The ultimate and inevitable triumph of mediocre washed-out pop

The hold music in Beeso’s brain

This week’s new albums: Jack White [https://open.spotify.com/album/0VV4lddlDaShTgEzohQ7Jj?si=c853db3c77c14b5d] | Nubiyan Twist [https://open.spotify.com/album/3ehJxu0Y4xuXMJyaYCpv0a?si=935f9f499d904d94] | Public House [https://open.spotify.com/album/19GVbvjv1gnEeQtekRLptH?si=0d8cfd76756c4276]  Also: Bog people, the project slash the excuse, unrelenting self-promotion, girl parts, legacy defined, planning permission, 80s precision, neurospicy rhythm method, tooting and tinkling, prejudgement night, Wolfgang & McClurg, fridge temperatures of Europe, a junglist on a jungle list, English spumante, TISM collab nightmares, helmet meets pavement, Hughesy goes Musey, it worked until it didn’t, Last Week’s Game Tonight [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MTMJbSJHK4] with John Oliver, the ghost of George Gregan, anatomy of a breakaway, Lance ruins everything, domestique violence and Poggio drone chases [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWLtnkrAaEF/?hl=en]. 5:20  Jack White    10:24  Nubiyan Twist 15:28  Public House  18:59  Next week’s albums  27:24  After Dark - World Cup schadenfreude, Le Tour Next week’s new albums: Nia Archives [https://open.spotify.com/album/513jv6L44NNDZQGSaPNg7S?si=37e3c91575ad403b] | Quicksand [https://open.spotify.com/album/12S97Ot3KogCZ3cZZoiCa0?si=74f8e052053a4d0e] | Yard Act [https://open.spotify.com/album/3OVsFANxuVt1F4Ja2Vg3bO?si=241e152858b449fe]  Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Geoblocked from Bristol

This week’s new albums: Alewya [https://open.spotify.com/album/6G3VTaCeobzyhyFrqYli0y?si=6d31b22017304f98] | Julez and the Rollerz [https://open.spotify.com/album/26ZvicWs1AprxRZRsVE1e3?si=d694d72855d947c5] | Crocodiles [https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ec0AmpRrQxLTH5uXDKepg?si=edfc126b91bc4ba8] Also: You don’t need to get ready if you stay ready, the Molly Meldrum of this podcast, Arabian twists, #ContentOverAll, rich and stupid, disappearing bios, second hand Cars, Weezer (complimentary) vs Weezer  (derogatory), the low ceiling of retro genre pieces, cross-town rivalries, The Long-Dead Weather, Carl Cox car cave [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9lVHTs5eo], Doc Reads Words That Don’t Exist, balancing on a pallet, dying doing what you love: listening to terrible music, rocket-propelled labradors, whither Red Bull house style, gaming your own hosting rules, abandoned rowing venues, the carnival is (almost) over, bringing back national service, why the French have already won (and lost) the World Cup, [loser game show noises] and moneyball with unlimited money. 1:09  Alewya     6:16  Julez and the Rollerz 9:45  Crocodiles 13:40  Next week’s albums  21:04  After Dark - World Cup, EPL, womens T20   Next week’s new albums: Jack White [https://open.spotify.com/album/0VV4lddlDaShTgEzohQ7Jj?si=c853db3c77c14b5d] | Nubiyan Twist [https://open.spotify.com/album/3ehJxu0Y4xuXMJyaYCpv0a?si=935f9f499d904d94] | Public House [https://open.spotify.com/album/19GVbvjv1gnEeQtekRLptH?si=0d8cfd76756c4276]  Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Have fewer thoughts

This week’s new albums: Boards of Canada [https://open.spotify.com/album/0mu3EvWYfNwBfISSg0q03p?si=73400a499b0c4093] | Mulga Bore Hard Rock [https://open.spotify.com/album/3UEelaUsSyF82XFeITdeNr?si=c82c7bfd0f92462f] | Dead Pioneers [https://open.spotify.com/album/2t0OhmKHpBeojQea3Y9nSs?si=e8658d0c3c784784]  Also: Let it go, keeping score, Death Stranding 3 England 0, why do/are people like this, ancient culture, lived experience, multi-directional palate cleansers, uneven flow, old mate Sleafords, murder logs, the Jesus and the Mary and the Chain, guest recommendations, listen harder, multi-hyphenate artists, kia kaha SBS servers, galaxy brain coaching decisions, run it until they stop it, Argentina’s Messi problem [https://bsky.app/profile/johnspacemuller.com/post/3mpscvvkiuc2t], medieval trebuchets, vibes everywhere, performative heroism, trickless ponies, trying to understand Boston, unserious basketballers, the Doc Rivers decision tree [https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/2/19/11059670/nba-video-espn-doc-rivers-decision-tree], doing nothing, Ange’s next job, the Ancelotti scale, movement off the ball and singular malt. 1:21  Boards of Canada     5:15  Mulga Bore Hard Rock 8:57  Dead Pioneers 12:41  Next week’s albums  21:04  After Dark - World Cup, cricket, NBA, more World Cup Next week’s new albums: Alewya [https://open.spotify.com/album/6G3VTaCeobzyhyFrqYli0y?si=6d31b22017304f98] | Julez and the Rollerz [https://open.spotify.com/album/26ZvicWs1AprxRZRsVE1e3?si=d694d72855d947c5] | Crocodiles [https://open.spotify.com/album/6Ec0AmpRrQxLTH5uXDKepg?si=edfc126b91bc4ba8] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Keep getting them cheques

