

Let them come down the rabbit hole a bit further. 

 

07:59 - Sam (Host)

This is going to turn into a food podcast in season three, but we're not telling anyone that yet. Let them come down the rabbit hole a bit further. I have to say I love the fact that you got caught on melody in this, because I got caught on a lyric again. 

 

08:06 - Alexis (Host)

Oh, my God, stop. I'm so proud of you. Look at you go. 

 

08:10 - Sam (Host)

The whole B-side of the record, the whole Sunset side, has this and it's not just an ongoing idea about talking about Sunset. They actually say when was the last time you saw the Sunset and it begins and ends majority of the tracks on the B side, which I thought was really cool. But then the hot pick for me was 626, because just they brought the entire that side of the record together and a bit more spoken word rather than actual written rhyme, which I thought was really cool. And one of the lines there that just said my dad would say sun comes up, sun goes down. 

 

08:54

Simple but kind of profound, I would think, is the line yeah, kind of simple but kind of profound I would think is the line yeah, kind of simple but kind of profound oh my god, there were a few lyrics through that whole side of the record that are really cool yeah I think it was if I would have to find it written down but there's one there that was I used. I call my little brother son because he shone like one. If I misheard that, I apologise, but that's how I heard it and I love it. 

 

09:27 - Alexis (Host)

Well, do you know what? For those listening, you go down your little rabbit hole and listen to the record and let us know if we're wrong. 

 

09:34 - Sam (Host)

Exactly Post a TikTok of misheard lyrics. How about that? 

 

09:40 - Alexis (Host)

There's a reason why that's popular. 

 

09:42 - Sam (Host)

That's very true. So yeah, so your favourite is 626, the last track on the entire album. 

 

09:49 - Alexis (Host)

Perfect. I think that's great. 

 

09:52 - Sam (Host)

Closely followed by the opening track of the album. Only because and I was so excited about 626 that I've lost the title of it I'm going to look over here and cheat. Just that beginning. So that dimension, first track of A-side. It's called that Dimension. Also, look at the back of the art as well. That artwork's beautiful, mainly because that first moment of putting this thing on the feeling was just oh, thank you. 

 

10:29 - Alexis (Host)

And, I'll be honest, I don't listen to nearly enough hip hop. So it was really lovely for me to have such a rounded record to listen to where, like I didn't feel overwhelmed, my ears didn't feel cooked at any point there was enough light and shade across both sides of this vinyl that I felt engaged the whole entire time. 

 

10:53 - Sam (Host)

Yeah, the beat making and production was really considered and really really musical yeah, so real cool. 

 

11:00 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, it was really really well done. 

 

11:07 - Sam (Host)

Really hits the soul. There's some stuff in there that made me feel like I was on venice beach in california. Almost I was just like no, no we're but that feel, that sunset feeling of just ah, ah, chills. Just peace. There's a reason why when you're in Western Australia, every hill and every beach there's 10 minutes. Every hill and every beach in Western Australia is covered in people when you can see the sunset. 

 

11:33 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, yeah, because it's a vibe. It's a vibe. 

 

11:38 - Sam (Host)

Well, we've done our 10-minute wrap. We're done to it. That's not a sentence. Whatever. We're done to it. 

 

11:47 - Alexis (Host)

Get onto Sunset Cities. 

 

11:50 - Sam (Host)

Absolutely Still available on Bandcamp. 

 

11:53 - Alexis (Host)

Yes, go, please support. 

 

11:55 - Sam (Host)

Let's look right now 14 remaining. Yeah 14 remaining, get on. 

 

12:01 - Alexis (Host)

Get amongst it! 

 

12:04 - Sam (Host)

At time of recording. 

 

12:05 - Alexis (Host)

Love it. 

 

12:06 - Sam (Host)

Out of an addition of 500. This is the 12-inch LP. 

 

12:10 - Alexis (Host)

Yeah, beautiful. Yeah, All right brother, until next time. 

 

12:14 - Sam (Host)

See you very soon. 

 

12:21 - Alexis (Host)

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