Everyone needs a Beach Boy break every now and then, and I’m happy as a clam to announce this sharp left turn with Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, as we take a mutual descent into the heart of darkness. Our examination of every last triumphantly bleak release by post-punk progenitors Joy Division is a dependably in-depth celebration of this great band’s “eerie spatially.”
Here’s just a few of the many things that Stuart discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:
- An exploration of their early punk years as Warsaw;
- The band’s feeling that producer Martin Hannett never properly captured their real sound in the studio;
- A side discussion about the successful bands of the 1960s who we feel are vastly overrated;
- The pricelessly uncouth way in which they kicked their original drummer out of the band;
- Whether or not this is Stuart’s favorite debut album of all time;
- And an in-depth rundown of Unknown Pleasures and a bunch of early singles and EPs.
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