Hello, and Happy New Year!

The latest Gut Feeling Podcast is a conversation with Mark Palm, guitarist and vocalist for Seattle power-pop institution Supercrush, and onetime vocalist and songwriter for Vancouver-to-Seattle-based heavy rock outlet Devotion.

Throughout the talk, Mark hits on: new Supercrush singles and covers coming out in 2026; the band losing their HMS Studio space in the SODO district, and the grungy history of the old building; the demolition of North Vancouver’s Seylynn Hall; Devotion’s pipeline from detuned hardcore to sludging metallic groove; naming your album B***d Son of Affluence Blues, and what your parents might think about that; obscure Canadian amps; getting someone to work your wah pedal for you; communicating solitude; neon-glow nocturnality; early work with drummer Aaron O’Neil (Lights Out, Supercrush), guitar soloist Graeme “Smokestack” Honeyman (Go It Alone, September), lead guitarist Sean Meyer (Supercrush); and more.

Let’s call this one a belated Gut Feeling fifth anniversary special. You can also revisit a 2020 gear talk with Supercrush, a 2021 podcast on Mark’s time with hardcore bands Look Inside and Reserve 34, and a 2023 podcast on the beginnings of Go It Alone.

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