This week’s new albums: The Heavy Eyes [https://open.spotify.com/album/3AwkXiUz3lbUvTj1da3h22?si=5a0dd3c3c63d43bb] | Jon Spencer [https://open.spotify.com/album/2o3rzS5s5a015ojJJuDE3O?si=2fe765ccaf3e495f] | The Scratch [https://open.spotify.com/album/2rPxVtL7D8v8AoYkHekCiy?si=b1aa6a5b84de4cfc] Also: Large medium effects, delayed drops, controlled explosions, bringing that high heat late in the game, let’s play two, hair and thrash, delusions of credibility, you got any more of that Bob Vylan, brown sets and brown suits, good job by us, oppressed minorities, live reacting to WC games, picking fun RO32 games, and a surprising volume of basketball takes for which we apologise in advance.  1:37  The Heavy Eyes     4:10  Jon Spencer 10:12  The Scratch 16:03  Next week’s albums  22:22  After Dark - World Cup, NBA Next week’s new albums: Boards of Canada [https://open.spotify.com/album/0mu3EvWYfNwBfISSg0q03p?si=73400a499b0c4093] | Dead Pioneers [https://open.spotify.com/album/2t0OhmKHpBeojQea3Y9nSs?si=e8658d0c3c784784] | Mulga Bore Hard Rock [https://open.spotify.com/album/3UEelaUsSyF82XFeITdeNr?si=c82c7bfd0f92462f] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]

Vocalize all the things

This week’s new albums: The Bobby Lees [https://open.spotify.com/album/29iBRlzAcmRmKRvw7onM0j?si=1d0e1f25f29f45b9] | Lee ‘Scratch' Perry x Mouse on Mars [https://open.spotify.com/album/0SX7gjlXxpX1sTFXZYN12P?si=f4aef2ee132b4c2d] | The Thinking of the World Began Pounding in Our Ears the Moment We Hit Shore [https://open.spotify.com/album/2GlAK5ZGWlzIzvLv1XSIoZ?si=1232505178384576] Also: Half melted heroes, thinking vs pounding, the Bob Marley Effect, still in the league, the RATM-Primus nexus [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZu-mSpR8xe/], retiring from public life, horny on main, you can’t make it up, fans of the weirdness, podcast mixtapes, you gotta keep ‘em separated, getting past the bit, hits and missus, a very long and heavily selective memory, AB no longer original, there’s a lot of it about, in no position to boycott, no bad teams, no bus parking, badly aged Turkiye technique takes and the Fanatics level up. 1:37  That really long name ambient thing     5:51  The late Mr Scratch-Perry and Mouse on Mars 8:08  The Bobby Lees 22:20  Next week’s albums  26:59  Legacy Slop Watch 32:25  After Dark - World Cup Next week’s new albums: Jon Spencer [https://open.spotify.com/album/2o3rzS5s5a015ojJJuDE3O?si=2fe765ccaf3e495f] | The Scratch [https://open.spotify.com/album/2rPxVtL7D8v8AoYkHekCiy?si=b1aa6a5b84de4cfc] | The Heavy Eyes [https://open.spotify.com/album/3AwkXiUz3lbUvTj1da3h22?si=5a0dd3c3c63d43bb] Spotify playlists: Album review playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZNJOPWqP4nC2NlVGUQ2vi] | Doc's [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GlB6k2TUX9IIT8Ja7MgrM?si=d100f3827c3a4924] and Beeso’s [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z7H3OxNJGuq6CG1c3krOM?si=364bca075b0b4b29&nd=1&dlsi=3bc4fe1b370d4594] 2026 mixtapes | All our playlists [https://open.spotify.com/user/theballspodcast/playlists] The list: Our previous review albums and year-end top fives [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CzQNs_W8ePQtRvoQ0j6X9UavfEFtAELQ3koxBlrIiNs/edit?usp=sharing] Find us on: Spotify Podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z5JNMeWSlD6Gy3uuDU1FN] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tripping-balls-a-music-podcast/id1209722376] | RSS feed [https://anchor.fm/s/10534e968/podcast/rss] for other apps Socials: Beeso on Bluesky [http://beeso.bsky.social] | Doc on BlueSky [http://dryobbo.bsky.social] | Pod Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theBALLSpodcast] | Pod email [ballspodcast@gmail.com]