It's part 2 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 bubbling under picks (aka "Bubblahs"): Lots of cool UK post-punk (Black Country, New Road; Squid; Yard Act; Sleaford Mods; TV Priest,; Dry Cleaning), The Hold Steady, Mdou Moctar, Guardian Singles,Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Teenage Fanclub, Iceage, McCartney, Ex-Hyena, Fridge Poetry, Glitterer, The Dirty Nil

• Breitling: We're living in Blade Runner/cyberpunk times

• Regional lingo

• Minor sax resurgence

• Difference of opinions on The Weeknd

• Breitling's #10: Stomp Talk Modstone with a collection of Chinese shoegaze

• Kumar's #10: An EP of lost songs from The Tragically Hip's 1991 Road Apples sessions

• Breitling's #9: Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/London Symphony Orchestra with a cool collab

• Kumar's #9: Shame's second release is full of fun, fiery post-punk

• Breitling's #8: Fog Lake with a droning take on isolation

• Kumar's #8: Striking collab between Ellen Kempner of Palehound and Melina Duterte of Jay Som

• Breitling's #7: Palberta puts it all together

• To be continued

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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.