An Odyssey Sound Session with Attention Bird Utopia, the collaborative project of Harrison Whitford and Eli Hirsch. On their debut album, Best of Kings, the duo show off their songwriting mastery and clever instrumentation.

Attention Bird Utopia began when Eli Hirsch (Suki Waterhouse, Cautious Clay, Say Lou Lou) was executive producing Suki Waterhouse’s 2024 LP Memoir of A Sparklemuffin at his studio in Los Angeles, and Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger, Conor Oberst) dropped in on an afternoon recording session. The two hit it off, bonding over their love of similar music. In this episode they discuss their two personal playlists, featuring Jackson Browne, Elliott Smith and Jimi Hendrix.

Listen to Attention Bird Utopia’s playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 00:42 Talking about creating Attention Bird Utopia
• 03:33 Eli’s playlist begins with ‘These Days’ - Jackson Browne
• 06:11 ‘All Apologies’ - Nirvana
• 07:05 ‘Finishing the Hat’ - Stephen Sondheim
• 08:28 'The Nutcracker Op. 71, Act 2: Pas de deux’ - Tchaikovsky
• 09:33 ‘Why Can’t I?’ - Liz Phair
• 10:00 Harrison’s playlist begins with ‘Say Yes’ - Elliott Smith
• 12:19 ‘The Single Petal Of A Rose’ - Duke Ellington
• 16:20 ‘Little Wing’ - Jimi Hendrix
• 18:08 ‘Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again’ - Bob Dylan
• 19:42 ‘Skyway’ - The Replacements
• 23:08 Outro

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An Odyssey Sound Session with Calum Hood.

5 Seconds of Summer’s Calum Hood has released his highly anticipated debut solo album ORDER chaos ORDER. After 14 years of touring the world as the bassist of 5SOS, Calum’s debut album marks a significant chapter in his music journey. The deeply introspective and poignant album was created in collaboration with Jackson Phillips. In this episode Calum joins Roxy to discuss the playlist of songs that have influenced his sound and songwriting.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 00:42 Talking about the debut album
• 02:54 ‘Sunshine on Leith’ - The Proclaimers
• 05:20 ‘Whatsername’ - Green Day
• 06:40 ‘I Miss You’ - Blink 182
• 08:19 ‘Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane’ - Gang of Youths
• 11:05 ‘Stuck’ - Day Wave
• 13:28 ‘Let Down’ - Radiohead
• 15:25 ’Should Have Known Better’ - Sufjan Stevens
• 17:16 ‘Lisztomania’ - Phoenix
• 18:21 ‘NYC’ - Interpol
• 19:25 Outro

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An Odyssey Sound Session with NewDad.

NewDad are the Irish alternative rock band from Galway making our favourite music right now. Formed in 2018, Julie Dawson (lead vocals and guitar), Fiachra Parslow (drums), and Sean O'Dowd (guitar) met in high school where they started playing music together. The band has supported Fontaines D.C., Inhaler and Paolo Nutini, and played festivals including Pitchfork Musical festival, Green Man Festival and more. After releasing a no-skips debut album last year, the band has reached new heights on the recently released EP, Safe. In this episode, Julie joins Roxy to discuss the songs that have influenced her songwriting, sonic style and love of music.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 01:35 Talking about the new EP
• 04:48 'Heart Shaped Box' - Nirvana
• 06:59 'Fascination Street' - The Cure
• 08:34 'Losing My Religion' - R.E.M.
• 12:17 'All We Ever Wanted Was Everything' - Bauhaus
• 13:41 'I Love You' - Fontaines D.C.
• 17:21 'Mythological Beauty' - Big Thief
• 18:56 Outro

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