Sponsor: Caroline Romano – “PDA of the Mainstream”

Caroline Romano

Caroline Romano has released the music video for her latest single “PDA of the Mainstream.”

“PDA of the Mainstream” is an anthemic, punk-influenced pop number that gives the middle finger to the internet and all its toxicity. For the video, Caroline worked with director Justin Key to develop a visual concept that captures the familiar feelings of chaos, anger, joy, entertainment, and excess that the internet invokes in all of us. “The music video for ‘PDA of the Mainstream’ was my chance to yell directly at the internet,” Caroline says. “I wanted to visually create my own little version of the internet and how I see it, and I think I did that. There’s kittens and confetti and destruction, along with a whole lot of screaming. If that’s not representative of applications and the digital age, I don’t know what is. If I can’t beat it, I figured I might as well smash it with a hammer.”

Following the “PDA of the Mainstream” music video release, Caroline is also announcing her next single, “The Hypothetical,” set to release on July 30th. Pre-save “The Hypothetical” here.

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Sponsor: oddest sea Release New Album

oddest sea

oddest sea have released their new album Night Talks — an electronic/pop record featuring guest vocalists Ryan Dunson (of Rookie of the Year), Isaiah Dominguez, and others. The record delves into 80s synthwave, deep house, piano pop ballads, and everything in between. Written and produced virtually during quarantine. The first single, “Runaway” feat. Isaiah Dominguez can be streamed here and the album is available on streaming platforms.

RIYL: The Midnight, Lauv, Angels & Airwaves, Jai Wolf

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Sponsor: The Injured List Return With “One More Show”

The Injured List

The Injured List were featured on the Absolute 100 in 2009. And recently, a documentary called The Lost Scene was released about the old music scene around Adrian, Michigan. The band got back together to write a song for the documentary, and turned it into a music video. It’s called “One More Show.” It’s available on all streaming platforms.

The band is currently working on a new album and you can find more information on Facebook.

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Sponsor: Your Favorite Record: ‘Take This To Your Grave’

Your Favorite Record

A message from this week’s sponsor:

Welcome to Your Favorite Record, a podcast where I talk to the designer behind the album artwork. Hear the stories straight from the source of what it was like to create the art behind some of your favorite records.

In this first episode, we sit down with Mike Joyce, the designer behind Fall Out Boy’s debut album Take This to Your Grave. An iconic record for Fall Out Boy fans and music fans alike. We talk the entire design process for the record, fonts used and why, the almost album cover options, the almost album names, and what it was like to work with the band at the beginning of their career.

Huge thank you to Mike Joyce for taking the time to sit down and chat with me to chat about this pivotal record. You can find and support Mike at stereotypenyc.com and at swissted.com.

I created this podcast because I was inspired by album art at a very early age, in fact this record (TTTYG) specifically is the reason I turned to design and wanted to be a graphic designer who worked in the music industry. This is a subject near and dear to my heart as a fan and as someone who is genuinely curious on the meaning and inner workings of album artwork.

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