LOVE CLEWS: Recent Episodes
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We are sisters (Lily and Grace) from the band CLEWS. In this podcast we sit down with special guests to talk about love, sex, dating and relationships. Our guests share wisdom, stories and moments of realness with us as we all navigate the wild world of love.
In our final Love Clews episode of the year, singer songwriter and pop artist GRAACE joins us for yet another beautiful conversation. She tells us about processing the loss of her Dad, how lucid dreaming has played a part in her life and inspired her latest single ‘Half Awake’, unlearning toxicity in relationships and being a weird kid. Thanks for listening, see y’all next year.
GRAACE’s EP ‘Self-Preservation’ is out next year.
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Our lovely friend Zoe from Sydney band The Buoys drops by to impress us with how good she is at dating. We talk about how much she LOVES love, whether sex or connection should come first, the pros of therapy, how her amazing new relationship makes her feel (PLUS they met on Hinge!!!) and how being in a rock band has built up her confidence.
We also talk about The Buoys' new EP 'Unsolicited Advice for your DIY Disaster' which you can stream here.
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Brae is back for part 2 of our conversation. This week is a little deeper. He tells us about how he dealt with losing his Dad at a young age, how songwriting became an avenue of catharsis through grief, how he's formed his ideas of masculinity and how all these things impact his friendships and relationships.
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Brae from the band Dear Seattle joined us for our first in-person podcast chat since lockdown and it was bloody joyful! It’s such a juicy one that we’ll be treating you to 2 parts. This week, we talk about Brae being better at relationships than casual flings, his current relo, the power of communication, sex drive and why he’s the frog prince.
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Tia Gostelow blesses the pod this week with her stories about love, songwriting, and what it's like being in a long-distance relationship. She also tells us about why taking a break from music last year was the best thing she's ever done!
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Jamie and Todd, the masterminds behind punk band and Comedy Central show These New South Whales AND the What a Great Punk podcast join us this week. We reminisce on how we first met (they only barely remember us/know who we are), talk about the beautiful space they've made in the boy band scene and get deep on love and dating with some priceless pearls of wisdom from the guys.
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Nat Tencic from The Hook Up on triple j joins us for an epic episode about what she's learned about love and fking from hosting her show over the past few years. We talk about the time we've wasted worrying about our body image, knowing how to communicate clearly when you're connecting with someone through sex or relationships, being an ally to the queer community, remembering to use condoms (lmfao!!). The real question is what don'twe talk about in this episode?
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Alex Lahey is a cool, wise rock star who we really look up to - so we were so happy to be reunited with her this week. She tells us about how her relationship with herself has been peaking recently, which leads to an awesome chat about how queer women find it hard to get answers about their health, and how this is hopefully changing for the better. Alex reflects on growing up, love, attraction, relationships, sport and sex ed.
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Sex educator Georgia Grace (you might know her as G Spot online) talks about sex and pleasure with openness, fun, safety and love. This week she spent time on the podcast fielding our philosophical questions about sex. Is sex better when you’re in love? How can we all get better at talking about it? How can we reconnect with pleasure after the stressors of this year? Plus Georgia asks us a question in return: "why is sex important for you?" Something to reflect on this week!
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This week Grace's own boyfriend Brandon joins us for a very special episode of LOVE CLEWS. Brandon is a former Sydney Swan (that's an AFL team) and has written a book on his football career reflecting on identity, masculinity and love. Brandon is literally the author of his own story and shares a little more about growing up shy, becoming a professional athlete in his formative years and what it's like dating someone as iconic and breathtaking as Grace Richardson.
Find his book '28' at your local bookshop or here!
Harry Garside is an Olympic boxer who just brought home a bronze medal for Australia. He's a force for good, and as Lily and Grace find out, there's so much more than the painted nails and mullet that meets the eye. Harry discusses how role models set him on a path of challenging the status quo, becoming the man he wants to be in romantic relationships and how his inner critic drives his hunger to win.
