Part 3 of my in-person conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2021 so far.

Show notes:

• Recorded at CompCon World HQ

• Still with the fan noise

• Kumar's #7: Sleaford Mods with perennially pissed off minimalist post-punk

• Breitling's #6: Multi-instrumentalist Colleen with hypnotic ambient album

• Kumar's #6: More IDLES-y post-punk from across the pond with TV Priest

• Breitling's #4: More Slumberland bedroom pop goodness from the Reds, Pinks and Purples

• Kumar's #5: St. Vincent goes for a late '70s Bowie vibe

• Kumar's #4: Jeff Rosenstock revisits his ska-punk roots with a remake of his 2020 album No Dream

• Breitling's #3: Blue Ocean with release combining two EPs of shoegaze

• Kumar's #3: Excellent guitar-heavy ripper from Juliana Hatfield

• Breitling's #2: Pardoner with a hot rock release reminiscent of Pavement and Parquet Courts

• Kumar's #1 and Breitling's #5: Kiwi Jr.'s second release of sardonic slacker rock

• Breitling's #1 and Kumar's #2: Dinosaur Jr. with a great collection of songs

• Let's go see rock shows!

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.