Harry mentions the work of Deeyah Khan and also The Reach Foundation: https://www.reach.org.au and remember Lifeline is always just a call away! https://www.lifeline.org.au
After meeting Spacey Jane on tour, Lily and Grace reunite with two of the band's gorgeous members, Peppa and Kieran. Together they talk about exploring sexuality after long term relationships, appreciating relationships as a learning experience, the friendships in their band, how their upbringings have affected their romantic lives and how the best feeling for a woman in music is when other women hype each other up.
Lily and Grace answer some questions sent in by you! They share life lessons, their thoughts on ‘right person wrong time’, the best break up songs, being mocked for having tarantula legs in high school and more.
This week, Lily and Grace are joined by Teo - the iconic ray of sunshine featured on ABC's 'Love on the Spectrum'. They talk about Teo's perspective of dating on the autism spectrum, being attracted to personalities rather than genders and ways of communicating love within the infinite shapes a relationship can take. Teo reminds us all to drop the ego and the games and be open to love. If she can do it under lights and TV cameras with the nation watching then anyone can!!
Well folks, it’s one heck of a lockdown which basically means Lily isn’t getting any. The girls get some insight into their sex lives according to a 2000s astrology book. They talk about how weird sex is, what lockdown means for single people and changing your personality after once being so shy that you’d rather wet your pants every day at school than ask to go to the bathroom xx
This week, Lily and Grace catch up with L.A. superstar UPSAHL! The girls talk about the end of a big relationship, the empowerment to be found in a hoe phase, learning to be in a relationship with yourself, songwriting as therapy, and the music scene in L.A.
This week, Lily and Grace catch up with their beautiful friend Eliza, the head honcho of indie rock jet-setters Eliza & The Delusionals. This is a juicy episode with insight into dating band mates, the ongoing learning curve of self-confidence and how being in a good relationship can make you look back and realise how badly you were treated before...
This week, Grace has a positive breakthrough in her relationship and Lily hasn't felt human touch in weeks. How much of yourself should you reveal to the world? What are your dating boundaries? It's a cold Sydney winter but Grace warms us all up with lessons from the 1997 self-help bestseller The Power of Now.
He said he wasn't cool in school but he left with a girlfriend and a record deal so you do the math. Wiser than both of us combined, this week singer-songwriter Budjerah teaches us a thing or two about all kinds of love, music, singing and life lessons. We talk about the family values that are instilled in him, the similarities and differences in our experiences of growing up and what he's learning from his first relationship.
This week, Lily is deleting Hinge and almost met someone in real life. Grace has some words of wisdom on not feeling like your relationship has to be perfect all the time, despite what social media makes you think. The sisters talk about not wanting to be in romantic situations where you might end up hurting the other person's feelings and how human acts of love may be similar to that of a My Little Pony doll.
This week Lily and Grace hang out with Sydney songstress Montaigne. Jess shares her journey to finding the love of her life - from megalomaniac exes, making the first move and tinder dates with bios that sum them up tooo much...“Medicine!"
This week Lily and Grace check in on their dating journeys and share some stories from their lives and their DMs.
This week Oscar Dawson (Holy Holy) and Ali Barter are special guests. Get ready for an open-hearted chat about how dating habits change as you get older, what it's like unpacking baggage with someone by your side, being with your best friend and the slow-burn that built a good relationship. Lily and Grace learn a lot about marriage, patience and true love from this rock and roll power couple.
This week, Grace and Lily check in on their relationship journeys. Their attitudes of gratitude were recently tested by leave in conditioner and their First Big Fight. Grace has celebrated her one year anniversary with her boyfriend while Lily faces the cold hard reality of being ghosted.
This week on Love Clews, Lily and Grace are joined by triple j Mornings host Lucy Smith! She’s cool, she’s candid, she’s wearing a gold chain and a faux fur jacket - Lucy embodies the energy of this conversation. Together the trio talk online dating, being the 'single friend' who is happy alone, knowing your worth and getting ghosted. This episode is as honest as can be and Lucy gives Lily some amazing dating advice!
On this raucous debut, Lily and Grace deliver an improvised barbershop quartet theme song to kick things off on a high (slightly flat) note. Together they talk through the attitudes they shared towards love and dating growing up, and how that has recently changed for them both. Grace has fallen in love while Lily has fallen into the soul-crushing rabbit hole that is dating apps.